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Apex Systems · 2 days ago

UI/UX Analyst

Lansing, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. The UI/UX Analyst is responsible for establishing the overall application look and feel, designing user interface screens, and directing the user experience for the delivered product. This role collaborates closely with project teams to ensure the solutions meet customer requirements and improve product usability.

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Responsibilities

Works directly with project team including business analysts, business owners, solution architects, tech leads, developers, and QA to ensure understanding of the requirements, functionality, size, scalability, and usability of the IT solution

Works in conjunction with the Business Analyst to examine existing business processes and systems to develop a full representation of the system’s interface design and usability by the business

Participates in all requirement gathering meetings, Joint Application Modeling (JAM) sessions, and/or brainstorm sessions with business owners to identify product usability concerns and desires

Examine and analyze current user(s) flow and process, pain points, and desires from a usability and visual standpoint to deliver proper solutions

Leads the overall visual design and usability of the product. Provides expertise and leads the project team through applicable design patterns, screen layout decisions, and usability testing

Serves as an advocate for the end user of the product, consistently working to improve the overall design and usability of the delivered product, as the budget allows

Creates sketches, wireframes, and mockups of user interface screens according to the requirements/user stories that adhere to Look & Feel Standards as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. Creates high-fidelity functioning prototypes when applicable/feasible

Reviews wireframes with the Business Analyst for business requirements and with Technical Lead for technical feasibility before presenting wireframe solutions to the business

Provides guidance to the development team regarding UI/UX best practices, established coding standards, and ADA vulnerability remediation

Ensures conformance to the client’s Look & Feel Standards

Performs usability testing to ensure conformance with UI/UX best practices

Performs accessibility testing to ensure conformance to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements

Creates and facilitates usability tests with the intended users of the product and iterates screen designs accordingly

Actively advises developers on accessibility requirements and vulnerability remediation

Qualification

Wireframing toolsPrototyping toolsDesign systemsUser workshopsA/B testingAccessibility standardsInformation architectureCSS preprocessorsJava/.NET knowledge