Here at CGS we are looking for a talented Senior Application Designer to use their expertise in UX design, Visual Design, and digital strategy to create and execute design solutions that meets business goals. The ideal candidate will work, operate, and interact with complex sets of data. We are looking for a team player who is comfortable working with designers, developers, data analysts and product managers to design the UX for digital products.
Job Duties
- Serve as the lead on complex projects and create user experiences
- Serve as subject matter expert in the defined UX and brand standards and the execution of visual, interaction, and motion design
- Facilitate internal team communication, bridging the gap between visual design, functional development, and content
- Be the liaison to the client helping them to understand the value of UX, UI, and design thinking
- Be the POC for all UX related questions
- Lead participatory design activities, using the activities to gage user needs and behaviors
- Advocate for the user while meeting the needs of the client
- Combine UX thinking with design execution
- Illustrate user experience using storyboards, information architecture, process flows, user journeys/personas, and sitemaps
- Use design skills to help communicate complex concepts
- Derive actionable insights
- Mentor other product designers and help facilitate UX across the organization
- Collaborate with architects, developers, and project teams to ensure design elements are incorporated into development sprints
- Work through all phases of UX development
Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Web Design, Visual or Interaction Design, or related field
- 8+ years of experience in a Product Design, Digital Design, or UX/UI Design related role
- Display a strong portfolio which demonstrates work across a range of clients
- Must be a US Citizen
- Experience with user research, usability testing, and generating test reports
- Experience in the planning and facilitation of Design Thinking workshops
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
- Experience with designing and implementing web accessibility for web and mobile
- Strong understanding of foundational design principles including type, layout, use of color, etc.
- Strong understanding of UX best practices
- Understanding of desktop, mobile web, native iOS and Android platforms, and the ability to provide recommendation when it's best to follow platform-specific conventions
- Extensive experience with standard design tools, e.g., Axure, Sketch, Adobe XD, Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.
- Working knowledge of HTML and CSS is highly desired
Some Benefits of the Position Include
- Health, Dental, and Vision
- Life Insurance
- 401k
- Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
- Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays
This is a job post for a position with CGS. We are a small business driven by providing our clients the most exceptional service in the sector. In order to give our clients, the best service we need to have the right team of motivated individuals to provide that service to them.
Our staff core values are as follows: Honesty through hard work and self-awareness, professionalism in all we do, and to deliver the best quality to our consumers mending those relations for years to come. For more information about CGS please visit: https://www.cgsfederal.com
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