Experience Architect (23rd June)
We are looking for a talented and motivated Experience Architect with good experience in a similar role to join our small, dynamic Innovation & Experience team.
EXPERIENCE ARCHITECT at MAP of MEDICINE
Full-time, permanent role in London, UK (some travel)
Salary: £Neg Excellent flexible benefits package.
ROLE SUMMARY
The Map of Medicine is a web-based application that has broken new ground in the healthcare industry. The Map of Medicine team are committed to user-centred design and want to ensure the Map continues to innovate within this challenging sector in order to increase adoption and ultimately improve the health of the world. We are looking for a talented and motivated Experience Architect with good experience in a similar role to join our small, dynamic Innovation & Experience team.
The Experience Architect will create positive, engaging, and innovative user experiences for the Map of Medicine product suite and for integrations with other healthcare systems. Drawing on a range of approaches to research, design and testing, they will conceive ideas and produce solutions that meet the needs of our customers and users, and/or demonstrate innovation in product development. Collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team (from development, implementation, content, clinical, sales & marketing, management, and support), they will drive all elements of user experience design by gathering user requirements, prototyping concepts, creating information architecture and UX deliverables, and producing interaction designs for desktop, web and mobile interfaces.
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THE ROLE
---REQUIRED---
Good experience as a user experience architect or similar role, with in-depth knowledge of user-centred design (UCD)
A degree (or equivalent) in human computer interaction, industrial/product design, graphic design, ergonomics, human factors, psychology, or other related field.
Full-lifecycle experience of system development / web design projects
Experience exploring a range of ideas and concepts through: brainstorming and other creative thinking techniques, low- and high-fidelity prototyping
Experience of producing high quality deliverables including some or all of Personas, scenarios, User journeys/flows, Usability/expert reviews, Competitive reviews, User/Content management requirements, Wireframes, Functional specifications, Interaction/behaviour specifications/prototypes, Presentations/other communications assets, Information architecture, Metadata requirements, taxonomies
Experience in conducting user research/testing through some or all of Contextual (ethnographic) observation, Interviews, Focus groups, Questionnaires/surveys, Lab testing, Card sorting, Diary studies
Ability to work autonomously and estimate own work
Excellent attention to detail and quality
Good verbal and written communication skills
Able to present to a small audience
Understanding of the DDA in relation to new media, and working with accessibility guidelines
---DESIRED---
Healthcare industry experience
Experience planning and facilitating workshops
Experience in the design of Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and/or Web 2.0 applications
Software product development experience
Visual information design experience
---ATTITUDINAL ATTRIBUTES---
Highly enthusiastic
Motivated to perform
Positive in outlook and approach
Flexible
Acceptance of diversity
A wish to understand people and have an insight into the way they work
A questioning nature i.e. seeking to understand the history, drivers and context for work done
Keen to learn and grow
HOW TO APPLY
Full job specification available on the website: http://www.mapofmedicine.com/careers
Please send CV and covering letter, including salary expectations, to joinus@mapofmedicine.com
NO AGENCIES PLEASE