FREELANCE INFORMATION ARCHITECT
-Research and development of navigation infrastructure and information retrieval projects for «old link»
-Design of organization, labeling, navigation, and indexing systems to support both browsing and searching (including the development and management of a controlled vocabularies and thesauri)
-Develop detailed wireframes that incorporate the technical, editorial, and usability aspects of web design projects
-Research new products and explore technologies that complement the abilities of humans to add value to information
-Support Director of Information Architecture on a variety of additional projects
Job qualifications
-Creativity, conscientiousness, meticulous attention to detail, and entrepreneurship
-Excellent project management, communication and problem-solving skills
-Deep understanding of information retrieval and content management technology
-Schooled in the techniques and technologies of information representation, web site usability and design, metadata (data modeling, XML)
-Analytical skills, including Excel modeling
-Bachelors degree
-Familiarity with Internet business models
-Three years experience managing information architecture for a high traffic, database driven, commercial Web company
-Experience working with technical staff and appreciation of the Engineering process
-Drive to develop new skills
-Graduate degree in information science, library science, human-computer interaction or similar field preferred