Information Architect

Job Field: IT/Software Development Location(s): Chicago, IL 60667 Organization: Orbitz Schedule: Full Time, Employee Orbitz Apply by Email Why join Orbitz? Whether you're an avid traveler, a disciple of utilizing technology to streamline business processes, or just looking for an exciting new opportunity, you'll find that Orbitz is a place where you can make a difference. Do rewarding work that will have a positive impact on traveling consumers worldwide. Information Architect Title: Information ArchitectDept: Product MarketingReports:  Lead Information Architect Summary:An Information Architect at Orbitz Worldwide will work closely with multi-disciplinary teams in planning, designing, defining, testing and advancing the user experience for web-based travel booking, management and marketing products. Information Architects at Orbitz Worldwide will work in a highly collaborative environment to ensure that Orbitz Worldwide’s user experience adheres to industry best practices, is highly usable, reflects internal standards, utilizes advanced interface concepts, and is in alignment with Orbitz Worldwide’s business goals. Responsibilities:· Lead and promote the user experience process.· Create, maintain and continue to evolve the user experience and interactions for Orbitz Worldwide online products.· Evaluate the scope of projects and provide high-level and detailed estimates for the IA portion of initiatives.· Identify, track and recommend solutions for project related issues.· Generate detailed project plans for IA portions of initiative in which tasks are appropriately categorized and prioritized.· Stay abreast of technical and functional dependencies across multiple initiatives.· Work closely with Lead Information Architect to manage availability, report on status and plan for future efforts.· Develop a broad understanding of Orbitz Worldwide’s and the competition’s business, technologies and products.· Work closely with internal teams to ensure that user experience best practices are promoted.· Work closely with internal teams to ensure that they are aware of what is being proposed and that their expertise is utilized when necessary.  · Work closely with Product Marketing teams to ensure that product requirements are understood, complete and then transformed into user experiences that are sensitive to the user’s needs, the business goals and any the constraints of technology.· When necessary, work closely with Product Marketing and Technology teams to develop requirements and use cases through ideation, visual concepts and prototyping.· Effectively present proposals, concepts and solutions to internal stakeholders.· Work closely with Product Marketing and internal research teams to understand consumer needs prior to efforts and evaluating usability of designs that are both in progress and final.· Work with IA team to establish and continue to evolve documentation standards and internal processes.· Present finalized and in progress designs to designers, editors, user interface engineers, QA and back-end developers to gather feedback and to assist the efforts of these teams in the development of their project plans, estimates, feasibility assessments and risk assessments.· When necessary, create or assist in the creation of both low and high fidelity prototypes for usability evaluations and as a means to gather feedback.· Create and maintain documents such as wireframes, flow charts, site maps, screen maps, functional specifications, project plans and template trackers.· Plan, participate in, observe and report on usability studies. Qualifications:· Must demonstrate experience in disciplines such as Information Architecture, Interaction Design, User Experience Design or related fields in the development of large-scale, dynamic Web sites, intranets or web based applications.· Must demonstrate direct involvement in the creation of artifacts such as wireframes, process flows, flow charts, functional specifications, scenarios, personas and use cases.· Will have a thorough understanding of how technologies such as browsers and scripting languages can impact, enhance or constrain potential solutions.· Will have experience working closely with multi-disciplinary teams.· Must have a thorough understanding of Information Architecture, Interaction Design and User Experience Design concepts combined with strong practical, creative and analytical skills.· Must have strong conceptual skills, a critical eye for detail and the ability to translate complex concepts into visual representations that accurate, detailed and clear.· Will have experience with and an understanding of Human Factors and Usability methodologies, protocols and processes such as analysis, prototyping and participation in studies.· Will demonstrate experience with project management processes such as estimating efforts, creating and maintaining detailed project plans· Must have excellent communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills. · Must be organized, self-motivated and highly adaptable.· Must have a high level of proficiency in Visio, Word, Excel and Windows.