Spunlogic is seeking a User Experience Architect to join our consulting team!

Job Description:
The user experience (UE) architect helps design world-class user experiences for a wide variety of clients’ websites, web applications, e-mail campaigns, and more. The UE architect will support senior UE architects on large projects and serve as the UE lead on smaller projects. The ideal candidate will meet the following qualifications:

Required Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills:

·         BS/BA degree in information design, information architecture, or related field.

·          2-3 years of experience as an information architect, interaction designer, or similar user experience role.  School project experience is acceptable

·         Demonstrated understanding of best practices and research-based principles in at least 2 of the following areas; familiarity with all of the following areas:

• Information architecture.
• Information design.
• Interaction design.
• Usability and accessibility.

·         Experience creating deliverables such as content inventories, wireframes, site maps, flow or process diagrams, task analyses, user scenarios and personas, competitive analyses, etc. (Work samples are required to apply.)

·         Excellent communicator able to

• Efficiently create clear, error-free deliverables for clients and for our creative design and technical teams.
• Confidently advocate for user experience principles and design decisions on a project—in a professional, collaborative manner.
• Occasionally write copy for client e-mails or websites.

·        Ability to follow direction from a project’s user experience lead and/or the Director of User Experience.

·        Ability to meet deadlines; ability to proactively ask questions or seek assistance if a task is unclear.

·         Must be a quick learner, a self-motivator, a systematic and critical thinker, a problem-solver, and an excellent collaborator with the user experience team, the creative design team, and the development team.

Required Tools:

• MS Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• MS Visio

Nice to Haves:

• Training in information mapping a plus.
• Experience conducting content inventories or taxonomy reviews for large websites a plus.
• Experience with content management systems and software, including metatagging, a plus.
• Experience with simulation tools such as Axure or iRise a plus.
• Experience designing user experiences for channels in addition to the web (such as mobile websites and applications, kiosks, interactive voice response systems) a plus.
• Familiarity with web 2.0 technologies and features (social networking, blogging, RSS/content distribution, widgets, etc.) and new AJAX/JavaScript interactions a plus.
• Experience with search engine optimization a plus.
• Experience with Web Trends, Omniture or other web analytic tools a plus.

Spunlogic, formed in 1998, is an award-winning interactive marketing and technology agency that uses an in-depth understanding of the user experience to help companies attract, convert and retain customers. The agency provides a full range of solutions including user experience strategy, interactive design, web development, email marketing, online advertising, intranet/portal design and development and e-commerce applications. Spunlogic is the Email Agency of Record for InterContinental Hotels Group and the Interactive Agency of Record for the State of Georgia. The agency also boasts a roster of both local and national clients including Coca-Cola, The Home Depot, Anheuser-Busch, Georgia Pacific, Cox Enterprises, AutoTrader, EarthLink, SeaWorld, and The HoneyBaked Ham Company. Spunlogic offers a competitive salary and benefit package with opportunity for growth.  If you and/or a colleague are interested in learning about career opportunities at Spunlogic, contact Spunlogic at dave.church@spunlogic.com ; or www.spunlogic.com//hr ; or call 404.601.4343.