UI/UX Designer
Apply NowCompany: ECS
Location: Arlington, VA 22204
Description:
ECS is seeking a UI/UX Designer to work in our Arlington, VA office.
Responsibilities to include:
Will serve as a designer in the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) External Services Directorate, responsible for user experience and interface design
Quickly yet thoroughly create process flows, wireframes, and visual design mockups as needed to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors
Develop and maintain detailed user-interface specifications
Engage with stakeholders to do evaluation of needs, goals, mission, values, and overall objectives of site
Solicit and incorporate feedback from CIGIE/USPS OIG/IG Community subject matter and technical experts throughout the engagement.
Leverage the U.S. design standards to the greatest extent possible
Limit custom coding to the greatest extent possible to promote efficient knowledge-transfer and cost-effective in-house maintenance
Throughout development, when significant design choices are required, develop multiple concepts for feedback from CIGIE/USPS OIG/IG Community POCs
Serve as the liaison to the web developers to ensure the visual elements are built as designed within reasonable technical capacity.
Test applications from a UX standpoint to spot design inconsistencies or other visual errors.
At least 5 years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information
architect, or similar role
Conceptual understanding of User Interface Design and the Design Process
Intermediate to advanced user of Adobe Creative Suite (or other designer tools)
Intermediate level of HTML, CSS and Bootstrap
Basic JavaScript skills
Understanding of Less and Sass
Understanding of responsive design and touch interface interaction techniques and be in sync with recent design standards and trends
Understanding of the limitations of web and mobile, with approaches/ideas to flex those boundaries. A solid portfolio of work demonstrating experience creating great user-centered design solutions across multiple interfaces and screen sizes
Create user-centered designs for software projects by considering customer feedback
Design the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new web and on-device software applications
Create and evaluate interaction models, user task flows, screen designs, and UI details that promote ease of use and optimize the user experience
Breakdown complex requirements and concepts into well-thought visual designs and workflows
Ability to work collaboratively with developers, project managers, and cross-functional teams to ensure that designs are successfully created and implemented to achieve the user goals
Experience creating UI specs & wireframes. Flexibility and willingness to move from idea, to whiteboard, to execution quickly and provide choices to stakeholders
Participates in testing, validating own and others' functionality
Experience in proposing and executing new interactive graphics based on existing data, with the goal of making the data already collect more accessible and interactive
Ability to improve the "user paths" on the site, ensuring that users' destinations can be reached in a minimum of clicks
Modernize and improve existing graphics, fonts, and other design elements, with the goal of achieving a modern-looking website
Responsibilities to include:
Will serve as a designer in the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) External Services Directorate, responsible for user experience and interface design
Quickly yet thoroughly create process flows, wireframes, and visual design mockups as needed to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors
Develop and maintain detailed user-interface specifications
Engage with stakeholders to do evaluation of needs, goals, mission, values, and overall objectives of site
Solicit and incorporate feedback from CIGIE/USPS OIG/IG Community subject matter and technical experts throughout the engagement.
Leverage the U.S. design standards to the greatest extent possible
Limit custom coding to the greatest extent possible to promote efficient knowledge-transfer and cost-effective in-house maintenance
Throughout development, when significant design choices are required, develop multiple concepts for feedback from CIGIE/USPS OIG/IG Community POCs
Serve as the liaison to the web developers to ensure the visual elements are built as designed within reasonable technical capacity.
Test applications from a UX standpoint to spot design inconsistencies or other visual errors.
At least 5 years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information
architect, or similar role
Conceptual understanding of User Interface Design and the Design Process
Intermediate to advanced user of Adobe Creative Suite (or other designer tools)
Intermediate level of HTML, CSS and Bootstrap
Basic JavaScript skills
Understanding of Less and Sass
Understanding of responsive design and touch interface interaction techniques and be in sync with recent design standards and trends
Understanding of the limitations of web and mobile, with approaches/ideas to flex those boundaries. A solid portfolio of work demonstrating experience creating great user-centered design solutions across multiple interfaces and screen sizes
Create user-centered designs for software projects by considering customer feedback
Design the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new web and on-device software applications
Create and evaluate interaction models, user task flows, screen designs, and UI details that promote ease of use and optimize the user experience
Breakdown complex requirements and concepts into well-thought visual designs and workflows
Ability to work collaboratively with developers, project managers, and cross-functional teams to ensure that designs are successfully created and implemented to achieve the user goals
Experience creating UI specs & wireframes. Flexibility and willingness to move from idea, to whiteboard, to execution quickly and provide choices to stakeholders
Participates in testing, validating own and others' functionality
Experience in proposing and executing new interactive graphics based on existing data, with the goal of making the data already collect more accessible and interactive
Ability to improve the "user paths" on the site, ensuring that users' destinations can be reached in a minimum of clicks
Modernize and improve existing graphics, fonts, and other design elements, with the goal of achieving a modern-looking website