Job Title: UI/UX Programmer
Contract Duration: 9 months, possible extension - W2
Location: Columbus, OH
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Summary
The selected Consultant will be directly responsible for designing a modern, intuitive UI/UX and will have direct experience interacting with business users to create the UI/UX. They will work closely with designated Business Users, IT supervisors, project managers, and development staff within an agile development environment, maintaining a user-centered design approach while tackling complex design problems and influencing product strategy. The Consultant will proactively identify areas of the product that need improvement and drive those improvements into a product roadmap. The Consultant will be responsible for researching, designing, and developing user interfaces using Prototyping Designer tools. The new applications will implement an N-tier architecture and comply with coding standards.
Responsibilities
- Participate in meetings with stakeholders, business users, and engineering teams to understand and project UI requirements.
- Design wireframes, interactive prototypes, and user-friendly designs that support complex business processes.
- Work through various stages of the product development process, from discovery and research to user interface design.
- Test and iterate product concepts with users; conduct user research and analysis to validate designs.
- Collaborate with project managers, developers, and business analysts to brainstorm ideas, approaches, and design solutions.
- Create a Design System Library for reusability.
- Create a seamless UI handoff process to the development team.
- Ensure user interface and user experience designs follow best practices and comply with security requirements.
- Work closely with backend developers to integrate front-end components.
- Participate in backlog grooming sessions and other agile ceremonies to ensure Agile development teams understand proposed UI designs and can implement them successfully.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to technical staff.
Skills
- Strong communication and leadership skills.
- Strong influence, collaboration, and negotiation experience.
- Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines.
- Ability to communicate ideas to a wide variety of stakeholders, lead discussions and creative activities, and build consensus while dealing with ambiguity.
- Ability to lead and manage large design initiatives, including managing competing priorities with product and engineering peers.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Strong meeting and work session facilitation skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to manage time and resources to meet assigned deadlines.
- Strong understanding of prioritization stemming from the elicitation of system and/or user requirements.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Proven analytical, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Must be knowledgeable in the English language and speak clearly and understandably.
