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Remote Rockville, MD
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Early Career (2+ yrs experience)
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Job Description
Job Title: Associate UI/UX Designer
Role Type: Direct Hire / Permanent
Location: Rockville, MD
Work Model: Hybrid – 2 days onsite per week
About the Opportunity
Join a respected technology and consulting organization specializing in biomedical informatics, health information technology, and digital transformation initiatives. The team partners with leading federal agencies, research institutions, and private-sector organizations to deliver innovative solutions that advance healthcare, research, and public health outcomes.
This is an excellent opportunity for a UI/UX professional looking to grow their career in a collaborative, mission-driven environment while contributing to meaningful projects that impact scientific research and healthcare technology.
This role offers the chance to design accessible, user-centered digital experiences supporting federal health, research, and public sector initiatives, while working with modern design systems and UX methodologies.
Primary Purpose
The Associate UI/UX Designer will be part of a Modern Technology & Engineering team focused on creating intuitive, accessible, and visually engaging user experiences. This role is responsible for developing user interfaces, design prototypes, wireframes, and accessibility-focused design solutions for a variety of client-facing applications and digital products.
The position offers strong career growth opportunities within an innovative technology organization supporting premier research and healthcare-focused initiatives.
Responsibilities
• Design clean, modern, and accessible user interfaces for client projects.
• Create wireframes, mockups, and design prototypes that effectively communicate user experience concepts.
• Contribute to design documentation, including design processes, best practices, and design system guidelines.
• Collaborate within cross-functional Agile teams to deliver UI/UX assets aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Utilize UX research methods such as card sorting, story mapping, and similar techniques to support design objectives.
• Provide design and accessibility guidance across project teams.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders on broader initiatives, including accessibility compliance efforts and design system enhancements.
Required Qualifications
• 5+ years of UI/UX design experience.
• Strong understanding of design principles and methodologies used to create conceptual prototypes and wireframes.
• Experience with application interaction design, design systems, and front-end frameworks such as Bootstrap, Foundation, or USWDS.
• Experience delivering design and accessibility-related project artifacts.
• Proficiency with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD).
• Working knowledge of Lucidchart, HTML, CSS, and SCSS.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with the confidence to present recommendations to diverse audiences.
• High attention to detail.
• Bachelor's or Graduate degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
• Portfolio demonstrating UI/UX design work.
Preferred Qualifications
• Nielsen Norman Group UX Certification (UXC).
• Human Factors International Certified Usability Analyst (CUA).
• Experience working with the United States Web Design System (USWDS).
Role Type: Direct Hire / Permanent
Location: Rockville, MD
Work Model: Hybrid – 2 days onsite per week
About the Opportunity
Join a respected technology and consulting organization specializing in biomedical informatics, health information technology, and digital transformation initiatives. The team partners with leading federal agencies, research institutions, and private-sector organizations to deliver innovative solutions that advance healthcare, research, and public health outcomes.
This is an excellent opportunity for a UI/UX professional looking to grow their career in a collaborative, mission-driven environment while contributing to meaningful projects that impact scientific research and healthcare technology.
This role offers the chance to design accessible, user-centered digital experiences supporting federal health, research, and public sector initiatives, while working with modern design systems and UX methodologies.
Primary Purpose
The Associate UI/UX Designer will be part of a Modern Technology & Engineering team focused on creating intuitive, accessible, and visually engaging user experiences. This role is responsible for developing user interfaces, design prototypes, wireframes, and accessibility-focused design solutions for a variety of client-facing applications and digital products.
The position offers strong career growth opportunities within an innovative technology organization supporting premier research and healthcare-focused initiatives.
Responsibilities
• Design clean, modern, and accessible user interfaces for client projects.
• Create wireframes, mockups, and design prototypes that effectively communicate user experience concepts.
• Contribute to design documentation, including design processes, best practices, and design system guidelines.
• Collaborate within cross-functional Agile teams to deliver UI/UX assets aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Utilize UX research methods such as card sorting, story mapping, and similar techniques to support design objectives.
• Provide design and accessibility guidance across project teams.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders on broader initiatives, including accessibility compliance efforts and design system enhancements.
Required Qualifications
• 5+ years of UI/UX design experience.
• Strong understanding of design principles and methodologies used to create conceptual prototypes and wireframes.
• Experience with application interaction design, design systems, and front-end frameworks such as Bootstrap, Foundation, or USWDS.
• Experience delivering design and accessibility-related project artifacts.
• Proficiency with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD).
• Working knowledge of Lucidchart, HTML, CSS, and SCSS.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with the confidence to present recommendations to diverse audiences.
• High attention to detail.
• Bachelor's or Graduate degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
• Portfolio demonstrating UI/UX design work.
Preferred Qualifications
• Nielsen Norman Group UX Certification (UXC).
• Human Factors International Certified Usability Analyst (CUA).
• Experience working with the United States Web Design System (USWDS).
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