Description
Our client is the worlds large mutual fund company seeking to recruit a Information Architect/Design lead on a contract bases based in Dublin.
Job/Opportunity:
- Work with business sponsors, project managers, project analysts & development partners to clarify/refine project goals, user goals, target audience & project metrics.
- Conduct or participate in stakeholder workshops.
- Conduct user research & gather user input with the assistance of usability specialists and business sponsors.
- Create personae, user profiles & user scenario's.
- Undertake competitive analysis.
- Define site structure & create site maps/flow diagrams.
- Produce wireframe designs & lo-fidelity prototypes.
- Work with Visual Designer to create final visual designs & prototypers to create mock ups.
- Work with development partners to ensure technical feasibility of design solutions.
- Work with usability specialists to organize usability testing.
- Ensure design resources (Design, Prototyping, Usability, and Editorial) understand their role on a project & that their individual tasks are coordinated & carried out in a timely fashion.
- Expected to design solutions for Web pages as well as Desktop applications.
- Be accountable for UI deliverables ensuring project deadlines are met and are within budget.
- Present designs to project team.
Deliverables
- Design team estimates & project schedule
- User personae
- User scenarios, and where appropriate use cases.
- Site map and/or screen flow diagrams
- Wireframes and/or lo-fidelity prototypes
- Development Handoff Inventory listing all design components delivered to development
Skills/Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in a related discipline preferred
- 6+ years' experience in Information Architecture & Design Project Management
- MS Visio, Axure, Balsamiq
- Dreamweaver, Photoshop/Fireworks
- Knowledge of usability issues relative to current web/application practices
- Knowledge of design principles and standards (including accessibility)
We are acting as an Employment Business.