Senior UX Designer

Allied Consultants, Inc. is a Top Ten ranked vendor for the State Government of Texas. Contracted with the State for 33 years, Allied has been a top-tier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are seeking Senior UX Designer to join a technical services team for the Texas Education Agency (TEA).

Job Location:

80%-100% Remote within the United States.

Responsibilities

The UX Designer will be responsible for creating a positive and productive end user experience for client's applications and websites and for maintaining a user-centric focus throughout product development.

Client is seeking a senior UX Designer to help create solutions that improve education technology integration and enable parents, teachers, schools, and district leaders to focus on what is most important -- their students. The UX Designer will play a critical role in ensuring the successful deployment of technology solutions by maintaining a strong user- centric focus and driving alignment with existing work in the field. They will work under minimal supervision with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and use strong independent judgment.

UX Designers at client are responsible for:

• Overseeing/UI designs to ensure design decisions are grounded in user experience and adhere to agency-wide design standards and industry-wide best practices
• Translating research into user stories, requirements, flows, wireframes, and prototypes and collaborating on the future product roadmap
• Employing user testing and outreach to ensure products meets the needs of the end users, in collaboration with partners
• Partnering with the product team and other key stakeholders, including senior leadership, on design solutions and rationales; collaborating with internal and external teams of product designers, developers, and product managers

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

8 years of:

• Experience in software product development, digital design, UX/UI or a related field
• Designing mockups and/or wireframes that conform to UX best practices
• Experience conducting user and usability research

5 years of:

• Demonstrated strong writing and organization skills
• Demonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills

4 years of:

• Direct experience leading large-scale UX/UI efforts
• Documented experience developing wireframes, mockups, and prototypes in Figma or comparable design software

3 years of:

• Experience ensuring designs and websites conform to federal accessibility guidelines

1 year of:

• A portfolio of user research, visual design, and usability studies that demonstrates a high level of professionalism

Preferred:

3 years of:

• Documented work experience with the issue tracking software "Atlassian Jira"

2 years of:

• Documented experience working for or closely with client or another state or local education agency

Overview

Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan. Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law. Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background check. Allied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.