Principal Information Architect

Department: University Communications
Appointment Type and Duration: Regular Ongoing
Salary: $110000 - $125000 per year
Compensation Band: OS-OA10-Fiscal Year 2025-2026
FTE: 1.0

Application Review Begins

June 8 2026; position open until filled

Special Instructions to Applicants

To be considered for this position applicants must submit a complete application. Complete applications must include a resume.

*Candidates who are selected for interview may be requested to provide a portfolio of relevant work.

We are interested in finding the best candidate for this position. We encourage you to apply even if you dont think you meet every one of our preferred qualifications - use your application to let us know what is meaningful to you about the role and what transferable skills or other qualities you would bring to the position.

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Department Summary

University Communications supports the University of Oregons strategic goals through comprehensive communications and marketing programs. The division oversees brand and marketing strategy news and content earned media and issues management digital strategy social media executive and internal communications and licensing. Reporting to the president the division supports key initiatives manages and strengthens reputation drives revenue through licensing builds brand value and oversees the universities major channels including social web paid and earned media and content products.

Position Summary

The Principal Information Architect (PIA) will lead the strategic organization of the universitys web ecosystems. This is a high-level individual contributor role reporting to the Assistant Vice President for Digital Strategy. The PIA will make institution-wide decisions about how millions of users find navigate and understand information across UOs digital presence and will directly shape how the university presents itself to the world.

This role plays a key part in advancing the universitys information architecture through the development of a phased subdomain strategy that guides progress from current to future state. The position designs scalable navigation systems across global local and contextual levels and establishes taxonomies controlled vocabularies and labeling systems to support consistent information organization. Through content inventories and audits the role informs strategic decision-making and helps define guidelines for the appropriate placement of public versus internal content.

Working in partnership with stakeholders across academic and administrative units this position provides consultation on information architecture best practices and contributes to the evolution of university web governance policies.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
Five years of experience in information architecture or related field
Experience designing information architecture for complex digital environments

Professional Competencies

Ability to facilitate alignment among multiple stakeholders with competing priorities
Proficiency in navigation design across multiple levels (global local contextual)
Proficiency in sitemap development documentation and content inventory methodology
Ability to map user journeys and task flows
Skill in structural wireframing (distinct from visual/UI design)
Ability to interpret analytics to inform architecture decisions
Experience developing controlled vocabularies and labeling systems

Preferred Qualifications

Masters degree in information science library science or related field
Experience with subdomain strategy in large organizations
CMS experience particularly Drupal
Experience with user research methods including card sorting and tree testing
Accessibility expertise
Experience with search strategy and findability optimization
Experience synthesizing mental models and user research

FLSA Exempt: Yes

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees including health insurance retirement plans and paid time off. For more information about benefits visit our website.

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