Senior Product Designer

Unissant Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. We apply our domain expertise data acumen and technology know-how to achieve breakthrough results for our clients. Working collaboratively we advance missions and careers through a focus on honesty integrity and dependability. We continuously look for talent excited to join that effort. To learn more about our exciting organization please visit us at .

We are seeking a Senior Product Designer to join our team and support our client in Herndon VA.

The ideal candidate is a senior human-centered design practitioner who can take a complex multi-party business process and turn it into a clear accessible digital product. This position supports a Department of the Navy financial management training program as part of a small senior delivery team working alongside a program manager a full stack engineer and a cloud solutions engineer. The work runs from discovery through delivery and covers stakeholder sessions requirements and workflow definition wireframes and interactive prototypes design system ownership accessibility conformance and support to user acceptance testing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct discovery sessions with stakeholders and users to understand current processes user needs pain points business rules and desired future-state workflows.
• Translate requirements into user journeys process flows information architecture wireframes interactive prototypes and high-fidelity interface designs.
• Design clear easy-to-use experiences for data collection workflow tracking status visibility review approval documentation and reporting functions.
• Collaborate with business analysts and software engineers to ensure designs are feasible complete and aligned with functional and technical requirements.
• Conduct usability reviews and user feedback sessions document findings and refine designs based on results.
• Apply accessibility and responsive design practices in accordance with applicable requirements.
• Prepare design specifications annotated mockups and other handoff materials to support implementation and testing.
• Support user acceptance testing training materials and iterative product improvement as needed.

Work Experience and Job Skills:

• 8 or more years of relevant experience in product design user experience design human-centered design interaction design visual design or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience designing web-based applications workflow tools portals dashboards enterprise systems or other complex digital solutions.
• Experience developing user flows wireframes prototypes mockups and implementation-ready design specifications.
• Experience conducting user research usability testing heuristic evaluation or design validation activities.
• Working knowledge of modern user experience and design tools such as Figma Miro FigJam Adobe XD Sketch or equivalent tools.
• Experience collaborating with business stakeholders analysts developers testers and project managers in an iterative delivery environment.
• Familiarity with accessibility practices including Section 508 compliance principles.

Education:

• A bachelors degree in a relevant discipline is preferred but not .
• In lieu of a degree the candidate may qualify through additional progressive experience military service technical training certifications or demonstrated expertise in user experience human-centered design systems design engineering technical operations instructional design or related disciplines.

Certificates Licenses and Registrations:

• None . Relevant certifications in user experience human-centered design accessibility or agile delivery are preferred.

Communication Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written skills ability to present proposals and performance data comfortable interfacing all levels of organization.
• Ability to write clear and concise creative content in a highly confidential manner.

Clearance Requirements:

• United States citizenship is . An active Top Secret (TS) security clearance is .

Travel:

• Minimal travel up to 10%. Occasional travel to a Government or University facility may be .

Environmental Requirements:

• Mainly a routine office environment.
• May be to lift up to ten (10) pounds
• Flexible in working extended hours

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties responsibilities and skills . Unissant management reserves the right to modify add or remove duties and to assign other duties as addition where applicable and available reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.

Please note: Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre-employment screening.

Unissant Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (EOE; M/F/Disability/Vets)

Required Experience:

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