Sr. UI/UX Designer (IT Statewide Analyst 1-3, ASP 50576897)

Sr. UI/UX Designer (IT Statewide Analyst 1-3, ASP 50576897)

Salary

$4,770.00 - $8,589.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

OTS 102326 ERG

Department

Division of Administration-Office of Technology Services

Opening Date

10/23/2026

Closing Date

11/6/2026 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

The Division of Administration/Office of Technology Services has a vacancy. This position is located in the Architecture, Standards & Platform Section. Req. 225725

The Office of Technology Services aims to be a responsible partner in delivering innovative, effective, and reliable solutions that support and enhance the IT functions within Executive Branch Departments. The Office of Technology Services will work to increase the return on the State's investment in technology by promoting smart decision-making, solving problems intelligently, increasing the rate of project success, and fostering a skilled and professional staff.

This position is within the Office of Technology Services (OTS), Architecture, Standards & Platform and supports the statewide design practice. The incumbent partners with product and engineering teams to deliver accessible, user-centered designs and contributes to the State's design system and standards, ensuring consistent and usable experiences across services.

The Division of Administration is the state government's management arm and the hub of its financial operations. Division offices perform a wide variety of activities including the following:

• Overseeing the state's capital construction program
• Working to provide state and federal grants for community development
• Development of the state budget
• Providing technology services
• Giving agencies guidance in the state purchasing and contracting process as they seek goods and services
• Administering a program that provides federal funds to help Louisiana residents recover from a series of devastating hurricanes

Minimum Qualifications

Five years of experience in information technology, project management, business analysis or administrative services; OR

Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus three years of experience in information technology, project management, business analysis or administrative services; OR

An associates degree in information technology plus three years of experience in information technology, project management, business analysis or administrative services; OR

A bachelor's degree plus three years of experience in information technology, project management, business analysis or administrative services; OR

A bachelor's degree with twenty-four semester hours in an information technology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or business analytics field plus two years of experience in information technology, project management, business analysis or administrative services; OR

A masters degree plus two years of experience in information technology, project management, business analysis or administrative services.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

NOTE:

A certification in an approved area may be substituted for the education and/or experience requirements at the time of hire or promotion, provided the appointment is made from a Certificate of Eligibles.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

Performs design, usability and user experience functions for the section:

• Creates and edits wireframes and mockups that conform to accepted standards and procedures.
• Participates in project planning meetings, leads user interviews and usability studies to discuss and understand user needs with respect to applications being developed.
• Leads and participates in design and usability reviews of systems in development and production.
• Leads design reviews and design critiques to help ideate on user requirements and maintain standards across teams and projects.
• Leads fellow designers in troubleshooting user flow issues across projects.
• Conducts accessibility audits of systems.

Assists with the successful delivery of IT projects statewide:

• Leads usability testing and assists with user acceptance testing.
• Attends and participates in project meetings such as daily standups, planning and retrospectives, keeping project leadership informed of progress towards project goals.
• Assists in the preparation and creation of presentations and refinement of project documents to meet design and language standards.
• Assists in the creation of training assets.

Assists with the development of the section's document library and standards, including documents for design process, best practices, and guidance for internal teams and other OTS sections.

Researches and remains informed of OTS and industry standards with respect to design, usability, user experience and accessibility.

Performs all other tasks, special projects, analysis, studies, and plans as directed.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: This vacancy will be filled by new hire or by promotion of a current permanent status classified employee.

Career Progression: This vacancy participates in a career progression group and may be filled from this recruitment as a IT Statewide Analyst 1, 2 or 3.

Compensation: The Salary range listed on the job posting reflects the pay grade minimum and maximum for the IT Statewide Analyst 1 job title. The salary range pay grade minimum and maximum for the other levels of the career progression group can be viewed using the links below:

IT Statewide Analyst 2

IT Statewide Analyst 3

Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer" for People with Disabilities.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

• Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.

Prior to a new hire, a background check, including criminal record history, will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment, but will be considered in determining the applicant's suitability and competence to perform in the position. A criminal history check may be conducted on employees changing positions, including promotions, demotions, details, reassignments, and transfers. Also, prospective employees may be subject to pre-employment drug testing. New hires will be subject to employment eligibility verification via the federal governments E-Verify system.

For further information about this posting, please contact:

Erica R. Gay

HR Specialist

Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources

Email:Erica.Gay@la.gov

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Years Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veterans Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
• Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement - State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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If you have completed twenty-four semester hours in information technology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or business analytics provide the qualifying courses include the course number, course title, credit hours, and college/university. Example: (BIOL 1001 - General Biology - 3 hrs - LSU) If you have not you can enter N/A.

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Describe your experience in an Agile environment (standups, sprint reviews, backlog refinement). How do you break design work into deliverable slices?

03

Describe how you could increase productivity and quality for your role and juniors in an Agile environment?

04

Describe how you mentor designers or front-end devs (critiques, pairing, accessibility coaching).

05

Describe how you think about accessibility when you are thinking through UIs or UX flows.

06

Please describe your experience with HTML & CSS. If you dont code, how do you ensure dev-ready fidelity?

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Which design tools do you use day to day (e.g., Figma, Tokens Studio, Storybook)? Include any plugins or token workflows.

08

Describe your experience using or contributing to a design system (components, tokens, documentation). What did you add or improve, and why?

09

Walk us through your handoff to engineering. What artifacts do you provide (specs, tokens, acceptance criteria), and how do you handle changes during build?

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Please link to portfolio work (case studies or prototypes).

Required Question

Employer State of Louisiana

Address 1201 N 3rd St

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802

Phone (866) 783-5462

Website http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm