UI/UX Designer

ECS is seeking a ***UX / UI Web Designer*** to design the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new web and on‐device software applications to include the wireframes, mock-ups and process flows. This position works for the US Postal Services' Inspector General's Office (OIG) at our ***Arlington, VA*** office. ***Please Note: This position is contingent upon additional funding and requires a Public Trust background investigation. This entails an in-depth background check & either US Citizenship or Permanent Resident (Green Card) status.*** **Responsibilities include:** - Will serve as a designer in the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) External Services Directorate, responsible for user experience and interface design - Quickly yet thoroughly create process flows, wireframes, and visual design mockups as needed to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors - Develop and maintain detailed user-interface specifications - Engage with stakeholders to do evaluation of needs, goals, mission, values, and overall objectives of site - Solicit and incorporate feedback from CIGIE/USPS OIG/IG Community subject matter and technical experts throughout the engagement. - Leverage the U.S. design standards to the greatest extent possible - Limit custom coding to the greatest extent possible to promote efficient knowledge-transfer and cost-effective in-house maintenance - Throughout development, when significant design choices are required, develop multiple concepts for feedback from CIGIE/USPS OIG/IG Community POCs - Create user‐centered designs for software projects by considering customer feedback - Design the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new web and on‐device software applications - Create and evaluate interaction models, user task flows, screen designs, and UI details that promote ease of use and - optimize the user experience - Breakdown complex requirements and concepts into well‐thought visual designs and workflows - Participates in testing, validating own and others’ functionality - Modernize and improve existing graphics, fonts, and other design elements, with the goal of achieving a modern looking website - At least 5 years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar role - Conceptual understanding of User Interface Design and the Design Process - Intermediate to advanced user of Adobe Creative Suite (or other designer tools) - Intermediate level of HTML, CSS and Bootstrap - Basic JavaScript skills - Understanding of Less and Sass - Understanding of responsive design and touch interface interaction techniques and be in sync with recent design standards and trends - Understanding of the limitations of web and mobile, with approaches/ideas to flex those boundaries. A solid portfolio of work demonstrating experience creating great user‐centered design solutions across multiple interfaces and screen sizes - Ability to work collaboratively with developers, project managers, and cross‐functional teams to ensure that designs are successfully created and implemented to achieve the user goals - Experience creating UI specs & wireframes. Flexibility and willingness to move from idea, to whiteboard, to execution quickly and provide choices to stakeholders - Experience in proposing and executing new interactive graphics based on existing data, with the goal of making the data already collect more accessible and interactive - Ability to improve the “user paths” on the site, ensuring that users’ destinations can be reached in a minimum of clicks ***Note: This position requires working onsite 4 days a week at out USPS customer site in Arlington, VA.*** *Salary Range: $100,000 - $120,000 annually* [*General Description of Benefits*](https://ecstech.com/careers/benefits)