Contractor UI/UX Designer

• Collaborate with Project Team (Business Analysts and Technical Architects) to define and implement innovative solutions for the project direction, visuals, and experience.
• Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to technical team.
• Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks.
• Create style guides, wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps with responsive UI to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas to ensure best possible user experience.
• Working closely with business stakeholders, developers and business analysts to ensure the user experience aligns with business goals.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders
• Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback.
• Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices, and standards with usability and accessibility.
• Test and verify the developed web pages insuring usability and accessibility standards. Work with development team to correct anything that does not meet the standards.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Proven UI experience.
• Demonstrable UI design skills with a strong portfolio.
• Solid experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows, style guides and site maps.
• Proficiency in visual design and wire framing tools with 5 years of experience.
• Proficiency in HTML and CSS (including latest versions like HTM5, CSS3 etc.) for rapid prototyping with 5+ years of experience.
• Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction.
• Ability to present your designs and sell your solutions to various stakeholders.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Ability to multi-task between multiple projects, prioritize and manage commitments and deadlines in fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work directly with the business team to set expectations and manage workload and deadlines with changing and competing priorities.
• Up to date with the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies.
• Overall 5+ years of experience in the UI/UX and/or BS/MS in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or related.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• Ability to read, write and speak clearly in English and to effectively present ideas and concepts in a visual or verbal manner.