UX/UI Designer
UX/UI Designer
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$ 75000 - 140000
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Job Description
Overview
As a UI/UX Designer 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.
Contributions
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
Qualifications
- Ability to obtain a U.S. government Public Trust Security Clearance
- Masters Degree and 3 years of relevant experience; OR
- Bachelors Degree and 5 years of relevant experience; OR
- No degree and 9 years of relevant experience
- 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
- Possesses at least one professional certification relevant to the technical service provided. Maintain a certification relevant to the product being deployed and/or maintained.
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
About steampunk
About Steampunk
Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary including but not limited to geographic location contractual requirements education knowledge skills competencies and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $75000 to $140000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunks total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.
Identity Statement
As part of the application process you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland Federal Civilian Health and DoD sectors. Through our Design Intelligence process we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story visit .
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.
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