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Designer UX II - User Experience Visual Designer

Designer UX II - User Experience Visual Designer

MindlanceWashington, DC, United States
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Title : Designer UX II - User Experience Visual Designer

Duration : 4 Months - Long Term

Location : Washington, DC 20433

Hybrid Onsite : 4 days onsite per week from day1

The User Experience Designer will perform the full range of responsibilities associated with user-centered design methodology for software development . He / she will also conduct reviews of software products and guide how to remediate usability issues. He / she must be able to explain usability principles and techniques to both technical team members and business sponsors.

Essential Job Functions :

  • Interact directly with business sponsors and subject matter experts to understand business and functional requirements and constraints, and converting them into appealing, highly usable interfaces.
  • Engage with the business development team and / or customer early in the project lifecycle to seek a deeper appreciation of the customers' business problems and goals.
  • Develop an understanding of the end users of the websites / applications to be developed by conducting primary and secondary research, including user interviews, traffic data, existing systems, enterprise guidelines, etc., and communicate findings of user research
  • Carry out user modeling and task analysis, and develop personas and scenarios
  • Create wireframes and visual design mockups as needed in order to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed user interaction behaviors.
  • Ensure application-level consistency with respect to visual design and interaction components
  • Prepare low fidelity prototypes of sites / features ranging from draft concepts to wireframes or interactive prototypes for internal review and brainstorming.
  • Create or advise on content architecture and navigation design, Design page level layout, page flow, and task fulfillment
  • Propose design solutions for identified usability problems in existing applications
  • Present low and high-fidelity designs / mockups to clients for review, iteration, and approval.
  • Create and evaluate interaction models, user task flows, screen designs, and UI details that promote ease of use and optimize the user experience.
  • Make recommendations to solve complex interaction problems and improve overall user experience within an application and across different applications
  • Conduct heuristic reviews of websites and web applications

Educational Qualifications and Experiences :

  • Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Web Design, or similar field
  • High level of visual design expertise
  • Experience with the following :
  • Usability design, user centered design
  • Information architecture, navigation design
  • Interaction design and graphic design
  • User modeling and task analysis
  • Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript a plus

    • Certification Requirements :

  • HFI Usability Analyst, Nielsen Norman Group certification, UX Bootcamp diploma, or other applicable credential is desirable.

    • Required Skills / Abilities :

  • Proven experience designing responsive websites.
  • Strong visual design skills; Able to explain his / her design philosophy verbally and in writing.
  • Advanced skills in Photoshop, UX prototyping, Illustrator, Adobe XD, Sketch, Figma, InVision, wireframing, and other mapping tools.
  • Track record of solving cross-browser / cross-platform UI compatibility issues.
  • Cutting-edge knowledge of most recent UX / UI design standards and trends. Advanced knowledge of visual design, and information architecture
  • Proficient understanding of the limitations of web and mobile application design, with ideas to flex those boundaries, strong understanding of technical feasibility of their designed prototypes.
  • Advanced understanding of the trade-offs between optimum user experience and technical, information security, business constraints, and ability to propose optimized designs within those constraints
  • Demonstrable astuteness regarding aesthetics in web design, including layout, grid systems, color theory and typography.
  • Capable of working directly with clients in an iterative and agile manner to dramatically improve prototypes in a short time.
  • Competency in the following technologies : HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, Bootstrap.
  • Advanced knowledge of graphic design and accessibility principles
  • Advanced understanding of information systems, application development standards and life cycle methodologies, particularly in a large-scale, Agile context
  • Knowledge of storyboarding / prototyping, Axure, usability testing, and survey tools
  • Knowledge of interaction design
  • Familiarity with principles of human computer interaction
  • Strong interpersonal, communication skills and a team player
  • Ability to produce deliverables within tight deadlines

    • Pluses :

  • Master's Degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Web Design or similar field
  • Advanced knowledge of interaction design
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