Ion Global San Francisco (www.ionglobal.com) has an immediate opening for a contract senior-level Information Architect with Interaction Design skills and experience, for a 4 6 week engagement.
Ion Global (www.ionglobal.com) is a leading international web development and interactive marketing firm with a 10-year history of providing integrated e-business solutions. Together with our sister company, Dae Advertising, we specialize in developing multilingual websites and multicultural advertising for clients such as HSBC, Cathay Pacific, Wells Fargo, Procter & Gamble, Albertsons, McAfee, LOrιal, WL Gore, Emirates Airlines and Charles Schwab. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed CDC Corporation (formerly china.com corporation) and have offices in San Francisco, Seoul and Hong Kong.
Ion Global's User Experience team combines the skills of information architecture, usability testing, content development, interaction/visual design and front-end technology. This rigorous integration of disciplines enables us to build value-driven digital environments for our clients. Our Information Architects are responsible for gathering and analyzing information to distill user needs and goals to create innovative information organization structures appropriate for multicultural/multilingual websites. They are accountable for the vision of the site structure, task flows and enabling synergy between all related project disciplines.
As part of our User Experience team, the candidate would work with strategy, content development and front-end technology specialists to:
Contribute to the extension of IA structures, user flows and interaction designs based on Ion Globals User Experience methodology
Contribute to the development of taxonomies and structured vocabularies
Manage and extend a suite of Visio wire-frames.
REQUIREMENTS
Degree in related field, such as human-computer interaction (HCI), library science, technical communications, industrial design or other relevant design area
At least 4 5 years' experience developing information architectures and/or interactive designs
Experience working with multilingual or international websites
Knowledge of user-centered design processes and interaction design approaches
Ability to develop new approaches to complex design processes, communicate design rationale and build consensus
Familiarity with field and lab-based usability research methodologies
Experience using standard presentation/analytic tools: Visio, Illustrator, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project
Possess excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills, with first-hand experience dealing with clients
Must be organized, have an eye for detail and be able to put ideas into a tangible form
Have a general understanding of web analytics
Knowledge of languages other than English and/or considerable overseas work/travel experience strongly desired.
APPLICANTS
Please send your cover letter, resume, and work samples (wire-frames, prototypes and/or any other visual representations of UEX design) to the address provided. Please also let us know your available start date and salary expectations. We look forward to hearing from y
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