Steampunk, Inc. · 2 months ago
Senior UI/UX Designer
McLean, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$110K/yr - $170K/yr
6+ years expSteampunk, Inc. is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, focused on bringing new thinking to clients in various sectors. As a Senior UI/UX Designer, you will guide government clients through the Design Intelligence™ framework, executing UI/UX initiatives and ensuring user needs are met within proposed solutions.
ConsultingInformation Technology
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
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
Design intuitive, elegant, and accessible interfaces supported through a test and learn process
Ensure all deliverables across a variety of projects are produced at the highest quality
Qualification
Required
Ability to obtain a U.S. government Public Trust Security Clearance
6 + years of professional UX and UI experience designing viable solutions for multi-platform digital products
Current portfolio demonstrating ideology, methods, tools, skills, and craft
Thorough knowledge and 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
Thorough knowledge and demonstrated experience in UI design including wireframing, low and high-fidelity prototyping, moderated and unmoderated user testing, and accessibility testing
Knowledge and experience with 508 compliance requirements
Experience working on a scrum team within the Agile delivery framework and experience integrating research and design into technical sprints including writing user stories and story pointing
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
Preferred
Previous work experience in or with the federal government
Previous work experience as a consultant
Experience working on a cross-functional Salesforce implementation team
Company
Steampunk, Inc.
Steampunk is anchored by a startup culture with a customer-centered delivery approach, we put our Federal government clients in the center of everything we design, develop, and deliver to drive high-quality mission impacts and user experiences at speed.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
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2024-07-31Non Equity Assistance
Leadership Team
Matt Warren
CEO
Mike Saliter
Executive Vice President - Homeland, Commerce, & Justice
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