Pre-design planning for a site redesign

[Aztek]

Our site is going on 5 years old. We want to get a fresh look without un-doing all the architechtural planning that we've done. We set a solid foundation in organizing our materials - so I don't want to lose that. I want to keep our programmer that is very skilled in the technical arena, but less so in visual design/usability.

Are there people for hire that just look at usability or look n' feel that will work with an existing programmer? I need someone that can talk to people within our organization to re-define site requirements, etc. What is that job title and how can I find them locally?

Any suggestions for resources, starting point, advice how redesign might be different than intial design would be greatly appreciated!

[adamseo]

I would find a good search engine manager...sitepoint is a great place to start!