UX Designer

Position: UX Designer

Location: Albany, NY

Duration: 48 Months

Who we are:

Cloud and Things is building a platform to allow you to build your career! Our goal is to solve problems and deliver results for our clients. At Cloud and Things, you can be a part of the transformation of the public sector’s IT environment. Our team is on the forefront of helping to solve the government's most complex IT challenges. If you are seeking a role that offers you the opportunity to work on rewarding projects, consider a career with Cloud and Things.

Responsibilities:

The UX Designer will be responsible for completing the following deliverables:

• Analysis, Design, Development of user experience, journey mapping, behavioral economics, user insights, human centered design standards in health and human services.
• Develop user interface elements and UI mockups and prototypes.
• Documentation of best practices for user experience, journey mapping, behavioral economics, user insights, human centered design standards and deliverables to be added to each workstream's SDLC.
• Front end design for a generic release (without any workstream content) for the public and

Social Service District stakeholders to receive communications on the program and links to related or legacy sites prior to any workstream being live.

Over the life of the engagement, these resources will be expected to assist with the design and completion of UX deliverables for each workstream

• Review and analyze designs produced by each workstream based on the standards established by the UX Designers,
• Maintain program design standards,
• Facilitate design sessions with stakeholders,
• Advise the program and project teams on compliance and changes to best practices.
  
  

Mandatory Skills:

• Between four (4) and seven (7) years of experience as a Specialist
• Three (3) or more years of experience in UI/UX experience design on full life cycle of design deliverables (wireframes, mockups, journey maps, prototypes, story boards, user surveys, user testing)
• Three (3) or more years of experience with web and mobile responsive user-interface design.
  

Preferred Skills

• Three (3) or more years of experience with Visual design tools such as Adobe XD.
• Three (3) or more years of experience facilitating end user feedback in human services on portal/front end/mobile app projects.
• Three (3) or more years of experience with HTML, CSS, SCSS and Javascript.
• At least one (1) year experience implementing design standards and completing designs on multiple product stacks.
• At least one (1) year experience with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and 508 compliance standards.
• Bachelor's degree in behavioral economics, computer science, design, or a related field.
  

Cloud and Things complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.