Senior UI/UX Designer

Cgsfederal; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)

Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dep

Dependent Care

Commuter

Job summary

CGS seeks a Senior UI/UX Designer to support a wide-ranging technical support initiative for a large Federal agency. The role involves leading UX design efforts, collaborating with federal engineers and clients, and delivering intuitive solutions.

You will create wireframes, storyboards, and site maps, lead research activities, and ensure accessibility standards (508 and USWDS) are met across multiple sites and applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; public trust eligibility is necessary.
• Strong UX and UI design experience with a portfolio of research-driven work.
• Ability to lead projects and mentor junior designers.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-scale UX design efforts including research, blueprinting and evaluation.
• Plan, design, and implement multiple sites and apps across clients.
• Lead user research to inform usable web pages and interfaces.
• Collaborate with federal engineers and clients on design solutions.
• Create wireframes, storyboards, and site maps for communication.
• Develop scalable design resources to aid project collaboration.

Skills

UX design

UI design

User research

Wireframes

Prototyping

Information architecture

Accessibility (508)

USWDS

Portfolio presentation

Team leadership

Adobe XD

InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

HTML/CSS/JS

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Adobe XD

InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

Senior UI/UX Designer

Employment Type: Full‑Time, Experienced

Department: Information Technology

Overview

CGS seeks a Senior UI/UX Designer to support a wide‑ranging technical support initiative for a large Federal agency. The role involves leading UX design efforts, collaborating with federal engineers and clients, and delivering innovative, intuitive solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead full‑scale UX design efforts, including research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems.
• Manage the planning, design, and implementation of multiple sites and applications across multiple clients in a fast‑paced environment.
• Lead all phases of user research and analysis to inform highly usable web pages, application interfaces, and other dynamic solutions.
• Collaborate with federal practice engineers and federal clients to define, design, and implement innovative, beautiful, intuitive solutions for use by the federal customer and stakeholders.
• Create wireframes, storyboards, and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas for websites and applications.
• Create scalable design resources to aid in project collaboration and the expansion of ECS creative services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust.
• Strong UX design experience.
• 10+ years combined professional design experience (UCD, UI/UX design).
• Strong online portfolio that showcases research‑driven decisions in responsive web and mobile app design.
• Results‑oriented problem solver with high standards for quality, accuracy, attention to detail, and overall excellence.
• Expertise in user research methodologies, user‑centered design principles and frameworks, and UI design standards.
• Advanced understanding of user personas, user flows, affinity mapping, and other research tools.
• Strong understanding of the life‑cycle process of website development (discovery, planning, design, requirements, coding, testing, and user testing and evaluation).
• Experience evaluating existing systems and processes to identify UX issues and develop UX recommendations.
• Experience designing web and mobile applications that are compliant with 508 and USWDS standards.
• Experience prioritizing features while accounting for user goals and business requirements.
• Experience carrying designs from start to finish, from wireframes to delivery of final high‑fidelity UI mockups.
• Experience establishing and maintaining rapid customer feedback loops to inform design at critical stages.
• Self‑starter, motivated, confident, and able to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Success on projects designed from scratch as well as redesigns for established platforms or products.
• Experience mentoring/leading junior designers.
• Advanced coding knowledge (HTML, CSS, and JS).
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe XD, InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.

Preferred Experience

• Excellent interpersonal and client‑focused skills—interacts well with all levels of staff and partners with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.
• Experience using Agile methodology to manage projects.
• Experience creating and modifying data visualizations.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

For more information about CGS, please contact [e-mail].