UI Developer-Designer

Valiant Technologies LLC; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

VALIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC is seeking a UI Developer/Designer to translate requirements into intuitive user interfaces and ensure ADA compliance for web PDFs. You will collaborate with product management and engineering to shape product direction, visuals, and user experience.

The role involves executing all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off, creating wireframes, storyboards, and site maps, and presenting designs to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in HCI, interaction design, or a related field.
• Minimum three years of software development experience.
• Proficiency in Adobe PDF Pro (3 years).
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (3 years).
• HTML coding at an intermediate level (2 years).

Responsibilities

• Translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and UI designs.
• Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement design solutions.
• Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering.
• Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, and site maps to communicate ideas clearly.
• Present and defend designs to peers and executives.
• Conduct user research and evaluate feedback to improve interfaces.
• Establish and promote design guidelines, standards, and best practices.
• Apply accessible document structures for screen readers and add alt text where needed.

Skills

HTML coding

Software development

ADA accessibility

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in HCI/Interaction Design/related field

Tools

Adobe PDF Pro

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

We are looking for a UI Developer/Designer to translate high-level requirements into intuitive and functional user interfaces and ensure ADA compliance for outstanding web PDFs.

• Translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and artifacts, and transform them into intuitive and functional user interfaces
• Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for product direction, visuals, and experience
• Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering
• Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user-friendliness to complex design roadblocks.
• Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows, and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
• Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive-level stakeholders
• Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback
• Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices, and standards
• Apply proper headings to document structures for screen reader navigation
• Add alternative text for all images, charts, and other non-text elements
• Ensure tables are tagged correctly for screen readers and add proper descriptions and tab order to form fields
• Use accessible fonts and colors to ensure high color contrast between text and background
• Add metadata, set the document title, and author in document properties

What You'll NeedRequired:

• Bachelor's/master’s degree in human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or related field.
• At least three years of software development experience
• Proficiency in Adobe PDF Pro (3 years)
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (3 years)
• Intermediate level of HTML coding (2 years)

Physical Demands:

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state, and local standards
• Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings, etc.
• Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer, utilizing a mouse, keyboard, and monitor

VALIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. VALIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will VALIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract