Senior UX/UI Designer

Overview

As a Senior UX/UI Design , you will be responsible for guiding government clients through our Design Intelligence™ framework, incorporating human-centered methods to solve complex user experience challenges. You will plan and execute UX initiatives from discovery through interface design; research, prototyping, iteration, visual design, user, usability, and accessibility testing. You will serve as the voice of the customer and make sure their needs are considered and met within a proposed solution.

Responsibilities

• Participate in all aspects of the discovery process to understand: client mission and goals; stakeholders, users and their ecosystems; current state journeys; user segments; program and project objectives
• Conduct workshops and interviews to help frame pain points and opportunities, define insights, validate hypothesis, and create a compelling experience vision

• Understand the relevance of and how artifacts like journey maps, service blueprints, personas, ecosystem and experience maps fit into crafting the user experience
• Conduct user research and testing and effectively translate user needs into an implementable digital experience
• Collaborate and communicate stakeholder and user needs on a cross functional team within an agile environment
• Understand and embrace the specifications and constraints of a given technology, platform and/or operational environment
• Design intuitive, elegant, and accessible interfaces supported through a test and learn process

• Ensure all deliverables across a variety of projects are produced at the highest quality

Qualifications

• Current DEA Public Trust
• Experience working with Design Intelligence.
• 3+ years of professional UX and UI experience designing viable solutions for multi-platform digital products
• Current portfolio demonstrating ideology, methods, tools, skills, and craft
• Thorough knowledge and demonstrated experience conducting primary and secondary user research including user interviews, discovery and co-creation workshops, heuristic evaluation, and card sorting, and applying those insights to personas, journey maps, site maps, ecosystem maps, information architecture, and interface design
• Thorough knowledge and demonstrated experience in UI design including wireframing, low and high-fidelity prototyping, moderated and unmoderated user testing, and accessibility testing
• Knowledge and experience with 508 compliance requirements
• Experience working on a scrum team within the Agile delivery framework and experience integrating research and design into technical sprints including writing user stories and story pointing
• Proficiency in tools like Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Figma, Zeplin, and other prototyping tools
• Desire to keep pace with ever-changing industry tools and best practices with the ability to make recommendations as needed for the best outcome
• Experience collaborating within a multi-disciplinary delivery team including service designers, technologists, data scientists, engineers, solution architects, and change managers
• A natural curiosity for solving problems coupled with strong analytical skills
• A collaborative nature with excellent written communication and presentation skills
• Experience working in a project-based environment
• Degree or equivalent experience in HCD, HCI, and/or UX design; or a relevant professional certification in lieu of degree

Bonus Points

• Previous work experience in or with the federal government
• Previous work experience as a consultant
• Experience working on a cross-functional Salesforce implementation team