Senior Designer

This is a remote position.

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

In this role, you will serve as an experienced individual contributor within a team, with the expectation that you will further develop your leadership, guidance and mentoring skills. With minimal oversight from leadership, you will be responsible for supporting the goal of meeting scope, schedule and delivery requirements. A Senior Designer impacts the long-term goals of the program, while contributing to the development of the program's design strategy. You may serve as the discipline's primary lead when working with stakeholders and utilize strong influential skills to drive improvements in design processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Senior Designer include:

• 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
  

• 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

• Participates in grading candidate homeworks and participating in panel interviews

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of experience

• Relevant years of experience may be substituted for education

• Prior experience serving as a mentor to junior level team members

• Experience with design software such as Figma, Miro, Adobe or other designer tools

• In-depth knowledge of accessibility (WCAG, 508 compliance, or A11y)
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience working with Section 508 standards and Web content accessibility Guidelines and/or working in an a11y focused role
• Experience participating in user research, creating multiple versions of prototypes and applying insights to refine design solutions.
• Certification in accessibility, such as Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competency or Certified Professional in Web Accessibility.
• Understanding of accessibility requirements, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, best-practices, and tools
• Experience with using and/or supporting research and testing with assistive technology, including screen readers.
• Practice with supporting the creation of accessible and 508-compliant user interfaces and artifacts

Benefits:

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

Job Ref # SENIO001260