UX/UI Designer

2 Months ago • 5 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The UX/UI Designer will join the accessibility team and focus on designing user-friendly K–12 web and mobile experiences that meet WCAG/ADA standards. Responsibilities include evangelizing human-centered methodologies, solving complex design problems, and designing user flows and prototypes. The designer will also present designs, lead discussions, and ensure WCAG conformance. This contract position requires 5+ years of experience in product development, user experience design, or related fields.
Must have:
  • Portfolio demonstrating design work in web and mobile solutions
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field
  • 5+ years of experience in product development
  • Knowledge of software usability principles
  • 3+ years of accessibility experience
Good to have:
  • Product development experience in Ed Tech
  • Demonstrated success leading design efforts
  • Experience creating design documentation
  • Experience working in an Agile environment
Perks:
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k Program
  • Commuter Benefit
  • eLearning
  • Education Reimbursement
  • Ongoing Training & Development

Job Details

Onward Search is a specialized staffing and talent solutions company that helps professionals find top jobs with the nation’s leading brands. We’re looking to hire a UX/UI Designer for a leading global education firm known for its commitment to innovation, learning excellence, and a collaborative culture that empowers employees to make a meaningful impact in education worldwide.

You’ll join the accessibility team to focus on accessibility, designing user-friendly K–12 web and mobile experiences that meet WCAG/ADA standards through collaboration and human-centered design.

This is a 4-6 month of contract opportunity. The role is located in Maryland, and is fully remote.

UX/UI Designer Responsibilities:

  • Be a change agent evangelizing and bringing awareness to human-centered methodologies and practices across the company, supporting cross-functional product teams at different stages of understanding

  • Solve complex design problems and drive multiple efforts simultaneously

  • Approach each project with consideration for the larger School platform experience and business model

  • Deeply understand how products connect beyond your own product area and be mindful of touchpoints in the overall user journey across the School platform.

  • In collaboration with the UX Research team, dive into existing user research, metrics and balance with intuition and sensibility and translate user needs into tangible experiences for our solutions

  • Design and build user flows, wireframes, concepts, and interactive prototypes that will be used as the stimuli for research events and will help define development requirements and inform technology decisions

  • Confidently present designs to peers, stakeholders and leadership, and articulate rationales behind design decisions

  • Build presentations and lead discussions about experience-related aspects of the solution with different stakeholders throughout the organization, focused on feedback and action towards next steps

  • Design consistent approaches to patterns founded in research and best practice established from both inside and outside of the organization

  • Embrace and evangelize pattern-based system design – UX standards, best practices, styles, patterns and guidelines – as well as contribute to our design system by introducing high-quality, accessible and usable patterns and their appropriate usage

  • Develop creative and innovative accessibility solutions or implement accessibility best practices

  • Ensure WCAG conformance and compliance with ADA standards

  • Train and mentor peers on accessibility best practices

UX/UI Designer Requirements:

Design Requirements

  • Portfolio that demonstrates your design work in web and mobile solutions. We want to see and understand your process and how you collaborate across functions within the Product Development Lifecycle.

  • Bachelor’s degree in HCI, Visual Communication, Digital Design, Product Design, Human Centered Design, or related field required. MFA or advanced degree a plus.

  • 5+ years' work experience in product development, user experience design, product design, creative, or marketing industries.

  • Knowledge in software usability principles and current trends and advances in interface design.

  • Product development experience in Ed Tech a plus.

  • Demonstrated success leading design efforts across multiple products to achieve a central solution.

  • Extensive experience creating low and high fidelity sketches and design documentation.

  • Strong communication, presentation and analytical skills.

  • Advanced knowledge of UX wireframe, visual design, and prototyping software (e.g. Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD / Creative Suite, Lucid/Miro).

  • In-depth understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript

  • Deep understanding of responsive design approaches

  • High-level understanding of accessibility guidelines and designing for optimal accessibility

  • Demonstrated experience working in an Agile environment.

  • Understand a target audience's needs and other motivating factors, and translate them into concepts for

Accessibility Requirements

  • 3+ years experience of accessibility experience

  • Familiarity with assistive technologies like screen readers, voice recognition software, and keyboard navigation

  • Experience in designing accessible products

  • Knowledge of WCAG, Section 508, and other accessibility standards.

  • Create wireframes, prototypes, and design systems that prioritize accessibility

  • Document accessibility efforts

(Required Education or equivalent related experience)

  • Bachelor's Degree – human-computer interaction, human factors engineering, information architecture, digital design, interaction design, or related field.

(Preferred Education or equivalent related experience)

  • Master's Degree – human-computer interaction, human factors engineering, information architecture, digital design, interaction design, or related field.

Perks & Benefits:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

  • Life Insurance

  • 401k Program

  • Commuter Benefit

  • eLearning

  • Education Reimbursement

  • Ongoing Training & Development

  • *To qualify for our benefits package, you must work over 30 hours per week and the length of assignment must be a minimum of 10 weeks.

To learn more about this UX/UI Designer opportunity, apply now. Our recruitment team will be in touch, guide you through the interview process, and advocate on your behalf.

The application deadline 5/2/2025

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