UI​/UX Designer

Job Details

Job
-159607

Location:

Lansing, MI (MDOT)

Duration: 12 months

• Onsite days:
  Tuesdays and Wednesdays
• Remote eligible days:
  Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays
• Must be local in the Lansing, Michigan area (within 90 miles)

• 3–5 years of experience in user interface (UI) design
• 3–5 years of experience conducting user research
• Degree or certification in Graphic Design, Interaction Design, User Interface Design, or a related field
• Portfolio submission required to demonstrate design skills and project experience
• 2–3 professional references required

• Experience designing in alignment with established design standards
• Knowledge of WCAG guidelines and experience designing for accessibility
• Experience conducting usability testing
• Experience performing accessibility (ADA) testing

• Understand project scope and collaborate with the team to ensure clear requirements, functionality, scalability, and usability of the IT solution.
• Adhere to the project schedule while working with the Business Analyst to examine existing business processes and systems to develop a full representation of interface design and usability.
• Work with User Acceptance Test (UAT) testers and conduct usability testing to ensure compliance with UI/UX best practices.
• Appropriately resolve critical IT issues related to the UI/UX role.
• Participate in all requirement gathering meetings and brainstorm sessions with business owners to identify product usability concerns and desires.
• Conduct user interviews, research, observations, and testing as needed, and develop personas, user flows/journey maps, and storyboards.
• Facilitate regular design meetings during application development.
• Examine and analyze current user flows and processes, identify pain points, and deliver solutions from a usability and visual standpoint.
• Lead overall visual design, usability, and accessibility of the product.
• Advocate for the end user and continually work to improve overall design and usability.
• Create sketches, wireframes, and mockups of user interface screens according to user stories, State of Michigan (SOM) applications and site standards, and ADA requirements.
• Create high‑fidelity functioning prototypes when applicable.
• Review wireframes with the Business Analyst and Technical Lead before presenting to business.
• Provide resources (checklists and toolsets) to assist the development team with UI/UX best practices, coding standards, and ADA vulnerability remediation.
• Ensure conformance to SOM applications and site standards.
• Perform accessibility testing to meet ADA requirements.
• Create and facilitate usability tests with intended users and iterate designs accordingly.
• Advise developers on accessibility requirements and vulnerability remediation.
• Serve as liaison to the DTMB Center for Shared Solutions (CSS) eMichigan team.