Designer III

Ad Hoc; McLean (VA); Remote; USD 41,000 - 88,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible PTO

401K with employer match

Paid parental leave after one year

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Ad Hoc is seeking a Designer III for a remote, part-time role. You will contribute to human-centered design, produce wireframes and prototypes, and collaborate with stakeholders to meet project goals.

You will mentor peers, lead design studies, and help ensure accessibility and quality across government-facing products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience.
• Progressive experience with design principles and relevant technologies.
• Experience with design tools such as Figma, Miro, Adobe.

Responsibilities

• Leads human centered design processes and deliverables in compliance with standards and regulations.
• Delivers discovery artifacts, sketches, wireframes, UX flows and high-fidelity prototypes.
• Mentors designers and collaborates with cross-functional teams to meet requirements.

Skills

Design principles

Figma

Miro

Adobe

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Design software

Job description

Are you ready for new challenges and new opportunities?

Join our team!

Current job opportunities are posted here as they become available.

This is a remote position.
This is a Part-Time position.
Job ID # 971

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government.

Work on things that matter

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions 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 approaches technology.

Built for a remote life

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

The Federal Civilian business unit supports many customers spanning the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include NASA, the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, the Library of Congress, Health & Human Services, and the FDIC. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.

Primary Responsibilities:

Designer III serves as an emerging individual contributor within a team, expanding your leadership, guidance and mentoring skills. With the support and guidance of leadership, you will be responsible for supporting the goal of meeting scope, schedule and delivery requirements. You will interact with stakeholders and utilize influential skills to drive improvements in design processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Designer III include:

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

Ability to navigate ambiguous requirements and environments to support delivery

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

Proactively partners with Senior Designers, and is receptive to mentorship

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

Relevant years of experience may be substituted for education

• Progressive experience with design principles and relevant technologies, understands roles with which they interact and how their work impacts business goals
• Experience with design software such as Figma, Miro, Adobe or other designer tools
• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• 401K with employer match
• Paid parental leave after one year of service
• Employee Assistance Program

Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity 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.

We value the unique skills gained through military service and encourage veterans and transitioning service members to apply.

In support of various state and city equal pay transparency laws, 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 $30hr - $64hr