Job Description
Please Note:
- Selected candidate must be willing to work on-site in Woodlawn, MD 5 days a week.
- Must provide a digital portfolio of design work for review.
Position Description:
- Derive business processes, analyze user needs, assist in requirements definition, design browser-based interfaces, and design and conduct usability testing.
- Interact on a daily basis with development team on the creation of new web components for the design system.
- Elicit business goals and user needs from stakeholders.
- Creation of anatomy diagrams for new UI elements (in the form of web components).
- Support the creation and maintenance for design toolkits in the latest design tools (Figma, Axure 10, XD, etc) used by the UX Design Team.
- Support the continuation of design token integration with the design system.
- Facilitate customer discovery sessions.
- Create and refine screen prototypes.
- Document user requirements, screen designs, and design recommendations.
Key Required Skills:
- Strong knowledge of user-centered design principles to include documenting user requirements and user needs and pain point); Interaction/Interface design experience utilizing user-centered methods; front-end development utilizing HTML/CSS/Javascript.
Requirements
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree with 7+ years of experience.
- Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical topics as well as interface with the customer on a daily basis.
- Minimum of 8 years of direct Interaction/Interface design experience in User-Centered Methods and User Analysis.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with front-end development (particularly of web applications) using modern JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust. Contract requirement.
Required Skills:
- Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical topics as well as interface with the customer on a daily basis.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience documenting user requirements, screen designs, and design recommendations.
- Minimum of 4 year of experience preparing and presenting findings and recommendations in small and large group settings.
- Minimum of 3 year of experience front-end development of applications utilizing HTML/CSS/Javascript with preference using modern frameworks like Angular or React.
- Experience using Axure RP prototyping software (preferably Axure 10).
- Experience with Figma prototyping software.
- Must provide a digital portfolio of design work for review.
- Experience working with design tokens.
- Experience working with design systems.
- Experience using Git and version control.
- Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools.
- Excellent communication and written skills.
Desired Skills:
- Experience with StencilJS and/or web component creation.
- Experience with Git/GitHub for version control and repo management.
- Experience in designing and conducting formative usability tests in both formal and informal settings.
- Experience with Pega and/or ServiceNow platforms.
- Experience with the Agile/Scrum methodology.
- Prior experience supporting government agencies.
- Understanding of Section 508 and its requirements regarding design.
- Hold additional UX Certifications such as UX Master Certification (NN/g) or UX Design Immersive (General Assembly).
Job Tags
Full time, Contract work,