Senior UX/UI Designer - Digital Velocity

Description
Bring your IT career and talents to CDW, where you can have a greater impact, be inspired by our mission and excited about your career and future. A Fortune 200 leader, we're the driven professionals and technology experts companies turn to most to solve their IT challenges.
* Summary
* Enquizit, a CDW Company is seeking a Senior User Experience/User Interface (UX/UI) Designer who is skilled in both UX/UI best practices and user research to understand end user needs and design a simple, clean, and intuitive user experience and user interface for an outdated web portal. We are looking for passionate and innovative designers, turning complex ideas into easily understood visuals and prototypes. The individual must be capable of working in a fast-paced Agile environment and working cooperatively with a multi-functional team.
Key Areas of Responsibility
* Experience generating digital products from concepts to deployment, including but not limited to wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and user workflows.
* Works with user researchers, engineers, subject matter experts, and Product Managers to build and test.
* Focused on understanding target users, championing the wants, needs, priorities and general behavior for how people will interact with the organization's product and services.
* Work in cross-functional teams that include expertise in design, product strategy, technical architecture, software engineering, data science, and procurement.
* Responsible for creating products that meet the objectives of users, agency partners, and the needs of the public, to improve ease of use and create the best user experience.
* Iteratively solve end user problems through rigorous user testing.
* Education and/or Skill-Set Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in visual design, Human-Computer Interaction, user experience, visual arts, graphic design or related field from a four-year university or equivalent degree from college.
Required Qualifications
* 7 years of professional experience in UX research, wireframes, prototypes and workflows, along with a portfolio website URL demonstrating these skills (resume will not be reviewed unless a portfolio is attached or linked)
* 3 years' experience working with the federal government and/or government consulting
* Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
* Proficient in the use of the prototyping tool, Figma
* Ability to work with developers in the design and developer hand-off phase and offer support to developers in the implementation phase
* Ability to test designs with users and take initiative to test implemented work to ensure it meets requirements and interactions desired
* Strong conceptual thinker with knowledge of visual storytelling, typography, iconography, color theory, proportion and layout
* In-depth knowledge of User Experience and User Interface Design principles and processes, Human Factors, Interaction Design guidelines, industry standards and trends, and the software development process; especially in the online (web) and mobile environment (tablet and phone).
* Experience with user research, research activities such as user interviews, user surveys, fly-on-the-walls, service design and personas a plus
* A Bias for Action. Many decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk taking
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Strong attention to detail
* Self-motivated, proactive, energetic and tenacious
* Excellent analytical, problem solving and resolution skills
* Strong sense of ownership and responsibility
* An interest in continuous improvement, innovation and simplification
* The ability to translate business problems into practical, scalable technical solutions
* Preferred Qualifications
* Experience with human-centered design best practices a plus
* Designing for healthcare or large enterprise systems a plus (must include in portfolio)
Who we are:
CDW is a leading technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations across the globe. Our fingerprints can be found on technology in workplaces of more than 250,000 companies; from fresh-faced start-ups to international conglomerates. With the breadth of products and services we offer, there is no request too big or too small.
What you can expect from us: Culture, coworkers, careers.
CDW is not only the People Who Get IT but the People who get People. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and grounded in the CDW Way. Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same. From the teammates beside us to the leaders who guide us, we move forward together. At CDW, you'll work with people who inspire you. People with positive, success-driven attitudes who you will learn from and forge strong relationships with. Bring your best true self- and your best ideas- to CDW. Because diverse perspectives bring forth better problem solving- and better solutions for our customers on a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status
Benefits overview: [https://cdw.benefit-info.com/](https://cdw.benefit-info.com/)