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Senior UX/UI Designer

Accylerate, Inc

Reston, VA

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Agile Programming Methodologies, Brand Marketing (Branding), Business Analysis, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Consumer Branding, Contextual Inquiry, Data Modeling, Data Visualization, Design Document, Design Patterns Programming Methodologies, Design Services, Detail Oriented, Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial Design, Information Design, Information Science, Leadership, Lean Manufacturing, Product Design, Product Engineering, Product Strategy, Project/Program Management, Prototyping, Social Sciences, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Time Management, Typography, Usability Testing, User Experience Design (UXD), User Interface Design, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Web Design, Wireframes
LOCATION
Reston, VA
POSTED
30+ days ago
Ideal Candidate Profile: Seeking a Senior UX/UI Designer who will work closely with design team, product leads, and engineering partners to develop creative solutions that meet business goals and user needs. The candidate should be highly skilled, motivated, and passionate about visual design, UX, and research.

Job Duties & Responsibilities
Support Design, Research, and Implementation (60%)
Support Design Research (generative and evaluative) initiatives for your team/products
Analyze business and technical requirements, lead synthesis sessions with your team, following agile and lean methodologies
Create user journeys and flows to capture current and future states of user pathways, develop wireframes, interactive prototypes, comps, specifications, and other design documents to communicate design ideas to project teams
Partner with the Accessibility and Design Standards teams to ensure designs are compliant and ensure brand and pattern alignment
Create and present concepts/deliverables to your working team and our stakeholders
Collaborate with developers through tools like Figma and Zeplin

Contribute to Product Design Strategy and Stakeholder Communication (30%)
Contribute to the overall UX/UI design strategy, including feeding into and refining a design system to facilitate a unified experience across all our products
Document and present design updates to stakeholders and users
Collaborate and take direction from multiple stakeholders and disciplines to achieve an impactful experience
Participate and be vocal in agile ceremonies to ensure design needs are met
Nurture a culture of user empathy and deep curiosity that enables us to build simple, intuitive products for our customers
Advocate for consistent design processes, methods, core systems, and patterns

Self-manage projects and timelines efficiently (10%)
Manage workload and obtain necessary requirements and acceptance criteria needed to complete work
Coordinate with UX Lead, product leads, design team, and engineers to ensure timely delivery of design artifacts
Help foster an environment for collaboration by partnering with business and other creative units to align our visual design approach with project goals, and the Client brand


Required Skills & Experience
Advanced understanding of design systems, hierarchy, typography, visual design, responsiveness, accessibility, branding, illustration, data visualization, iconography and interaction design.
A Bachelor's degree in a related field (computer science, interaction design, HCI, industrial design, information science, social sciences, graphic design, etc.) and/or equivalent years of work experience.
5+ years of professional experience of relevant Design experience.
You are detailed oriented and passionate about visual design, UX, and research and have extensive experience in information design and user scenarios, digital interaction design patterns, Web site architecture, user interfaces, and navigation on various platforms (Web, mobile, tablet).
Experience with user-centered research, such as usability testing, contextual inquiry, and field interviews.
Understanding the physical, cognitive, cultural, and social factors that affect design decisions.
Familiarity with front-end coding technologies and data modeling is a big plus.
Strong communicator with an ability to demonstrate both leadership and understanding with respect to project partners; Self-managing, but also used to working within a team
Highly adaptable to new information, situations, or challenges and can work independently.
A portfolio of your work is required with your application.


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Accylerate, Inc