Catapult Systems is one of the top Microsoft National Systems Integrators (NSI) in the US and we are growing!  Our award-winning success is based on a proven combination of experience, expertise, and education. We attract and retain employees far longer than the industry average, ensuring the creation of sustained, repeatable success and value for our customers. We have been building business-critical systems and helping our clients maximize their investment in Microsoft technology since 1993.

Job Summary

Information Architects at Catapult Systems are responsible for the navigation, organization, interaction design, and business/user process engineering for leading edge Web solutions, software, and mobile devices/applications. You will apply user-centered design methods to translate user needs, business objectives, and technology capabilities into world-class user experiences for leading companies. We are looking for people who are passionate about what they do, and thrive working with others to solve the toughest design challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess existing sites/properties for usefulness, usability, visual design, content, and branding (with guidance and oversight)
• Utilize low-fidelity, medium-fidelity, and high-fidelity prototypes across the different stages of the design
• Analyze, synthesize, and organize research data into meaningful themes, categories, and visually compelling frameworks and behavioral models
• Identify opportunities to create business value and improve the user experience based on user research; organize opportunities into visually compelling matrices or maps
• Develop personas/segmentations based on research findings (with guidance and oversight)
• Create engaging scenarios and develop frameworks describing key aspects of a proposed experience, and how it reconciles business and user needs
• Create visually compelling representations of the solution's high-level interaction, navigation, and organization design (i.e., concept models)
• Develop visual representations of the organizational structure, hierarchy, and relationships of screens in a site (i.e., site maps) as well as the interactions between the user and the functional modules in the solution (with guidance and oversight)
• Develop screen details (i.e., wireframes) depicting all elements on a unique screen type, including the content, functional, and navigation specifications (with guidance and oversight)

Experience Guidelines:

• Bachelor's degree preferred in design-related discipline: Interaction, Information or Interface design; Human-Computer Interaction; Design Planning; Graphic Design; Communications
• 3-5 years of industry experience
• Candidates must be versed in user-centered design methods and techniques
• Proficient to expert in: Microsoft Expressions Suite (Blend\Designer), Illustrator, Photoshop, Visio, Microsoft Office
• Excellent analytical and process-oriented skills
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Experience in working on multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams
• Prior experience in a consulting firm or agency preferred
• Prior experience in UI design for mobile devices a plus

If you are passionate about technology and want to work with great people that understand that the balance in your work life is just as important as the balance in your personal life, then apply today.
 
We offer an outstanding benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, paid time off, flex spending accounts, paid disability and 401(k) investment just to name a few.