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UX Designer 4. 151194-1.
Contract: 3 months with the intent to have 18 months contract.
Schedule: Remote
This role is for an Information Architecture and is niche, which is a specialty not many people have expertise in it. Therefore, the client is not looking for a certain number of years of experience within each hard skill.
Job Responsibilities:
- Evaluate new and updated navigation requests for adherence to guidelines and best practices
- Support refining governance and maintenance workflows for site navigation
- Communicate with stakeholders about their requests
- Work with PMs and engineers to support automation efforts for navigation workflows
- Collaborate in creating test plans for user research focused on information architecture
- Analyze and make recommendations based on research findings
- Define and document best practice guidelines for navigation structures based on research and industry best practices
Skills:
- Understanding of information architecture principles for creating digital user experiences
- Use of taxonomy best practices and internal documentation to guide decision-making
- Familiarity with designing and executing user research methods for testing information architecture, especially card sorts and tree tests
- Ability to document standards and guidelines
- Strong verbal/written communication skills. Must be able to communicate effectively at all levels across the organization.
- Working with commercial taxonomy management software (preference for PoolParty experience)
- Experience using GitHub to make and merge changes
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Master's degree in Library and Information Science, HCI or similar preferred
- 8+ years experience
Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience:
- Familiarity and demonstrated experience with Navigation Design: Experience in designing and implementing navigation structures
- Familiarity and demonstrated experience with Tree Test Design: Familiarity with designing and conducting tree tests for user research
- Familiarity and demonstrated experience with GitHub: Basic understanding of version control and managing pull requests
Additional notes for the recruiters:
Typical Day in the Role:
- Purpose of the Team:The purpose of the Microsoft Learn Site Experience Team manages the Microsoft Learn platform, which centralizes all of Microsoft s documentation, training, credentialing, and Q&A related to building with Microsoft products. Their users are primarily technical users or those trying to create something with Microsoft products. The team centrally manages all navigation on the site, ensuring that the large volume of content is organized and accessible. They handle requests for new navigation bars, updates to existing ones, and ensure that these changes adhere to Microsoft brand guidelines and standards.
- Key projects:This role is for an Information Architecture and involves ongoing maintenance of the Microsoft Learn platform, with a focus on managing navigation updates and improvements. One key initiative is addressing a backlog of improvements based on data and user research. This includes testing various elements, analyzing data, and implementing enhancements across the site s headers. The work involves both responding to incoming requests and proactively identifying and making necessary changes to improve the user experience.
- Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm: The role will consist of the following,
20% Meetings and Coordination: Attending meetings to discuss ongoing work, upcoming projects, and necessary navigation updates.
30-40% Data Analysis and Research Review: Reviewing data on navigation performance, setting up or reviewing user research results, and prioritizing changes based on insights.
10% Customer Service Management: Handling requests from content creators, explaining decisions, and managing expectations.
40% Making Changes and Managing Content: Editing YAML files, managing pull requests in GitHub, and implementing navigation updates.
Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition:
- What makes this role interesting? - This role offers a unique opportunity in the specialized field of information architecture, led by an expert with extensive experience. Candidates will benefit from a collaborative environment with other information architects, and the chance to develop skills in navigation design, user research, and using tools like GitHub.
Candidate Requirements:
- Years of Experience Required: 8-10 overall years of experience in the field. This time can include the time spent obtaining master s degree in a related field.
- Degrees or certifications required: no degree is required to be eligible for this role.
- Disqualifiers: Candidate resumes that predominantly shows experience as a taxonomist or ontologist; this is a related skill set but not suitable for this role. Candidates with a background mainly in visual design would also not be a good fit and will not be eligible for the role.
- Best vs. Average: The ideal candidate for this niche Information Architecture role should have experience managing large-scale platforms efficiently, strong customer service skills, and familiarity with navigation design, tree test design, and GitHub. They should be able to handle competing stakeholder priorities, apply standards in an enterprise environment, and work proactively to manage their workload.A relevant degree is valued but not required if they have significant on-the-job experience.
- Performance Indicators: Performance will be assessed based on quality of work and timeliness.