User Experience Strategist

About the position

Imarc is looking for a Strategist to assist in all the aspects of research and planning in the building of websites and web applications. This is a full-time position open to local, hybrid, and remote workers.

As a Strategist, you'll be a member of our dedicated User Experience (UX) Department, and you will work across Imarc’s production teams. Your mission: help design and define solutions from start to finish, with the client's goals and best practices always in mind.

Check out our Handbook for more on how you'd participate in the strategy and UX of a typical project.

You will be expected to:

• Work with project leaders to translate high-level proposals into detailed requirements documents ready for production.
• Collaborate with clients and internal leads to design overall user experience for websites and applications.
• Research and understand analytics in regards to diagnosing potential UX pain points and areas for optimization.
• Help plan Information Architecture and refine sitemaps for websites.
• Work with project leads to produce and refine high-fidelity wireframes
• Define functional elements and how content will display on pages.
• Collaborate on drafting the flow and user journeys for completing tasks on a site.
• Be a champion for users.
• Recommend best practices in regards to the usability of an application or website.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure overall project continuity and consensus on designs.
• Participate in usability and user testing.

Skills we’re looking for

We are looking for a candidate who can not only listen to clients and their audience but ask the tough questions and dive headfirst into the data to uncover areas for optimization. We expect you to be extremely thorough and document all requirements for our clients and production team along the way. Here’s what else we expect from you:

• 2-3 years experience with user experience design, information architecture, visual design, web design, usability research
• Solid understanding of best practices and technology landscape
• Great communication and presentation skills (written and verbal) 

What Imarc offers

Imarc is a premier full-service digital agency. We do it all – from brand strategy to website development and everything in between – and we do it well. We have won over 200 industry awards, we have made the Inc 5000 list seven times, and we were named by Boston Business Journal as one of the top five firms in Massachusetts.

We live and breathe for our clients, and our relationships with them are built on mutual trust and commitment. We are proud to say that some of our clients have been with us since the very beginning. We have the honor of working with some incredible brands including JetBlue, Red Bull, Marriott, Atlantic Broadband, and many more. 

We believe in building deep connections with our clients and with each other. Everything we do is done with growth in mind, both professionally and personally. We believe in work-life balance, and encourage all Imarcians to take their earned time off doing what they love. 

Get to know more about the team at www.imarc.com/about

Check out our infographic to learn more about us: https://imarc.agency/meetus 

We offer lots of tangible benefits that you're probably interested in:

• Paid vacation, personal time, and holidays – including fully paid time off from Christmas to New Years Day.
• Company-sponsored retirement plan
• Attractive benefits package including health and dental coverage
• Paid vacation, personal time, and holidays
• Disability and Life Insurance
• Summer Fridays – Between Memorial Day & Labor Day, Fridays are half days
• A nice work environment with your favorite Mac, PC, or Linux laptop; standing desks; friendly co-workers; your favorite mechanical keyboard, etc.

How to apply

We look forward to hearing from you. You'll get bonus points for a thoughtful cover letter. We sometimes publish our job listings on other sites, but we prefer that people apply on our BambooHR portal. If you're on another site reading this, click the link to apply: https://imarc.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=65