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

**Qualifications**

* 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)