UI/UX Designer
UI/UX Designer
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Job Description
Join cBEYONDatas digital transformation team as a UI/UX Designer on a highvisibility federal contract modernization effort. In this role youll partner with product owners analysts and engineers to craft intuitive accessible user experiences that drive adoption improve mission outcomes and reinforce SMXs reputation for excellence in government digital services. If youre passionate about solving complex usability challenges and seeing your designs deployed at scale this is the opportunity to make a real impact.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with product managers business analysts developers and other stakeholders to define user needs and translate them into wireframes prototypes and highfidelity designs.
- Plan and conduct user research activities (interviews surveys usability tests) synthesize findings and articulate actionable design recommendations.
- Create and maintain a consistent scalable design system (UI components pattern library) that aligns with both SMX brand standards and federal guidelines.
- Ensure all designs meet Section 508 and WCAG accessibility requirements; partner with QA to validate compliance.
- Iterate rapidly on designs based on user feedback analytics data and stakeholder reviewsbalancing innovation with usability and technical feasibility.
- Facilitate design workshops and presentations clearly communicating rationale and advocating for usercentered outcomes.
- Participate actively in Agile/Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning backlog grooming demos) to keep design work tightly integrated with development cycles.
Required Skills/Experience:
- Active Secret security clearance or ability to obtain U.S. Government security clearance (requires U.S. citizenship)
- Bachelors degree in HCI Graphic Design Interaction Design or a related field.
- 35 years of handson UI/UX design experienceportfolio must demonstrate endtoend usercentered design solutions.
- Expert proficiency in Figma Sketch or Adobe XD (including prototyping and developer handoff).
- Solid experience conducting and applying results from user research and usability testing.
- Understanding of Section 508 and WCAG accessibility standards with proven experience implementing accessible designs.
- Demonstrated ability to work within Agile/Scrum environmentscomfortable collaborating with developers on implementation.
- Strong visual design skills: typography color theory layout and information hierarchy.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to present complex ideas clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.
Desired Skills/Experience:
- Familiarity with the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) or other federal design frameworks.
- Experience building or maintaining component libraries (e.g. Storybook) and design tokens.
- Basic frontend development knowledge (HTML CSS JavaScript) to facilitate closer designerdeveloper collaboration.
- Exposure to React or other modern JavaScript frameworks.
- Experience leveraging analytics tools (Google Analytics Hotjar FullStory) to inform design decisions.
- Prior experience on federal or highly regulated digital modernization projects.
cBEYONData is an EEO Employer of Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age race creed color religion sex national origin ancestry disability status veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression genetic information marital status citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal state or local law.
cBEYONData is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law. If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation to complete the application please contact the cBEYONData Recruiting Team
Employment Type
Full Time
