UI/UX Analyst

Join our dynamic team in Lansing, where you''ll be responsible for establishing the overall application look and feel. Your role involves designing, communicating, and executing all user interface screens for each business requirement. You''ll direct the overall design and user experience for the delivered product, working closely with the Business Analyst and Technical Lead to deliver solutions that meet or exceed customer requirements.

Responsibilities

• Understand project scope and collaborate with the project team to ensure comprehension of the requirements, functionality, size, scalability, and usability of the IT solution within the project''s objectives.
• Adhere to the project schedule while working with the Business Analyst to examine existing business processes and systems, developing a full representation of the system’s interface design and usability.
• Work with User Acceptance Test (UAT) testers and conduct usability testing to ensure conformance with UI/UX best practices.
• Resolve critical IT issues as they pertain to the UI/UX role.
• Participate in requirement gathering meetings and brainstorm sessions with business owners to identify product usability concerns and desires.
• Conduct user interviews, research, observations, and testing throughout the project. Develop personas, user flows/journey maps, and storyboards as needed.
• Facilitate regular design meetings during application development.
• Examine and analyze current user flows, processes, pain points, and desires from a usability and visual standpoint to deliver proper solutions.
• Lead the overall visual design, usability, and accessibility of the product. Provide expertise and guide the project team through design patterns, screen layout decisions, and usability testing.
• Advocate for the end user, consistently working to improve the overall design and usability of the delivered product, within budget constraints.
• Create sketches, wireframes, and mockups of user interface screens according to requirements/user stories, adhering to Applications and Site Standards and ADA requirements. Create high-fidelity functioning prototypes when applicable.
• Review wireframes with the Business Analyst for business requirements and with the Technical Lead for technical feasibility before presenting solutions to the business.
• Provide resources (checklist and toolsets) to assist the development team regarding UI/UX best practices, established coding standards, and ADA vulnerability remediation.
• Ensure conformance to the Applications and Site Standards.
• Perform accessibility testing to ensure conformance to ADA requirements.
• Create and facilitate usability tests with intended users and iterate screen designs accordingly.
• Advise developers on accessibility requirements and vulnerability remediation.

Required Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in user interface (UI) design
• 3-5 years of experience conducting user research
• Degree or certification in Graphic Design, Interaction Design, User Interface Design, or a related field
• Portfolio submission required to demonstrate design skills and project experience
• 2-3 professional references required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing in alignment with established design standards
• Knowledge of WCAG guidelines and experience designing for accessibility
• Experience conducting usability testing
• Experience performing accessibility (ADA) testing