Designer III
This is a remote position.
Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our teams use modern, agile methods to meet the needs of our users while closing the gap between consumer expectations and government.
Work on things that matter
Our teams connect Veterans with services designed for their needs, help millions of people access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government thinks about and uses technology.
Built for a remote life
Ad Hoc is remote-first and remote-always. We’ve designed our culture, communications, and tools to support a nationwide team. Being remote allows Ad Hoc to bring the best people onto our teams and give them the freedom to create a work environment that fits their lives. Maybe you need to adjust your schedule to care for your family or take a bike ride. At Ad Hoc, that’s welcomed.
Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture
Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We leave our egos at the door to learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time.. We build small, inclusive teams to bring the best of consumer technology to the problems of government.
The Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes are at the center of every effort. We partner with the VA to design and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VA employees. By applying better practices in service design, product management, and technology, we enable VA to increase the usage, quality, and reliability of services and decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes.
Primary Responsibilities:
Exhibits influential skills to build relationships with team members, government and company stakeholders, and program management team members
Responsible for both program tactical assignments, as well as strategic initiatives to meet delivery requirements
Collaboratively create and evolve user stories and acceptance criteria Communicate potential costs and tradeoffs of different processes and design approaches while working with incomplete requirements
Delivers design work including discovery artifacts, sketches and rough prototypes, wireframes, UX flows, and high fidelity prototypes
Utilizes design skills including typography and hierarchy
Supports the development and communication of milestones; and delivers upon their area of expertise
Collaborate with your team and stakeholders to ensure implementation matches intent across all design components
- Keep the UX work in sync with the product roadmap and flag delays or issues in content and design
Leads the development of competitive analyses and reports results to stakeholders
Contributes to design libraries, providing visual design and brand artifacts
Collaborates with a multi-disciplined team to facilitate discussions and articulate goals in order to deliver upon requirements
Demonstrates the ability to coach and mentor designers, with a focus on providing actionable feedback that helps individuals grow within the design discipline
Development of storytelling skills to deliver compelling artifacts and presentations that distill highly complex issues into focused, understandable solutions
- Leads human centered design processes and deliverables in compliance with standards and regulations
May lead accessibility tasks inclusive of 508 compliance and have knowledge of other emerging accessibility standards
Ability to identify risks and communicate to leadership; provides recommendations to mitigate identified risks
May develop and manage content for highly visible websites or applications, abiding by design guidelines
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience
- Familiarity with the US Web Design System
- Familiarity with Section-508 and WCAG 2.1AA Accessibility requirements, standards, and testing tools
- Experience developing knowledge of complex domain and systems
- Ability to work across multiple applications, components, languages, and frameworks
- Experience working in a cross-functional team, including research, design, engineering, and product
- Understands human centered design, interaction design fundamentals, and UI design best practices, including accessibility
- Progressive experience with design principles and relevant technologies, understands roles with which they interact and how their work impacts business goals
- Proficient in Figma and modern prototyping tools
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in or with government agencies, especially the VA
To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit:
Benefits:
- Company-subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Use What You Need Vacation Policy
- 401K with employer match
- Paid Parental leave after one year of service
Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.
In support of the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, and others like it across the country, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $105,000 - $120,000 Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.
job reference: DESIG001367
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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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