UI Designer

Applied Technical Systems, Inc.

$70K — $95K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Creative problem solver with diverse design skills including interaction, usability, graphic design, HTML, and CSS.
  • Proficient in building websites and applications with a strong understanding of their functionality.
  • Experience designing responsive interfaces for multiple devices including desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones.
  • Self-directed, confident, and adaptable in fast-paced environments.
  • Strong English communication skills to explain design rationale to a varied audience.
  • U.S. citizenship and eligible for security clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Engage in a design process involving thorough research and iterative improvements.
  • Utilize feedback from usability testing to refine designs.
  • Gather and interpret constructive criticism into actionable design solutions.
  • Conduct field research to identify essential design elements users may overlook.
  • Collaborate effectively with developers and product managers throughout the design process.
  • Apply Agile/Scrum methodologies in the design workflow.

Benefits

  • Remote working options available, allowing flexibility in location.
  • Exposure to collaborative work in a multidisciplinary team.
  • Variety of design challenges in a fast-paced environment.
Full Job Description
Title:

UI Designer

Position Summary:

We are looking for a creative UI Designer to help us create, improve, and innovate the user-friendly interfaces that make our products successful.

Responsibilities:
  • Part of a design process involving research, experimentation, and revision.
  • Incorporate usability testing feedback.
  • Elicit constructive feedback and capable of interpreting that feedback into design solutions.
  • Perform field research to discover and implement important design details that people may not realize they need.
  • Collaborate with others and work well with developers and product management.
  • Familiar with Agile/Scum methodology.

Qualifications:
  • Ability to solve all sorts of design challenges with creativity, efficiency and precision; a full stack designer (interaction, usability, graphic design, html, css).
  • Skilled at building web sites and applications and an understanding of how they work.
  • Comfortable designing for web browsing through any device: be it a desktop, laptop, iPad or smartphone.
  • Must be self-directed, confident, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent communication, both written and spoken English, with both technical and not-so-technical people. Ability to explain why a design works or why it doesn't
  • U.S. citizenship, and eligible to obtain clearance required

Desirable Skills:
  • Minimum of 3-4 years of web and user application design experience.
  • Able to integrate UX into Agile development practices. We release working software in
    short iterations.
  • Strong visual design skills: Latest trends, color, typography
  • Strong interaction design skills: wireframing, prototyping, HTML5, CSS3
  • A passion for semantic mark-up and standards
  • Experience in developing graphic assets scalable for mobile devices (e.g. iPhone/iPad/Android)

Salary:

DOE

Location:

Alexandria, VA / Silverdale, WA / Anywhere in the United States

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