Periodicdesign

Well, all looks good from this point. I had a few hiccups along the way with some missing imagery and failed database connections, but all seems to be running properly now. If anyone sees any problems, please let me know. I will be adding other stuff in the coming days. I know I’ve said I would do this before, but I really mean it this time.

Update: We have hired someone for this position. Thanks to all that inquired. I’ll let everyone know in the future if we hire again, which may be soon.

The company I work for is currently hiring for the following position:

Experience Architect

Siteworx, Inc., an Internet application and development company located in Reston, VA, works to transform clients’ business objectives into powerful interactive solutions. Utilizing strategy, technology and creativity, Siteworx creates fresh, functional solutions that serve many industries.

The Experience Architect will be responsible for performing a lead role in the research and design efforts for Siteworx’s client applications and large-scaled websites. This position requires working directly with client stakeholders to develop strategies and design specifications to improve the performance, usability and effectiveness of customer and user facing interfaces. You will use information gathered from client meetings, best practices, and competitive analyses to develop, site maps, wire frames, requirements and specifications which represent the layout, flow and organization of complex Web sites and Web applications. You will work closely with the client and the Siteworx technical and creative staffs.

Key Responsibilities

• Meet with clients to gather requirements based on existing business processes
• Research the competitive landscape and make recommendations relating to website organization and information hierarchy
• Document strategy by developing site maps, wire frames, representing website and Web application layouts
• Interface with the internal creative and technical staff to ensure that website designs meet both client and end user needs
• Design navigation and interaction systems
• Design nomenclature systems
• Experience changing the Web presence of large or multinational companies

Qualifications

• User focused, highly motivated, organized, able to multi-task, and work under tight deadlines
• Excellent client-facing consultative skills including the ability to lead client meetings
• Deep knowledge of user-centered design principles and information architecture and design
• Knowledge of general business strategy and specific knowledge of Web strategy
• Ability to analyze business requirements to define and improve applications and business processes
• Experience with a large-scale design or redesign of a website
• Extensive portfolio that includes examples of wireframes and specifications
• Familiarity with industry tools for generating flow diagrams, wireframes, and specifications

If you’re looking for a career where your contribution will be recognized and rewarded, if you share our philosophy that hiring the right people is the secret to success, and if you believe in working hard and having fun with a team that enjoys doing the same is for you — we want to talk to you! Please email your resume and sample UI Diagrams/Wireframes and Specs to jobs@siteworx.com or you may contact me directly with questions.

I have just not had time to update things on my site as of late. Work has been crazy. More on that later. You now have a means of contacting me.

Sam writes:

Some people are like Slinkies…

Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs!

So, I was perusing CNN today, getting my daily news fix, and I stumble across this article about the off year elections. I get about a third of the way down the page and read the following quote:

“The thing I like about this fellow is he grew up on a farm”

Yeah…

My brain actually stopped after I read that.