Senior UI/UX Designer

Contact Government Services, LLC offers an onsite Senior UI/UX Designer role in Boston that centers on impactful federal digital experiences. You will lead UX across multiple client sites, conduct user research, craft wireframes and design resources, and partner with engineers and government stakeholders to deliver accessible and compliant interfaces. This role provides a competitive salary in the range of $120,000 - $200,000 per year, a comprehensive benefits package, and a collaborative culture focused on rigorous user-centered design and delivery excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-scale UX design efforts, including research, blueprinting, and evaluating existing systems.
• Oversee planning, design, and implementation of multiple sites and applications across several clients in a fast-paced environment.
• Lead all stages of user research and analysis to inform the creation of highly usable web pages, application interfaces, and dynamic solutions.
• Collaborate with federal practice engineers and federal clients to define, design, and implement innovative, intuitive solutions for the federal customer and stakeholders.
• Produce wireframes, storyboards, and site maps to communicate interaction and design ideas for websites and applications.
• Develop scalable design resources to support project collaboration and expansion of ECS creative services.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust.
• Strong UX design experience.
• 10+ years combined professional design experience (UCD, UI/UX design).
• Strong online portfolio showing research-driven decisions in the design of responsive web and mobile applications.
• Results-oriented problem solver with high standards for quality, accuracy, attention to detail, and overall excellence.
• Expertise in user research methodologies, user centered design principles and frameworks, and user interface design standards.
• Advanced understanding of user personas, user flows, affinity mapping, and other research tools.
• Strong understanding of the life cycle process of website development (discovery, planning, design, requirements, coding, testing, and user testing and evaluation).
• Experience evaluating existing systems and processes to identify UX issues and develop UX recommendations.
• Experience designing web and mobile applications that are compliant with 508 and US Web Design System (USWDS) standards.
• Experience prioritizing features while accounting for user goals and business requirements.
• Experience carrying designs from start to finish, from wireframes to delivery of final high-fidelity UI mockups.
• Experience establishing and maintaining rapid customer feedback loops to inform design at critical stages.
• Self-starter, motivated, confident and able to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Success on projects designed from scratch as well as redesigns for established platforms or products.
• Experience mentoring/leading junior designers.
• Advanced coding knowledge (HTML, CSS, and JS).
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe xD, InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.

Technologies

• HTML
• CSS
• JS
• US Web Design System (USWDS)
• Adobe xD
• InDesign
• Illustrator
• Photoshop

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Nice to have

• Excellent interpersonal and client focused skills, interacts well with all levels of staff and partners with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.
• Experience using Agile methodology to manage projects.
• Experience creating and modifying data visualizations.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.