UI/UX Designer

Note: Candidate MUST be a WI resident or willing to relocate to WI at their own expense prior to starting the role. The selected hire will need to come onsite on day 1 for in-person orientation. After that, they'll be expected to come onsite once per month for in-person meetings, possibly more frequently based on project needs.

Project Description:

• This is a critical design position needed to drive the development and support of the IRIS 2.0 modernization project, a full replacement of the client's case management system. Candidates will play an integral role on self-directed project teams working on this high-priority development project.
• Project work will include: reviewing the legacy IRIS system, working with users and business analysts to understand business requirements, design new workflows for the modern system, redesign exisitng workflows, wireframe and prototype ideas, conduct usability research, champion modern design principles in our development, conduct usability, accessibility, workflow, and integration testing, provide guidance on issues pertaining to user experience, desig beautiful and usable UI components, including leveraging our material design library, to provide a modern, easy-to-use system for DVR users.
• Successful candidates will have demonstrated success in designing beautiful, accessible, and intuitive web applications.

Top Skills & Years of Experience:

• Experience as a lead designer in a development project, preferably involving modernization of technology, as well as working with a cross-functional team to redesign and simplify UX and workflows to meet modern application design standards, using a material design library and component framework, such as MudBlazor - 2 years experience
• Experience creating wireframes/prototypes and iterating over them with cross-functional stakeholders - 4 years experience
• Experience creating personas and testing designs against the personas - 4 years experience
• Knowledgable of modern code implementations, US web design standards, and product strategy - 4 years experience.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience working within Agile principles and processes - 2 years
• Experience using MudBlazor material design library - 1 year
• Experience training software developers and business analysts on UX principles and best practices - 2 years
• Previous experience providing this service for the government is a plus, and experience with clients' environments will be especially valuable.