MDW Associates is seeking a
UI/UX Designer to support the US Postal Services' Inspector General's Office (OIG). The successful candidate will design the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new web and on-device software applications to include the wireframes, mock-ups and process flows.
This position is on-site 4 days a week at our USPS customer site in Arlington, VA.
The
UI/UX Designer may perform a combination of some or all of the following duties:
- 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.
- 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.
- Participates in testing, validating own and others' functionality.
- Modernize and improve existing graphics, fonts, and other design elements, with the goal of achieving a modern looking website.
Required Skills- 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 users 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 ability to 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.
- 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 ideas, to whiteboard, to execution quickly and provide choices to stakeholders.
- 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.
Desired Skills- Excellent communication and team-oriented skills.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Security Requirement(s):- Public Trust - Candidates for this position must be submitted for a background investigation in order to satisfy government requirements.
Additional InformationWe offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits and compensation package for our employees, including but not limited to:
- Health
- Dental
- Vision
- Group Life Insurance/Long Term Disability/Short Term Disability
- Retirement/401(k)
- Flexible Leave Policy
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
