WebFirst, an award-winning Web & Mobile Development firm, is currently looking for a highly talented & creative Information Architect to join our team.
Our clients are some of the most well-respected names in health, the environment and agriculture. You will be collaborating with top notch talent in our development department. Our projects aren’t just web applications – our solutions help our clients accomplish their mission which advances their causes. If you want something a little bit different, cutting edge, fun and challenging, then WebFirst is the place for you!
Location: Fully remote
Start Date: 10/1/22
WebFirst is seeking an information architect to work with our federal customers and make recommendations. The candidate must understand their business models and goals and help to define strategy for future enhancements of their web site. The candidate will work in an Agile environment with close contact with technical implementation teams.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the IA development
- Familiar with Card Sorts
- Clearly communicate analysis and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Make recommendations on how users can find content more easily using quantitative, qualitative, and search analysis.
- Review and analysis of Content Types.
- Develop navigation recommendations.
- Help define taxonomies to govern site organizational structure.
- Provide input on and possibility run research and user testing workshops to include user interviews, task analysis, tree sort and card sorting.
- Create wireframes, site maps, and web behavior for data intensive websites and portals.
- Analyze audiences and their informational and functional needs.
- Business / Requirements Analysis
Qualifications:
- Experience and knowledge with Customer Experience (CX) Best Practices
- Must have strong communications skills
- Must have experience creating IA for public facing and intranet based websites
- Some experience with Content Strategy and/or taxonomy development
- Experience holding requirements sessions
- Experience working with agile development processes and designing for Content Management Systems.
- 3+ years of experience performing IA
- Strong knowledge of user interface design processes and methodology
- Strong knowledge of information architecture-related software (e.g. Adobe XD, UxPin, Miro, Invision, Axure etc.)
- Working knowledge of User Centered Design Principles and Practices
- Detail-oriented
- Solid understanding of Section 508 and usability
- UI / Web / Mobile / Response Design skills are a plus
If interested, please send us a portfolio information (such as project artifacts, requirements docs, sitemaps, wires, etc.). We look forward to hearing from you.
Position Type: Full time Salaried (W-2) or 1099 Contractor Position (Temp to Perm) (strong preference for full time employee/conversion).
Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Public Trust clearance is required. Must be able to pass a security clearance for federal contracting work.
Benefits
At WebFirst, we value our staff's input and strive to create a learning environment for our team! Moreover, we are committed to creating a solid work-life balance with daily flex time and monthly paid leave time for community service activities. We like to have fun as well - with
- Regular happy hours
- An annual picnic
- Holiday party
- Outdoor Activities
We offer a comprehensive benefits package (including health, dental, vision, life, LTD and STD), company-matched IRA program, HSA, an annual profit sharing program, and 3 weeks of annual leave.
