UX Information Architect / Digital Information Architect
Posted 1 day ago by Nexify Infosystems
Negotiable
Inside
Onsite
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The UX Information Architect / Digital Information Architect role in London focuses on enhancing the structure and organization of content within Lenovo's global digital ecosystem. The position involves designing scalable navigation systems, taxonomies, and metadata frameworks to improve user discoverability of products and resources. Collaboration with UX researchers, product teams, and SEO specialists is essential to ensure intuitive and consistent digital experiences. This is a 12-month contract position classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and maintain scalable navigation systems across Client global web properties, including masthead and site hierarchy structures.
- Define logical pathways for users to discover products, services, and solutions across complex content ecosystems.
- Evaluate and improve site structures to reduce redundancy, fragmentation, and unnecessary site scale.
- Develop and maintain taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, and metadata standards to support content organization, search, and discoverability.
- Partner with content and product teams to implement consistent metadata practices across CMS and DAM systems.
- Audit existing metadata and content structures to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities for improvement.
- Establish guidelines for page structure, navigation placement, and content categorization.
- Help teams align new content and product launches with existing information architecture frameworks.
- Balance business visibility needs with long-term usability and navigational clarity.
- Conduct site audits to identify duplicate content, outdated pages, and structural inconsistencies.
- Analyze user behavior, search data, and analytics to inform IA improvements.
- Recommend consolidation or deprecation strategies to streamline the digital ecosystem.
- Work with UX research and design teams to validate IA decisions through user testing and behavioral insights.
- Collaborate with SEO specialists to ensure navigation and taxonomy structures support search performance.
- Partner with engineering teams to ensure IA solutions are feasible within CMS and platform constraints.
Key Skills:
- Information architecture
- Taxonomy and ontology design
- Metadata strategy and governance
- Navigation design and hierarchy modeling
- Content auditing and content lifecycle management
- Cross-functional collaboration
- UX and discoverability optimization
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: UX Information Architect / Digital Information Architect
Location: London, UK (3 Days onsite)
Duration: 12 Months
Inside IR35
Contract Overview
Client is seeking an Information Architect to help shape the structure, organization, and findability of content across Client global digital ecosystem. This role focuses on designing scalable navigation systems, taxonomies, and metadata frameworks that help users easily discover products, solutions, and support resources across Lenovo.com and related digital platforms. The Information Architect works at the intersection of user experience, content strategy, and platform governance. This role partners closely with UX researchers, product teams, SEO specialists, developers, and content owners to ensure Lenovo’s digital experiences are intuitive, consistent, and sustainable at scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Information Architecture & Navigation Design
- Design and maintain scalable navigation systems across Client global web properties, including masthead and site hierarchy structures.
- Define logical pathways for users to discover products, services, and solutions across complex content ecosystems.
- Evaluate and improve site structures to reduce redundancy, fragmentation, and unnecessary site scale.
- Taxonomy & Metadata Strategy
- Develop and maintain taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, and metadata standards to support content organization, search, and discoverability.
- Partner with content and product teams to implement consistent metadata practices across CMS and DAM systems.
- Audit existing metadata and content structures to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities for improvement.
- Content Governance & Standards
- Establish guidelines for page structure, navigation placement, and content categorization.
- Help teams align new content and product launches with existing information architecture frameworks.
- Balance business visibility needs with long-term usability and navigational clarity.
- Site Audits & Continuous Improvement
- Conduct site audits to identify duplicate content, outdated pages, and structural inconsistencies.
- Analyze user behavior, search data, and analytics to inform IA improvements.
- Recommend consolidation or deprecation strategies to streamline the digital ecosystem.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work with UX research and design teams to validate IA decisions through user testing and behavioral insights.
- Collaborate with SEO specialists to ensure navigation and taxonomy structures support search performance.
- Partner with engineering teams to ensure IA solutions are feasible within CMS and platform constraints.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Science, Library Science, Human-Computer Interaction, UX Design, or related field.
- 4–7+ years of experience in information architecture, taxonomy development, content strategy, or related discipline.
- Experience designing navigation structures and large-scale content hierarchies.
- Strong understanding of taxonomy, metadata, and content classification principles.
- Experience working with enterprise CMS platforms (such as Adobe Experience Manager or similar systems).
- Ability to translate complex product ecosystems into intuitive user pathways.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with product, design, and engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working on large global websites or complex product ecosystems.
- Familiarity with DAM systems and digital asset metadata strategies.
- Experience conducting content audits and site restructuring initiatives.
- Knowledge of SEO principles and how site architecture impacts search performance.
- Background in information science, knowledge organization, or library science.
Key Skills
- Information architecture
- Taxonomy and ontology design
- Metadata strategy and governance
- Navigation design and hierarchy modeling
- Content auditing and content lifecycle management
- Cross-functional collaboration
- UX and discoverability optimization