UI/UX Designer

Amivero

About The Position

Amivero’s team of IT professionals delivers digital services that elevate the federal government, whether national security or improved government services. Their human-centered, data-driven approach focuses on understanding the environment and the challenge, and reimagining how outcomes can be achieved with their customers. The team leverages modern, agile methods to design and develop equitable, accessible, and innovative data and software services that impact hundreds of millions of people. As a member of the Amivero team, you will use empathy, passion for service, energy for solutioning, and a bias towards action to bring modernization to mission-critical and public service government IT systems. This role involves serving as an Agile Scrum team member providing UI/UX design and development for the delivery of releasable software in short sprint cycles, working closely with business analysts, software developers/engineers, stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes.

Requirements

Bachelor Degree + 7+ years of experience.
US Citizenship Required to obtain a Public Trust.
Degree in a related field, such as Interactive Design, Architecture, Industrial Design, Graphic Design or Human Factors.
Seven (7) years of related experience.
Experience working collaboratively to communicate effectively through websites and web applications that are easy for real people to use and responsive across all device viewports.
7 + years’ experience as a visual designer, interaction designer, experience designer or a similar role.
Professional experience with enterprise UI design tools such as Figma (preferred), Axure, or similar tools.
Professional experience communicating designs with stakeholders such as product owners, end users, development teams, and management.
Ability to understand trade-offs between designs, technical feasibility, and maintenance.
Knowledge of modern front-end systems and open source frameworks (Angular).
Experience with responsive and mobile-first design.
Willing to take risks and champion new ideas.
Have experience designing applications, from consumer facing to internal tools.
Able to work and be effective in an agile design environment.
Working knowledge of and ability to assist others in the use of design tools to support process improvement (Figma, Axure, Sketch, Invision, XD, etc.).
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong work ethic and a self-starter.

Nice To Haves

Design Thinking certifications such as those offered through IDEO, Stanford, Cornell, MIT or a host of other organizations.
Proven experience designing for web accessibility (Section 508 standards).
Experience with information architecture.
Ability and interest in educating others on user-centered design best practices.
Advanced understanding of Lean processes, and Agile principles.
Ability to apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas.
Familiarity with any of the following is highly desirable: HTML, Angular, CSS, JavaScript.

Responsibilities

Conceptualizing and designing custom software application capabilities for a variety of legacy and modernized systems with limited oversight.
Lead the design of a cohesive look-and-feel and standardized user experience across the applications.
Taking a leadership role in collaborations between the creative strategy, UX, visual design, development team, and client to create effective design strategies.
Developing compelling, creative, and user-focused experiences and points of view that align with clients’ business objectives.
Collaborating with cross discipline team to create and execute experience style guides, interaction patterns, and information design standards.
Develop wireframes, mockups, and/or prototypes supporting design ideas and effectively communicate ideas to various stakeholders.
Establish standard layout and style libraries across applications.
Work closely the functional team to determine feasibility of requirements and collaborate on design ideas and improvements.
Ensuring product quality and timeliness of work, providing advice and guidance, resolving problems to meet objectives, and providing periodic performance reports.
Providing mentoring to junior members of the team.
Ensure applications are intuitive, effective, and deliver the customer value defined by program management.
Move design projects through the product design process, including discovery, concept, detailed design and implementation, facilitating progress at each stage.
Use your passion for solving tough user challenges through great design.
Influence design and experience across all applications to ensure a valuable and consistent customer experience.
Experience defining design systems and design standards for enterprise use.
Establish and champion UX design vision, standards, and best practices to peers and program leaders that align with program goals.
Stay current on important industry and customer trends to ensure our applications are delivering relevant solutions.
Collaborate effectively with stakeholders inside the company and with customer groups to drive effective solutions.
Design, visualize and communicate the user experience for our products through concepts, maps, diagrams, wireframes, prototypes, high fidelity visuals and other artifacts.
Use data, validation, and feedback strategies that deliver designs backed by qualitative and quantities testing.
Maintain a user-centered approach while respecting business needs.