About the position
Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) Designer/Developer. This is a full-time remote position within the State/City level work department. Military Veterans are highly encouraged to apply. The role involves leading the effort to define, plan, and conduct user research throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), starting from the Discovery phase. The designer/developer will create research guides, conduct iterative user research, and produce outputs from the discovery phase, including journey maps, personas, and other artifacts that will inform the design and development phases. Additionally, the role requires creating prototypes using Adobe Experience Design (XD), Sketch, Invision, or similar standard UX/UI software to create iterative application flows in response to ongoing user testing, and translating creative software design concepts into reality using front-end technologies.
Responsibilities
- Lead the effort to define, plan, and conduct user research throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), beginning in the Discovery phase.
- Create research guides and conduct iterative user research.
- Produce outputs from the discovery phase, including journey maps, personas, and other artifacts that will inform the design and development phases.
- Create prototypes using Adobe Experience Design (XD), Sketch, Invision, or similar standard UX/UI software to create iterative application flows in response to the ongoing user testing.
- Translate creative software design concepts and ideas into reality using front end technologies.
Requirements
- Expertise in conducting user research and producing related deliverables including but not limited to personas, journey maps, interview guides, mind maps, and research finding documents.
- Expertise in using standard UI/UX software such as Adobe Sketch, Invision, and XD to create intuitive application prototypes driven by best practices around Human-Centered Design and in compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0.
- Expertise in using front-end technologies such as Hyper Text Markup Language 5 (HTML5), Cascading Style Sheets Level 3 (CSS3), and JavaScript to create responsive, and browser agnostic prototypes.
- 8+ years of professional experience in UI/UX design and development.
- Experience with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Adobe (Sketch, Invision, and XD), React, and Angular.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher.
