Designer III

Ad Hoc LLC; Silver Spring (MD); Remote; USD 41,000 - 88,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-subsidized health, dental, and

Vision insurance

Job summary

Ad Hoc LLC in the United States is seeking a Designer III to transform government digital services through user-centered design. This remote, part-time role collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver high-fidelity prototypes and design systems.

You will mentor peers, conduct discovery, and produce typography-driven visuals while ensuring accessibility and compliance with standards. The team supports critical civilian programs and values flexible, inclusive work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of design experience.
• Progressive experience with design principles and collaboration across teams.
• Experience with design software such as Figma, Miro, or Adobe products.
• Ability to navigate ambiguous requirements and adapt to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with stakeholders and program management teams.
• Deliver design work including discovery artifacts, wireframes, and prototypes.
• Navigate ambiguous requirements to support delivery.
• Develop and communicate milestones; contribute design system assets.
• Mentor junior designers and contribute to design reviews.
• Lead competitive analyses and report results to stakeholders.
• Create storytelling artifacts to communicate complex issues clearly.
• Ensure accessibility considerations and 508 compliance when applicable.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Figma

Miro

Adobe Suite

Job description

Designer III

United States, Maryland, Silver Spring

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.

Our 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

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

N/A

Benefits

• 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

job reference:

https://adhoc.team/