UX/UI Designer

UX/UI Designer - *We are open to supporting 100% remote work anywhere within the US.

Job Description

We seek a UX Designer to be a part of a growing team of designers, researchers, and writers working to design and deliver software products on behalf of our clients in federal government. You will collaborate with other members of an Agile product team to research, design, and deliver experiences that are useful, usable, beautiful, and intuitive. Your human centered approach will help to understand what users need to succeed, whether they are members of the public accessing government services, federal employees carrying out their office, or administrators and policymakers seeking to make the government work better. This professional will contribute to the UX design and modernization of federal IT products across various agencies, creating applications that provide government and public users with great experiences.

Key Responsibilities

Work to support the UX vision and strategy established by project leadership in alignment with business objectives. Build empathy with users and understand their needs, using research skills like interviewing, concept validation, design reviews, participatory design, and user testing to help generate validated UX designs. Ideate to discover and develop designs that solve user experience problems as identified by your project team.

Work as part of a team to create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups to describe, communicate, and test proposed user experiences.

Review designs with quality assurance and development teams to answer questions and support successful implementation.

Clearly communicate design process and rationale of decisions with internal and external stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in design, human computer interaction or related field.
• 3+ years of applied UX/UI design experience in the software industry.
• Able to provide a portfolio demonstrating your design process and deliverables.
• Candidate must reside in the US, be authorized to work in the US, and work must be performed in the US.
• Candidate must have resided in the US 3 of the last 5 years.
• Candidate must be eligible for public trust.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of WCAG 2.0 Level AA / Section 508 compliance preferred.
• Experience in federal contracting or healthcare IT preferred.
• Solid foundation in software UX industry best practices including design thinking.

Professional Skills

• Complete tasks effectively and on schedule as part of a broader development team.
• Participate in an Agile process to learn quickly and iterate on your project's user experience based on insights from real users.
• Able to work within a design system, style guides, content guides, and proven industry patterns to deliver UX.
• Create designs that are easy to use, accessible, and visually appealing to the user, validated through hands on
• Strong skills with creative tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Sketch.
• Demonstrate excellent written, visual, and verbal communication.
• Ability to work successfully with a cross-functional, diverse, and distributed remote development team.

Working at ICF

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we're not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future.

We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building an inclusive workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to hiring regardless of any protected characteristic, such as race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status, or military/veteran status. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our EEO & AA policy.

Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation please email [email protected] and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

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Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position. The pay range for this position is:

$71,958.00 - $122,328.00

Virginia Remote Office (VA99)