User Experience (UX) Designer - Entry to Mid Level (Maryland)
About the role
NSA is in search of Computer Science professionals to solve complex problems, test innovative approaches and research new solutions to storing, manipulating, and presenting information. We are looking for you to apply your computer science expertise to projects that seek to create new standards for the transformation of information. If you want to develop technologies and tools and be a part of cutting edge innovations; join our team of experts! Help protect national security interests as part of the world's most advanced team of computer science professionals!
Responsibilities
- Design user experiences for new and existing web and other framework-based applications from concept to completion
- Design workflows and experiences that are intuitive, effective, and accessible
- Apply human factors and cognition principles to the design of tools, systems, tasks, ergonomics, user interfaces, and environments
- Communicate ideas through low and high fidelity mockups
- Collect and analyze user behaviors and needs through various types of user research (field studies, surveys, lab studies, A/B testing, etc.)
- Convey research findings and/or design approach by communicating to a wide range of audiences in both written and oral format
- Generate design systems, building on existing structures and designing new approaches
- Design both a short term and long term UX vision for products
- Think critically through complicated challenges to formulate solutions and collaborate with developers and analysts to implement approved designs
Qualifications
The qualifications listed are the minimum acceptable to be considered for the position. Degree must be in Human Computer Interaction, Web Design, Web Development, or a related field (for example, Web Technologies, Computer Science, Programming, Visual Communications, UI/UX, Graphic Design). Relevant experience must be in one or more of the following: web design or development, user interface design, user experience research or design, or programming languages.
ENTRY/DEVELOPMENTAL: Entry is with a high school diploma or GED plus 4 years of relevant experience