UX/UI Designer #7213

GovCIO•Norfolk, VA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

GovCIO is currently hiring for a UX/UI Designer to work and collaborate within an Agile product team to transform complex ideas into user-centered designs that are both visually compelling and highly functional. This position will be located in Norfolk/ Virginia Beach/ Chesapeake area and will be a hybrid position.

Requirements

High School with 10+ years (or commensurate experience)
Clearance Required Secret.
8+ years of professional experience in UX/UI design.
Strong visual design skills with attention to detail.
Proficient designing and prototyping in Figma.
Knowledge and understanding of user experience design principles and methodologies, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing.
Understanding of agile methodologies and experience working in an agile team environment.
Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to articulate design decisions and present work to team and stakeholders.
Consistently delivers high-quality work within established deadlines with strong task management and the ability to break down complex assignments into actionable steps.
Works independently and reliably ensuring continuity of progress even when the design lead or other team members are unavailable.

Nice To Haves

Familiarization with the Department of Defense (DoD) systems acquisition process.
Training (or) certification in facilitating Design Thinking Workshops (DTW).
A bachelor's or master's degree in UX design, human-computer interaction, graphic design, or a related field is typically required.

Responsibilities

Coordinates with business and technology teams, ascertaining system requirements, such as program functions, output requirements, input data acquisition, and system techniques and controls.
Provides technical/functional expertise in identifying, evaluating, developing, and supporting systems.
Analyzes business and technical processes to formulate and develop new and modified business information processing systems.
Interfaces between systems architects/programmers and users located in a specialized area to ensure that information technology designs meet the needs of the end users within an organization.
Documents product/service requirements and develops test procedures to ensure user requests are carried out.
Interacts with testing requirements to ensure traceability and test coverage.
Develop user-centered design solutions based on research and industry best-practices.
Create user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity designs, and prototypes for web applications.
Leverage a deep understanding of design systems and scalable UI components to maintain and enhance the design system.
Ensure designs meet accessibility standards, passing WCAG and 508 compliance.
Present and validate design concepts and decisions to stakeholders in a clear, respectful, and collaborative manner.
Collaborate closely with the design lead to ensure alignment on project goals, prioritize tasks, and manage expectations across the team.
Work seamlessly with team members, cross-functional teams, subject matter experts, and stakeholders to support successful project execution.
Travel minimum 25% of time in support of program requirements.