Razorfish is one of the largest interactive agencies in the world andcurrently have more than 2,000 employees in 20 offices in seven countries (Australia, China, France Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States) focusing exclusively on digital marketing and technology. Each office is filled with opportunities for people who want to invent the digital future. It's a big challenge, but it's a big internet, and there's work to be done.

Whats the role?

As Senior Information Architect, you are the senior user experience specialist on the project team and will collaborate closely with the Strategy Lead, Design Lead and Creative Director to create web sites and applications. You will be working across the project lifecycle: from pitching and concept development through to producing IA deliverables and onto UAT and quality assurance. The majority of your work will be developing IA documentation (site maps, user journeys, navigation models and wireframes). This is a client facing role in which you will collaborate with senior clients to develop and present your work.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

Create information architecture and interaction design for transactional, informational, and marketing websites.
Understand target audiences needs, tasks, and goals and translate them into creative concepts and functional components.
Work closely with clients to translate business requirements into meaningful interactive experiences.
Work on new business ideas at pitch level as well as live projects.
Advise and work with the designers, copywriters, programmers, and technical architects.
Lead or participate in immersive user research, concept testing, and usability testing.
Develop and document detailed user experience specifications for highly interactive interfaces.
Liase with clients.
Participate in user experience thought leadership in both the company and the industry.
Handle changing priorities and other duties as assigned.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

Essential

Strong understanding of user-centred design processes and interaction design principals.
Ability to understand and communicate complex information structures and the logical information flow of user journeys.
Display a creative mind with the ability to develop new forms of navigation and site architecture.
A proven track record within content driven IA with a solid background both educationally and professionally.
Demonstrative ability to executive on IA of complex transactional interfaces, taxonomies and metadata frameworks and templates for content management systems.
Good working knowledge of content management systems and structure.
Extensive experience of wire frame interface design including development of specifications for site functionality.
Able to supply a substantial body of work and a description of involvement.
Demonstrative ability to develop big ideas, and executive flawlessly against them in a highly collaborative environment.
Significant commercial web development experience, ideally within a new-media agency environment.
Proven awareness of usability and accessibility issues and apply them to ongoing work.
Experience in client services and negotiating business decisions.
Strong editorial skills.
Strong initiative and the ability to promote new ideas as well as excellent presentation skills.
Ability to handle projects from beginning to end and meet tight deadlines.
Good eye for detail.
Strong ability to multitask.
Confidence in liaising with managers.
Ability to recognise when content is not needed to manage your own workload.
Enthusiasm, team spirit, dedication to the job and willingness to help out.
Effective interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to present complex subjects in understandable terms.
Demonstrable ability to successfully resolve situations that are broadly defined, complex, diverse, and occasionally unprecedented.
Ability to perform in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
Adept at creating practical solutions to daily business challenges
Ability to work independently and balance multiple projects and processes simultaneously.
Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications.