UX Designer - Arlington, VA

Company: CollabraLink Technologies, Inc
Location: Arlington
Posted on: September 15, 2020

Job Description:

At CollabraLink, we're committed to providing federal clients with simple and intuitive solutions that increase efficiency and enhance citizen engagement. Using advanced technology, rigorous processes and trusted guidance, we're making government more interactive, productive and secure. We understand that our employees are our greatest asset. Our goal is to create an environment where employees can do important, purposeful work and be rewarded for individual and team success. CollabraLink is seeking a UX Designer to join our team. Responsibilities Candidates must have experience with the full user experience design lifecycle for business software applications, from feature conception through wireframestoryboard iteration and high-fidelity prototyping. The ideal candidate will Understand and apply Human Centered Design (HCD) methodologies to craft the visual appearance, interaction behaviors, and activity flows of features for complex business software. Synthesize customer requirements, user needs, business objectives, and technical constraints communicated by stakeholders to generate design artifacts that advance the user experience and promote usability. Create thoughtful and impactful UX design concepts, wireframes, flows, information architecture, prototypes, and UI patterns. Lead collaborative design reviews and participate in usability testing to refine UX design artifacts. Successfully communicate conceptual ideas, detailed design, rationale, and usage guidelines, both verbally and visually. Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to refine the customer experience and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs. Interact extensively with customers and users, with a strong ability to make succinct and well-reasoned arguments for designs that benefit users. Work closely with user researchers and software engineers to identify implementation approaches that balance user experienceusability goals with technical cost. Required Experience At least five to seven (5-7) years UX and interaction design experience across a variety of digital channels, with a focus on designing complex business applications. Fluency with wireframing tools (Axure, Sketch, Adobe CC). Must have problem solving skills with aptitude to support self-organizing, multi-disciplinary teams with experience in persona development, data visualization and high-fidelity prototyping. Understanding of U.S. Web Design Standards, Section 508 accessibility requirements, and experience creating and working with "design systems." Experience with Agile andor Lean knowledge. Portfolio of UX design andor research artifacts. Ability to meet ambitious deadlines and deliver high-quality work on schedule, including quickly turning around design artifacts such as user flow diagrams, prototypes, compsmock-ups, interactive wireframes, etc. Very strong verbal and written communication skills, and extensive customer interaction. Ability to pass a background investigation and clear a Public Trust at minimum per contract requirements. Experience working as part of a Scrum (or other agile methodology) development team. Experience creating UX designs for complex business applications using low-code platforms such as Appian preferred. In addition to UX design core skills, the ideal candidate will have experience designing journey maps, personas, and design-thinking artifacts preferred. Per Federal Contract, ship is required. We actively practice the philosophy that empowered employees make successful teams. That's why we strive to put employees in positions where they can grow, both personally and professionally. CollabraLink offers a full suite of benefits including comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, matching 401(k), Paid Time Off, Tuition Reimbursement plans and much more. CollabraLink is a fast growing CMMI-DEV Maturity Level 3, Small Business professional services firm. Founded in 2003, CollabraLink has long established ourselves as a value-add partner assisting our customers in solving their most difficult problems. We bring expertise across a wide variety of IT and Mission Support services driving significant results for our customers. CollabraLink is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. CLSDL2017

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