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Contract Information Architect, London
Oct 06 04
* Define, understand and empathise with a set of users and their
needs - while retaining a sense of adventure in the strategy,
concept and detailed design of a user interface;
* Elicit, understand and be sensitive to the business, brand,
operational and technology requirements of a client - while
retaining the perspective of the end user and challenging the
client's expectations from that perspective if necessary;
* Have a flair for usable interface design, have a good
understanding of best practice in a wide variety of situations and
be able to apply this flair and understanding to the detailed design
and specification of a complex website or interface;
* Be aware of the implications and constraints of a wide range of
different technologies - while retaining the ability to challenge
and overcome those constraints where necessary to deliver a high-
quality user experience;
* Be proactive, productive and able to self-start and manage with
limited supervision (if necessary) - while instinctively knowing
when to ask for critique or help.
Key responsibilities include:
1. Develop an understanding of users and their needs, and document
this information;
2. Work with other groups to design the most appropriate user
interface strategy to meet the client's business needs;
3. Produce prototypes to demonstrate functional design aspects to
the client and to validate the design with end users;
4. Validate and refine the user experience through interactive
prototyping and user testing;
5. Specify user interfaces to enable technical teams to build them;
6. Design feedback, data capture and analysis mechanisms for systems
to enable future enhancement of user experience;
7. Produce user support systems for administration interfaces (e.g.,
user documentation, help, training, etc).
If you are enthusiastic, committed, have a good-quality education
(preferably in a related field e.g. HCI, Information Design etc) and
at least 2 years experience in this field, then please send through
your CV to marklong@abrs.com