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Ad Hoc LLC

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2014

🏛️ Government

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔌 API

Government • Artificial Intelligence • API

Ad Hoc LLC is a technology consulting firm that modernizes digital government services through human-centered design, platform and mobile development, and systems transformation. The company specializes in data interoperability, API infrastructure, DevOps and cybersecurity practices, and AI-driven/agentic automation to help federal, state, and local agencies scale services, reduce costs, and improve user experiences. Notable work includes large-scale Medicare enrollment processing, the VA Health and Benefits mobile app, and enabling access to billions of health claims via modern APIs.

📋 Description

• Senior Designer serves as an experienced individual contributor within a team, with the expectation that you will further develop your leadership, guidance, and mentoring skills. • 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. • Lead UX design work across program workstreams including discovery artifacts, user flows, wireframes, low and high fidelity prototypes, and heuristic evaluations in Figma using federal Design System components • Drive Design System governance, proposing and validating new components, design tokens, and patterns through the six-step contribution workflow in collaboration with frontend engineers and agency stakeholders • Conduct and synthesize user research including stakeholder interviews, usability testing, and workflow observations, delivering actionable findings that inform PI planning feature prioritization • Annotate Figma designs with keyboard navigation, ARIA patterns, focus management, and screen reader labels before sprint planning, ensuring accessibility requirements are defined before code is written • Collaborate with UX researchers, accessibility specialists, frontend engineers, and product owners to validate designs for technical feasibility and Section 508 compliance before sprint commitment • Lead competitive analysis and heuristic evaluations, presenting findings and recommendations to federal stakeholders and program leadership • Facilitate cross-functional design discussions with multi-disciplined teams, translating complex regulatory and policy requirements into clear, user-centered design solutions • Contribute to and maintain versioned Figma libraries accessible to frontend engineers and software team managers across all program workstreams • Mentor junior designers with actionable, growth-oriented feedback and lead design critiques that maintain quality and consistency across the program • Identify design risks and communicate recommendations to mitigate them to program leadership • Participate in candidate homework evaluations and panel interviews

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant UX and product design experience and a Bachelor's degree, or equivalent additional experience in lieu of a degree • Must meet federal suitability requirements and pass a background investigation as a condition of employment • Expert proficiency in Figma for wireframing, prototyping, and Design System contribution and governance • Demonstrated experience leading human-centered design processes end-to-end, from discovery through validated, production-ready designs • Strong working knowledge of WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards and how they apply at the design stage, including annotation practices for keyboard navigation, ARIA, and focus management • Experience conducting and synthesizing user research including usability testing with assistive technology users • Proven ability to contribute to and govern Design System component libraries across a large, multi-team program • Strong storytelling and presentation skills, able to distill complex design decisions for federal agency stakeholders and executive audiences • Experience working within agile or SAFe delivery environments, integrating design work into sprint-based development timelines • Prior experience mentoring junior designers and leading design critiques

🏖️ Benefits

• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance • Flexible PTO • 401K with employer match • Paid parental leave after one year of service • Employee Assistance Program