UX/UI Designer

Overview:

Design. Disrupt. Repeat.

Be an agent of change on a team committed to achieving client-focused, mission-driven excellence. Steampunk is the explosive collision of human-centered design and traditional government contracting. We are an employee-owned company with a startup mindset and time-tested approaches tailored for the federal government. We’re passionate about creating solutions that are impactful, practical, and scalable while meeting our clients’ ever-changing needs. We believe in empowering our people to find creative solutions to intractable problems. We believe the best environment in which to grow and thrive is outside our comfort zone. We believe that while good design makes for a good product, human-centered design makes for an excellent one.

Contributions:

Responsibilities:

Participate in all aspects of the discovery process to understand: client mission and goals; stakeholders, users and their ecosystems; current state journeys; user segments; program and project objectives

Conduct workshops and interviews to help frame pain points and opportunities, define insights, validate hypothesis, and create a compelling experience vision

Understand the relevance of and how artifacts like journey maps, service blueprints, personas, ecosystem and experience maps fit into crafting the user experience

Conduct user research and testing and effectively translate user needs into an implementable digital experience

Collaborate and communicate stakeholder and user needs on a cross functional team within an agile environment

Understand and embrace the specifications and constraints of a given technology, platform and/or operational environment

Ensure all deliverables across a variety of projects are produced at the highest quality

Qualifications:

Ability to obtain a U.S. government Public Trust Security Clearance

4+ years of professional UX and UI experience designing viable solutions for multi-platform digital products

Current portfolio demonstrating ideology, methods, tools, skills, and craft

Demonstrated experience conducting primary and secondary user-research including user-interviews, discovery and co-creation workshops, heuristic evaluation, and card sorting (for example), and applying those insights to personas, journey maps, site maps, ecosystem maps, information architecture, and interface design

Knowledge and experience with 508 compliance requirements

Proficiency in tools like Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Figma, Zeplin and other prototyping tools

Desire to keep pace with ever-changing industry tools and best practices with the ability to make recommendations as needed for the best outcome

Experience collaborating within a multi-disciplinary delivery team including service designers, technologists, data scientists, engineers, solution architects, and change managers

A natural curiosity for solving problems coupled with strong analytical skills

A collaborative nature with excellent written communication and presentation skills

Experience working in a project-based environment

Degree or equivalent experience in HCD, HCI, and/or UX design

Bonus Points

Previous work experience in or with the federal government

Previous work experience as a consultant

About steampunk:

About Steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $75,000 to $140,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

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