UX/UI Designer
$75,000–$140,000 year
On-siteMcLean, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Conduct workshops and interviews to frame pain points, validate hypotheses, and create compelling experience visions for government clients. Execute UX initiatives from discovery through interface design, including research, prototyping, iteration, and accessibility testing. Translate user needs into implementable digital experiences while collaborating with cross-functional teams within an agile environment. Ensure deliverables meet high-quality standards and adhere to 508 compliance requirements. This role guides clients through the Design Intelligence framework using human-centered methods to solve complex mission challenges.
Required Qualifications
- Ability to obtain a U.S. government Public Trust Security Clearance
- 4+ years of professional UX and UI experience designing viable solutions for multi-platform digital products
- Current portfolio demonstrating ideology, methods, tools, skills, and craft
- Demonstrated experience conducting primary and secondary user-research including user-interviews, discovery and co-creation workshops, heuristic evaluation, and card sorting (for example), and applying those insights to personas, journey maps, site maps, ecosystem maps, information architecture, and interface design
- 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
Desired Qualifications
- Previous work experience in or with the federal government
- Previous work experience as a consultant
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