Vaultes, LLC
Senior User Experience (UX) Designer
Vaultes, LLC, Virginia, Minnesota, United States, 55792
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Senior User Experience (UX) Designer
Vaultes is a forward leaning cybersecurity and digital services company solving complex problems within the Federal government.As a member of our dynamic tech team, you will work collaboratively with team members and key stakeholders to engage in various aspects of high-quality website design for our clients. The main purpose of this role is to help improve the usability and experience of a federal website to drive higher adoption and increased engagement covering a range of activities from research, analysis, synthesis, and design. Using your core design skills, you will create and refine digital products to enable useful, usable, and delightful experiences for those who use them.Location:Onsite in Richmond, Virginia metro area (Fort Gregg-Adams) with potential telework 1-2 days per week.RequirementsResponsibilities:· Carry out a wide variety of research, design, and prototyping tasks.· Understand product goals and user needs.· Conduct concept and usability testing and gather feedback.· Create personas based on user research and collected data.· Define an interaction model and evaluate its success.· Develop wireframes and prototypes around customer needs.· Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders.· Identify and troubleshoot usability issues.· Create mockups and prototypes.· Share progress and interact with team using a version control system.· Collaborate in an agile environment with multi-disciplinary teams including strategy, research, content, visual, and development.· Facilitate ideation through sketching and collaborative activities, such as design sprints and other participatory design activities.· Create storyboards and step-by-step flows of varying resolution to communicate a person’s experience through a system.· Conduct evaluative user research (for example, user testing of prototypes or existing products, heuristic analyses, and interviews).· Work integrally with developers to shepherd designs through the development process.· Promote the importance of human-centered design practice throughout the organization and with clients.· Implement, maintain, and expand upon project plans with emphasis on high degree of quality in conjunction product managers and development managers.· Mentor and develop team members in alignment with our brand and overall direction.· Keep abreast of industry trends and tools and communicate findings out to the team and Vaultes.· Help build a culture of continuous improvement across all levels of design — strategic, structural, and surface — where designers (including yourself) feel challenged with meaningful work and see a clear path for growth.· Other responsibilities as assigned.Qualifications:· 7+ years of experience in UX, product design, or commensurate work experience.· Evidence and context-based design experience.· Bachelor’s degree in related field.· Must have a portfolio of experience that demonstrates previous work.· Must possess a Secret Clearance.· Vaultes does not currently provide visa sponsorship.Perks and Benefits· Paid time off· Work-from-home opportunities· 401k with matching incentive· Medical/dental/vision benefits· Company provided life insurance.· Company provided short-term disability.· Professional development opportunitiesPhysical Requirements:· Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.· Capable of operating a computer and other office productivity machinery, and frequently communicate with co-workers, management, and customersThis is a Full-Time, W2 position. Corp-to-Corp and 1099 ineligible.Vaultes provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.
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Senior User Experience (UX) Designer
Vaultes is a forward leaning cybersecurity and digital services company solving complex problems within the Federal government.As a member of our dynamic tech team, you will work collaboratively with team members and key stakeholders to engage in various aspects of high-quality website design for our clients. The main purpose of this role is to help improve the usability and experience of a federal website to drive higher adoption and increased engagement covering a range of activities from research, analysis, synthesis, and design. Using your core design skills, you will create and refine digital products to enable useful, usable, and delightful experiences for those who use them.Location:Onsite in Richmond, Virginia metro area (Fort Gregg-Adams) with potential telework 1-2 days per week.RequirementsResponsibilities:· Carry out a wide variety of research, design, and prototyping tasks.· Understand product goals and user needs.· Conduct concept and usability testing and gather feedback.· Create personas based on user research and collected data.· Define an interaction model and evaluate its success.· Develop wireframes and prototypes around customer needs.· Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders.· Identify and troubleshoot usability issues.· Create mockups and prototypes.· Share progress and interact with team using a version control system.· Collaborate in an agile environment with multi-disciplinary teams including strategy, research, content, visual, and development.· Facilitate ideation through sketching and collaborative activities, such as design sprints and other participatory design activities.· Create storyboards and step-by-step flows of varying resolution to communicate a person’s experience through a system.· Conduct evaluative user research (for example, user testing of prototypes or existing products, heuristic analyses, and interviews).· Work integrally with developers to shepherd designs through the development process.· Promote the importance of human-centered design practice throughout the organization and with clients.· Implement, maintain, and expand upon project plans with emphasis on high degree of quality in conjunction product managers and development managers.· Mentor and develop team members in alignment with our brand and overall direction.· Keep abreast of industry trends and tools and communicate findings out to the team and Vaultes.· Help build a culture of continuous improvement across all levels of design — strategic, structural, and surface — where designers (including yourself) feel challenged with meaningful work and see a clear path for growth.· Other responsibilities as assigned.Qualifications:· 7+ years of experience in UX, product design, or commensurate work experience.· Evidence and context-based design experience.· Bachelor’s degree in related field.· Must have a portfolio of experience that demonstrates previous work.· Must possess a Secret Clearance.· Vaultes does not currently provide visa sponsorship.Perks and Benefits· Paid time off· Work-from-home opportunities· 401k with matching incentive· Medical/dental/vision benefits· Company provided life insurance.· Company provided short-term disability.· Professional development opportunitiesPhysical Requirements:· Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.· Capable of operating a computer and other office productivity machinery, and frequently communicate with co-workers, management, and customersThis is a Full-Time, W2 position. Corp-to-Corp and 1099 ineligible.Vaultes provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.
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