User Experience Designer

Overview

On Site
Full Time

Skills

Network
Microsoft
Tier 1
Cloud Computing
Recruiting
Training
Partnership
Communication
Project Scoping
Customer Satisfaction
Intranet
FOCUS
Analytics
User Research
Workflow
Responsive Design
Usability Testing
Presentations
Quality Assurance
Web Browsers
Testing
System Testing
UI
Motivation
Information Technology
Status Reports
Knowledge Transfer
User-centered Design
Web Applications
HTML5
GRID
Css3
Cascading Style Sheets
Sass
JavaScript
jQuery
Bootstrap
User Experience
Wireframe
Prototyping
Project Scheduling
Software Development
Accessibility
Section 508
WCAG
Oracle Linux

Job Details

CCS Global Tech is a rapidly growing Information Technology company with a diverse portfolio of technology products and services and a large network of industry partnerships. With over 22 years of being a successful business with a global talent pool and presence, CCS is a certified Microsoft Gold Partner and specializes in delivering expert Microsoft based solutions for technical and business needs. We have been recognized by Inc. 500 Magazine as one of the fastest growing small companies in the Unites States.
we are a Tier 1 vendor for the City and County of San Francisco for Cloud Services, Staffing Services and Training Services. For this multi-year opportunity with a diverse set of needs to address, we are currently focusing on establishing partnerships with individuals as well as companies who can help us enhance our overall service portfolio, cut lead times, and ultimately help us deliver successfully. We currently hold sizable Government accounts in the San Francisco bay area including City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo County, and Santa Clara County.
We take great pride in our global reach and local influence. Your experience alongside our highly skilled and talented internal team who guide you along the way, offers key insights into what helps you stand out in a competitive job market.
If you are a partner company, please submit resumes with contact information of your own W2 Consultants only. Submitted consultants are expected to have excellent communication skills.

Project Scope:

The goal is to improve customer satisfaction and loyalty through the utility, ease of use, and positive interaction with myCalPERS.ca.gov, calpers.ca.gov, and intranet.ca.gov websites. The scope is to focus on the user experience and user interface sitewide that includes user research, design, prototyping, testing, and knowledge transfer.

The UX Principal Designer Consultant will develop user-centered experiences for all user groups as it pertains to CalPERS web-based products supported by the UX team.

Deliverable(S)

Discovery and Design:

  • Conduct user research studies
  • Create UX analysis document for feedback from stakeholders
  • Review of Analytics
  • Review of current workflows
  • Conduct user research studies
  • Reorganizing and re-prioritizing information
  • Create logical groupings of information
  • Create UX Wireframes and User Interface Flows to align with the users' perspective
  • Map out new workflows
  • Create UX Wireframes and User Interface Flows for responsive design
  • Maintain WCAG 2.1 AA requirements
  • Create functional prototypes of applications for usability testing
  • Conduct presentations of findings and recommendations to all stakeholders
  • Provide Quality Assurance and Browser Testing during System Testing.
  • Provide feedback and any necessary revisions
  • Knowledge transfer UX designs and insights across products and services to fellow UX Designers.

Roles/Responsibilities:

  • Consultant will provide User Experience (UX) design support and subject matter expertise in User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) methodologies and best practices for accessible web, mobile, and web applications.
  • The consultant must undertake duties and responsibilities as a UX Principal Designer using user-centered design methodology that focuses on the needs and motivation of our customers and involves user feedback.
  • The UX Principal Designer for this engagement will work collaboratively with the CalPERS UX Designers, Business Analysts, Developers, Solution Architects, Testers and program Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to develop user-centered experiences for all user groups as it pertains to CalPERS web-based products supported by the UX team.
  • Consultant responsibilities also include ensuring that all work performed under this agreement will comply with CalPERS Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB) policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines.
  • The consultant is to submit to the contract manager a written weekly status report as part of this agreement and provide knowledge transfer to staff before the end of contract .

Mandatory Skills:

  1. Five (5) years' of Principal User Experience (UX) skillsets in human-user centered design principals and methodologies for web, mobile, and web applications which leverage emergent technologies, such as HTML5 (Flexbox and CSS Grid), CSS3 (SASS), JavaScript, JQuery, Bootstrap, and responsive web layouts.
  2. Five (5) years' of Principal UX skillsets designing for patterns, design systems, user flows, wireframes, and prototyping.
  3. Advanced Figma skills
  4. Strong experience in process and design improvements, planning and project scheduling, and working in software development lifecycles.
  5. Strong experience in process and design improvements, planning and project scheduling, and working in software development lifecycles.
  6. Strong California State Government experience designing for web accessibility standards and requirements, including Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 AA and subsequent versions.
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