User Interface Designer Jobs

Client Details

Job Position : UI Designer and Consultant

Location : Colorado Springs, Santa Rosa, or Santa Clara

Duration : 6+ Months (Possibilities of Extensions)

Benefits Include : Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K.

Job Summary:

Looking for a challenging assignment in software usability? You'll contribute to the user-centered design of a new software tool, working with stakeholders, cross-functional team members and IT developers throughout the process.

You will play a key role in delivering an effective user experience by contributing your usability expertise to the user centered design process for a new software tool. This is an internal, process-oriented tool with numerous logics flows to be designed for usability-- to be streamlined and for clarity, to prevent errors. The project involves designing for personas with different job functions, goals, and needs in using the software.

• Concept Review 1 with target users.
• Create UX approach document (high level app capabilities, UX challenges, guiding principles for the UI design concept).
• Identify common User task flows and required elements.
• Review/ redlining/ modify wireframes.
• Persona Creation and understanding user requirements.
• Concept Review 2- for Design validation.
• Initial Mockups and example Wireframes.
• In process usability testing (Round 1)
• UX concept creation and supporting wireframes.
• Usability validation test, with recommendations (Round 2)
• Create clickable prototype for most important flows.
• Incorporate Mockup feedback.
• Incorporate changes to design.
• Handoff to IT development team - design notes or supporting documentation.
• Wireframe pages for the important flows.
• Onboarding and familiarization with project.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and conduct usability tests and provide reports with actionable recommendations.
• Persona development, mental model and task flow analysis as needed to inform new UI design requirements.
• Create new UI designs from early concepts through wireframes and interactive UI prototypes.
• Design for target personas, and to implement usability recommendations.
• Designs must fulfill usability and other requirements, as well as design constraints.
• Plan and conduct concept reviews, task walkthroughs and other evaluations for iterative design process.

Requirements/Experience:

• Experience in conducting all aspects of user-centered design.
• Master’s degree or equivalent training and experience in Usability Engineering, Human Computer Interaction or Cognitive Psychology.
• UX Design experience with high-tech domains is desirable.
• Knowledge of user behavior to anticipate the impact of designs based on cognitive psychology.
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced environment of agile software development.
• Persona development, mental model and task flow analysis as needed to inform new UI design requirements.
• Create new UI designs from early concepts through wireframes and interactive UI prototypes.
• Ability to plan and conduct usability evaluations and tests, and to provide reports with actionable recommendations.
• Working knowledge of human factors and design for color vision impairments.
• Proficient with UI design wireframe and prototyping tools – such as Sketch, Zeplin, Axure, Figma or others
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact with team members. Must be a team player.