Sr. Information Architect | BlueMetal Architects | Boston, MA

Sr. Information Architect | BlueMetal Architects | Boston, MA

Sr. Information Architect

Location: Boston, MA

Type: Full Time

Min. Experience: Experienced

YOU are an extraordinary Information Architect who is passionate about the craft and art of customer experience design. You aspire to design solutions that are elegant, beautiful, and exactly aligned to client needs.  You want your canvas to span from small devices to walls of pixels to the latest mobile platforms to clients.  You use design to tackle the most challenging business problems in the industry.  You are eager to learn and work with leading-edge technologies.  You thrive in entrepreneurial, creative, and innovative environments. You enjoy taking on big challenges, getting the job done, and knowing that your work is critical to the success of your client, your project, your team, and your company.  Wireframes and an understanding of the importance of brand are part of your DNA.
WE are a rapidly growing, nationally recognized award winning business with offices in New York, Boston and Chicago. We design and build software solutions that exactly meet the client’s needs, today and in the future.
We are not just a consulting company… We also imagine, design and build products and technologies which we sell to enterprises and consumers.  We love individuals with entrepreneurial passion who are interested in bringing ideas to market, and since everyone at BlueMetal receives equity as part of their compensation, we share our success!
More about the position…
As a member of our Strategy and Design team, you will be responsible for the research and design of next-generation UX solutions for our Fortune 1000 clients. You will work closely with business and IT stakeholders in a collaborative, team environment to envision and implement modern UX designs that are of extremely high quality and craftsmanship.
Job Summary
Senior Information Architects are responsible for the navigation, organization, interaction design, and business/user process engineering for leading-edge Web solutions, software, mobile and other interactive devices. This involves application of user-centered design methods to translate user needs, business objectives, and technology capabilities into world-class user experience for leading companies.
Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate existing sites in terms of their persuasiveness, emotional design, and conversion; assess properties for usefulness, usability, visual design, content, and branding
• Lead participatory design/user testing sessions
• Identify and document meaningful patterns from the user research, audit the findings; provide recommendations to the client/internal team based on findings
• Lead development of personas/segmentations based on research findings; integrate personas/segmentations with related deliverables such as opportunity maps and wireframes
• Prepare, conduct, and analyze behavioral in-context research events
• Identify opportunities to create business value and improve the user experience
• Execute participatory requirements gathering sessions, participate in debrief sessions
• Conduct and analyze stakeholder interviews to understand key success factors for a project or pursuit
• Present concepts to clients and internal stakeholders with research and best practice annotations
• Assist in creating strategies for persuasive design with oversight and guidance
• Develop Navigation Model, Primary and Secondary Navigation structure
• Develop Sitemap with all levels as required
• Analyze task flows, task decompositions and create optimal Task Flow
• Develop frameworks describing key aspects of proposed experience, how it reconciles business/user needs
• Create prototypes using tools such as InDesign, Visio, Axure as required
• Conduct periodic Knowledge Sharing sessions

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Factors, Communication Design, Library Information Systems, or equivalent required
• 5-7 years of industry experience
• Well-versed in user-centered design methods and techniques and usability testing best practices
• Proficient to expert in: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Visio, Microsoft Office
• Excellent analytical and process-oriented skills
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Experience working on multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams
• Prior experience in a consulting firm or agency preferred
• Prior experience in UI design for mobile devices and/or responsive design a plus

We offer a highly competitive and comprehensive employee compensation and benefits package that focuses on what you care about most, including base salary, generous bonus program, medical plan (80% company paid for you and your family), dental, and vision plans (100% company paid for you and your family), FSA, company paid LTD and life insurance coverage, 401(k) plan with company match, and equity in the company through participation in our equity incentive plan.
About BlueMetal Architects
Modern technology, craftsman quality. We’re an interactive design and technology architecture firm matching the most experienced consultants in the industry to the most challenging business and technical problems our clients face. We seek to understand our client’s business strategy and technical foundation to craft solutions that holistically blend architecture, innovation, creative design, and strategic vision to exactly meet their needs and ensure their success.
Have we piqued your interest? If so, please contact Deb Sulser, our Director of Recruiting at: dsulser@bluemetal.com to learn more about this position, our team and our strategy. Our rapid growth and dynamic work environment will give you a tremendous opportunity to play a critical role in our success!
BlueMetal provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, qualified veteran's status, disability, or any other categories protected by law.


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