Product Design·Confirmed live in the last 24 hours·
Full-timeUnited StatesNo salary listedIn-person
About the Job
Requirements
A minimum of 5 years of experience in web and mobile application architecture design for interactive mediums, such as information architect, interaction designer, or experience designer.
Advanced knowledge of architecture software programs such as Axure, OmniGraffle, InDesign, and Illustrator.
Experience building and rapidly iterating on interactive prototypes.
Experience thoroughly annotating and documenting wireframe designs.
Ability to develop concepts from sketches to high-fidelity prototypes.
Expert-level familiarity with design patterns for mobile, tablet, and web.
Strong organizational, presentation, verbal, and written communication skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with aggressive schedules while managing multiple projects.
Responsibilities
Work alongside the strategy team to define target audiences' needs, tasks, and goals and translate them into creative information architecture concepts.
Collaborate with strategy and visual user interface design teams to brainstorm and validate experience design concepts.
Participate in user research, concept testing, and usability testing.
Understand and utilize usability guidelines and design patterns.
Organize content into logical categories; develop structural design; and establish the foundation of information access and functional relationships at the site and page levels.
Produce site maps, application maps, workflows, functional specifications, and interactive or static wireframes to communicate architecture and experience.
Contribute to overarching user experience strategy by identifying how proposed application architecture, features, functionality, and navigation reflect strategy and audience objectives.
Keep abreast of trends and best practices in interactive design, rich media, and information design, and share lessons with team members and management.
Provide competitive analysis of information architecture and functional design, as appropriate.
Guide and serve as a resource for other information architects in their project roles.
Rocket Wagon is looking for an Experience Architect (UX/IA) to join our team of designers, strategists, developers, and architects and help with client-facing application design. Rocket Wagon works within the space between product strategy and interaction development and with a broad spectrum of clients, from high-profile startups to publicly traded companies on UX design projects ranging from mobile devices to web applications.
Responsibilities
Work alongside strategy team to define target audiences' needs, tasks and goals and translate them into creative information architect concepts
Collaborate with strategy and visual UI design teams to brainstorm and validate experience design concepts
Participate in user research, concept testing and usability testing
Understand and utilize usability guidelines and design patterns
Organize content into logical categories; and develop structural designand establish the foundation of information access and functional relationships at the site- and page-level
Produce site maps, application maps, workflows, functional specifications and interactive or static wireframes to communicate architecture and experience
Contribute to overarching UX strategy, by identifying how the proposed application architecture, features, functionality and navigation reflect the strategy and audience objectives
Keep abreast of trends and best practices in interactive design, rich media and information design; share these lessons with team members and management
Provide competitive analysis of IA and functional design, as appropriate
Guide and be a resource for other information architects in their project roles
Qualifications
A minimum of 5+ years experience in Web and mobile application architecture design for interactive mediums (e.g., information architect, interaction designer or experience designer)
Advanced knowledge of architecture software programs (e.g., Axure, OmniGraffle, InDesign, Illustrator and similar)
Experience building and rapidly iterating on interactive prototypes
Experience thoroughly annotating and documenting wireframe designs
Range of concepting ability, from sketching to high-fidelity prototypes
Expert-level familiarity with design patterns for mobile, tablet and Web
Excellent organizational, presentation and verbal and written communication skills.
An extremely detail-oriented and flexible mindset, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with aggressive schedules (and while juggling multiple projects)