UI/UX Designer

Position: UI/UX Designer
Location: Albany, NY

Duration: 48 Months

Who we are:

Cloud and Things is building a platform to allow you to build your career! Our goal is to solve problems and deliver results for our clients. At Cloud and Things, you can be a part of the transformation of the public sector's IT environment. Our team is on the forefront of helping to solve the government's most complex IT challenges. If you are seeking a role that offers you the opportunity to work on rewarding projects, consider a career with Cloud and Things.

Responsibilities:

The UX Designer will be responsible for completing the following deliverables:

• Develop user interface elements and UI mockups and prototypes.
• Documentation of best practices for user experience, journey mapping, behavioral economics, user insights, human centered design standards and deliverables to be added to each IES workstream's SDLC.
• IES front end design for a generic release (without any workstream content) for the public and Social Service District stakeholders to receive communications on the program and links to related or legacy sites prior to any workstream being live.
• Over the life of the engagement, these resources will be expected to assist with the design and completion of UX deliverables for each workstream, review and analyze designs produced by each workstream based on the standards established by the UX Designers, maintain program design standards, facilitate design sessions with stakeholders, and advise the program and project teams on compliance and changes to best practices.

Mandatory Skills:

• Between four (4) and seven (7) years of experience as a Specialist
• Three (3) or more years of experience in UI/UX experience design on full life cycle of design deliverables (wireframes, mockups, journey maps, prototypes, story boards, user surveys, user testing).
• Three (3) or more years of experience with web and mobile responsive user-interface design.

• Three (3) or more years of experience with Visual design tools such as Adobe XD.
• Three (3) or more years of experience facilitating end user feedback on portal/front end/mobile app projects.
• Three (3) or more years of experience with HTML, CSS and Javascript.
• At least one (1) year experience implementing design standards and completing designs on multiple product stacks.
• Experience with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and 508 compliance standards.
• Bachelor's degree in behavioral economics, computer science, design, or a related field.