Department Summary
University Communications supports the University of Oregon’s 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 university’s 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 UO’s digital presence and will directly shape how the university presents itself to the world.
This role plays a key part in advancing the university’s 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
• Bachelor’s 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