User Experience Designer, Mid

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

19h•$69,400 - $158,000

About The Position

Are you looking for an opportunity to transform the way a user interacts with web design? You know that a good system is more than just the code, infrastructure, and a nice-looking interface, it’s the way it addresses a user’s needs. As a User Experience Designer, you’ll have the chance to put yourself in the user’s place and design the best way for them to engage with the system. We’re looking for someone creative like you to craft the ultimate user experience. In this role, you’ll work closely with the product manager on your team to understand your clients’ vision and their users’ needs. Working on an Agile team, you’ll build skills in designing large-scale digital experiences that are as intuitive as they are aesthetically pleasing. You’ll be involved with the full spectrum of the digital creative process, including user research, information architecture, wireframing, rapid prototyping, interface design, and front-end development. Your experience with user research, information architecture, wireframing, rapid prototyping, interface design, and front-end development will help you advocate for the prioritizations of design-centered changes, refinements, and improvements, all the while keeping the end-user at the center of your work. Are you ready to help our clients meet their mission by protecting civilians? Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

Experience with user research and creating intuitive user designs for software or web applications
Experience creating wireframes
Experience with visual design
Ability to communicate design concepts across different audiences and varying levels within an organization
Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree

Nice To Haves

Experience with UX and user-centered design
Experience with Figma or Adobe XD
Knowledge of information architecture, workflow design, information management, and governance for site usability
Knowledge of evolving web standards, including HTML5 and CSS3

Responsibilities

Understand clients' vision and their users' needs.
Design large-scale digital experiences that are intuitive and aesthetically pleasing.
Conduct user research.
Develop information architecture.
Create wireframes.
Develop rapid prototypes.
Design interfaces.
Engage in front-end development.
Advocate for design-centered changes, refinements, and improvements.