Job Title: UI/UX Designer Location: Hartford, CT 06103 (Remote) Duration: 12 months
Experiences Required for This Role:
User Centered Service Design At least 5 years of experience and use cases with the following:
Building and communicating understandings of the users and their behavior
Working with a cross-functional team to prioritize work to meet user needs
Providing insights on how users interact with the service or product
Designing and redesigning services
Knowledge, Skills and Ability
UI/UX Design
Experience in designing, managing, and optimizing websites
Experience working in an enterprise component-based CMS
Experience in wireframing, prototyping, mock-up creation, IA mapping, user flows
Proficiency in HTML 5, Bootstrap 4.0+, CSS 3
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite: including Adobe XD, InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
Proficiency in Figma, Miro, Zeplin
An understanding of social media management and content creation
Understanding of image and video optimization for online media
Understanding and application of visual design principles
Understanding responsive design
Understanding the importance of accessibility and the development requirements to meet compliance with WCAG standards
Experience with A11Y testing tools
Experience in Agile development process
User Acceptance Testing
Knowledge of best practices for user experience research and testing
Willingness to participate in ethnographic research and interviews
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
An associate degree or higher in UI/UX design, HCI design, graphic design, web design, or web development
5 years professional experience in web design, graphic design, web development
A portfolio of work including 2 examples of real-time work
1 year of user-centered design
1 year of user research and analytics
1 year of customer relationship management platforms such as Salesforce
1 year of web content management platforms such as Sitecore