Senior UX/UI Designer

Our client is seeing a Senior UX/UI Designer to join their team in Reston VA!

****This is a 5-month contract-to-hire opportunity****
About You

• Advanced understanding of design systems, hierarchy, typography, visual design, responsiveness, accessibility, branding, illustration, data visualization, iconography, and interaction design.
• A bachelor’s degree in a related field (computer science, interaction design, HCI, industrial design, information science, social sciences, graphic design, etc.) and/or equivalent years of work experience
• 5+ years of professional experience of relevant Design experience
• Documented experience in designing for large content rich websites, and applications, proven solutions that met users’ needs.
• Extensive experience in information design and user scenarios
• Broad knowledge of digital interaction design patterns, Web site architecture, user interfaces, and navigation on various platforms (Web, mobile, tablet)
• Familiarity with user-centered research, such as usability testing, contextual inquiry, and field interviews
• Understanding the physical, cognitive, cultural, and social factors that affect design decisions.
• Familiarity with front-end coding technologies and data modelling is a big plus.
• Strong communicator with an ability to demonstrate both leadership and understanding with respect to project partners; Self-managing, but also used to working within a team.
• Possess a ‘Product Design’ mindset, who owns the end-to-end design delivery: from strategy to comps.

In this role, you will:

• Contribute to the UX/UI of our foundational Big Future design system, standards, patterns, and UI elements.
• Partner with the team and build out assets to support the Big Future rebrand.
• Support Design Research (generative and evaluative) initiatives for your team/products
• Lead synthesis sessions with your team, following agile and lean methodologies.
• Create user journeys and flows to capture current and future states of user pathways.
• Develop wireframes, interactive prototypes, comps, specifications, and other design documents to communicate design ideas to project teams.
• Partner with the Accessibility team to ensure designs are compliant.
• Create and present concepts/deliverables to your working team and our stakeholders.
• Conduct handoffs to developers through tools like Figma and Zeplin.
• Work collaboratively with our Core Design team to ensure brand and pattern alignment.
• Strategy & Communication (20%)
• Contribute to the overall UX/UI design strategy, including feeding into and refining a design system to facilitate a unified experience across all our products.
• Document and present design updates to stakeholders and users
• Collaborate and take direction from multiple stakeholders and disciplines to achieve an impactful experience.
• Participate and be vocal in agile ceremonies to ensure design needs are met.
• Nurture a culture of user empathy and deep curiosity that enables us to build simple, intuitive products for our customers.
• Advocate for consistent design processes, methods, core systems, and patterns

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.