Senior Designer

This is a remote position.

Make sure to read the full description below, and please apply immediately if you are confident you meet all the requirements.

Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our teams use modern, agile methods to meet the needs of our users while closing the gap between consumer expectations and government.

Work on things that matter

Our teams connect Veterans with services designed for their needs, help millions of people 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 thinks about and uses technology.

Built for a remote life

Ad Hoc is remote-first and remote-always. We’ve designed our culture, communications, and tools to support a nationwide team.

Being remote allows Ad Hoc to bring the best people onto our teams and give them the freedom to create a work environment that fits their lives.

Maybe you need to adjust your schedule to care for your family or take a bike ride. At Ad Hoc, that’s welcomed.

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We leave our egos at the door to learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time.

We build small, inclusive teams to bring the best of consumer technology to the problems of government.

The Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes are at the center of every effort.

We partner with the VA to design and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VA employees.

By applying better practices in service design, product management, and technology, we enable VA to increase the usage, quality, and reliability of services and decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities

• Strong influential skills to build relationships with team members, government and company stakeholders, and program management.
• May lead cross-functional efforts for delivery team members and team leads.
• Navigates ambiguous requirements and environments to support delivery.
• Leads the delivery of design work such as design initiative briefs, discovery artifacts, sketches, wireframes, UX flows, low and high fidelity prototypes, heuristic evaluations, competitive analysis, and design system contributions.
• Comprehensive understanding of scope requirements to prioritize design activities.
• Responsible for working with users to support the development of effective designs.
• Experienced with design skill principles, with the ability to provide recommendations associated with typography and hierarchy.
• Delivers design work including discovery artifacts, sketches and rough prototypes, wireframes, UX flows, and high fidelity prototypes.
• Demonstrates the ability to coach designers; with a focus on providing actionable feedback that helps individuals grow in objective ways.
• Manages the development of competitive analysis, and reports results to stakeholders.
• Contributes to the design libraries and provides visual design and brand artifacts.
• Facilitates discussions with multi-disciplined teams to drive productive discussions and articulate goals in order to deliver upon requirements.
• Experienced with storytelling to deliver compelling artifacts and presentations that distill highly complex issues into focused, understandable solutions.
• 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.
• Participates in grading candidate homeworks and participating in panel interviews.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of demonstrated experience working with Section 508 standards and Web content accessibility Guidelines.
• 2+ years in an a11y focused role.
• Expert level 508 experience as it pertains to compliance, accessibility, testing, and tagging.
• Certification in accessibility, such as Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competency or Certified Professional in Web Accessibility.
• Expert-level understanding of accessibility requirements, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, best-practice, and tools.
• Experience with using and / or supporting research and testing with assistive technology, including screen readers.
• Experience supporting the creation of accessible and 508-compliant user interfaces and artifacts.
• Working knowledge of HTML, ARIA, and CSS.
• Understanding of (and ideally, experience executing) quality assurance testing and processes.
• Experience in an open, collaborative development environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with the US Web Design System.
• Experience working or with government agencies, especially the VA.
• Experience working with GitHub or other git repositories.
• You are a U.S. Veteran.

Expectations

• We expect the responsibilities of this position to shift and grow organically over time, in response to considerations such as the unique strengths and interests of the selected candidate and other team members and an evolving understanding of the delivery environment.
• Is curious, adaptive, empathetic, collaborative and holds a positive mindset.
• Eager to learn, experiment and innovate.
• Ability to take initiative in solving complex problems.
• Experience working with an Agile team and demonstrating an Agile mindset.
• Ability to work independently on high complexity tasks.
• Demonstrates strong communication and team collaboration skills.
• Dedication to the team and mission.

To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit : https : / / adhocteam.us / join /

Benefits

• Company-subsidized Health, Dental and Vision Insurance.
• Use What You Need Vacation Policy.
• 401K with employer match.
• Paid parental leave after one year of service.

Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action 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.

In support of the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, and others like it across the country, 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 $120,000-$130,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.

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