UX Analyst – AI Enabled Designer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist throughout the entire UX lifecycle, encompassing discovery, requirements analysis, user research, high-fidelity design, interactive prototyping, validation, development handoff, and implementation review.

• Convert business, mission, technical, and user requirements into user journeys, task flows, experience maps, information architecture, and interface solutions.

• Design high-fidelity screens and interactive prototypes in Figma that illustrate workflows, interactions, responsive behaviors, states, and user outcomes.

• Employ AI-assisted UX workflows for research synthesis, requirements analysis, concept exploration, content development, accessibility review, prototyping, and iterative design.

• Assess and enhance AI-generated concepts through human UX expertise.

• Create and manage Figma component libraries, variables, reusable patterns, templates, and design-system components.

• Produce UX deliverables, including personas, workflows, wireframes, mockups, prototypes, storyboards, and design specifications.

• Conduct user research and stakeholder discovery through interviews, surveys, observations, contextual inquiries, usability testing, and heuristic evaluations.

• Organize, facilitate, and evaluate usability testing, translating findings into actionable design recommendations.

• Quickly iterate concepts utilizing high-fidelity and AI-enabled prototypes.

• Design responsive experiences tailored for desktop, tablet, and mobile formats.

• Ensure compliance with Section 508 and WCAG accessibility standards.

• Create accessible interaction patterns, including keyboard navigation, focus behavior, semantic structure, forms, error handling, color contrast, and considerations for assistive technology.

• Implement organizational design systems and USWDS patterns where applicable.

• Collaborate with product managers, business analysts, developers, architects, accessibility specialists, and other stakeholders.

• Provide development-ready Figma specifications and assets.

• Work alongside front-end developers during implementation and conduct UX implementation reviews.

• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and UX/design critiques.

• Present design rationale, research findings, prototypes, tradeoffs, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Facilitate the responsible integration of modern AI capabilities into UX workflows, covering research synthesis, concept exploration, content generation, prototyping, accessibility analysis, documentation, and design-to-code concepts.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction, UX Design, Interaction Design, Information Technology, Computer Science, Digital Design, Psychology, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience, with at least 4 years of progressive professional UX, product design, interaction design, usability, or related digital experience demonstrating the required capabilities.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

• U.S. Citizenship is mandatory.

• A demonstrated portfolio showcasing high-fidelity interface design, interactive prototypes, user flows, design systems, responsive experiences, and implemented digital products.

• Strong expertise in creating high-fidelity UI designs and interactive prototypes using Figma.

• Capability to transform ambiguous or complex requirements into intuitive digital experiences.

• Profound understanding of user-centered design, interaction design, information architecture, usability, and human-computer interaction principles.

• Experience in conducting or supporting user research and usability testing.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted tools within UX, research, design, or prototyping workflows.

• Ability to craft responsive web and mobile experiences utilizing modern design patterns and component-based design systems.

• Working knowledge of Section 508 and current WCAG accessibility practices.

• Experience collaborating with design systems and reusable component libraries.

• Ability to effectively communicate design decisions and present UX concepts to customers, leadership, developers, and other stakeholders.

• Strong collaboration skills within multidisciplinary Agile product teams.

• Ability to balance user needs, mission objectives, technical constraints, accessibility requirements, and delivery timelines.

• Understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern front-end development concepts sufficient for collaboration with engineering teams and evaluation of implementation feasibility.

• Professional UX certification such as NN/g, HFI, or equivalent is preferred.

• Preferred: Experience with Figma variables, component properties, Auto Layout, responsive design, interactive components, Dev Mode, advanced prototyping, AI-enabled prototyping, design-to-code or rapid application development tools, USWDS or other enterprise/government design systems, federal government digital products, accessibility evaluation tools, complex workflow applications, front-end frameworks, and collaborative workshop facilitation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Potential eligibility for overtime.

• Shift differential may be available.

• Discretionary bonus may be available.