Senior UE Consultant / Information Architect - London

An opportunity has arisen to join a team of 10 user experience analysts within an internal consultancy for this large, global investment bank in Canary Wharf.

Working on highly interactive applications to define interaction standards for a leading financial services company, the team is currently based in the USA and this will be the London office’s first UE hire. The User Experience / Usability Analyst / Information Architect (IA) will research, plan, design and document user interfaces for web-based, hand-held and desktop applications.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL...
- Be detail oriented, have excellent communication, presentation and client management skills
- Be comfortable with the standard IA process and look for ways to improve it
– Understand and have opinions about current industry best practices, experienced with designing transactional user interfaces
– Balance an academic interest in best practices with tactical solutions
– Desire to define innovative solutions and publish in industry forums
– Want to develop a design pattern library
– Manage client expectations and own time efficiency
– Enjoy collaborating with product owners and business analysts to design solutions.

THE IA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
– user research
– personas, feature maps and prioritization
– sitemaps
– wireframes
– functional specifications (or annotated wireframes
– user testing)

You will have a level of skill equivalent to at least 5 years of experience working as an information architect / experience architect. A portfolio of sample work must be reviewed before an interview will be scheduled. This role may initially be offered as a contract role for 2/3 months prior to converting to a full time employee.

Desirable skills include: Experience with Web application design (AJAX / FLEX technologies), experience with interactive agencies, good writing skills, financial industry experience.

Excellent basic and bonus structure in place

To apply for this position please initially send your CV to me at bo@evolveconsultinguk.com. If shortlisted a small sample portfolio of your work will be requested!

Associated Link: Evolve Consulting

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