Senior UX Designer, Researcher, Accessibility Specialist

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🔥 17 hours ago

🌾 Iowa – Remote

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🎨 Product Designer (UI/UX)

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ePATHUSA, Inc.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2005

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔒 Cybersecurity

Cloud Computing • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity

ePATHUSA, Inc. is an IT services firm that specializes in delivering tailored digital transformation solutions, including cloud computing, custom software development, and data analytics. With over 18 years of experience, ePATHUSA helps both government and commercial clients modernize their IT infrastructures, enhance data security, and implement innovative AI-driven technologies. Their comprehensive service offerings also include IT staffing and workforce solutions aimed at optimizing business processes and operational efficiency.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with the Lead UX/Accessibility Architect to scale digital standards across enterprise initiatives • Take ownership of user testing and UI optimization • Support the modernization pipeline for the Iowa DOE • Advance project phases with tight milestones and provide cross-agency support for the DNR and other state projects • Design, plan, and execute formal user experience research evaluating complex workflows • Moderate hands-on user testing sessions and run usability labs to identify and resolve workflow friction • Audit early layouts and interfaces against usability best practices and design standards • Translate district data reporting and environmental workflows into intuitive user journeys and behavioral personas • Structure data-heavy reporting categories using card sorting • Integrate digital accessibility into design systems and user research in alignment with WCAG standards • Partner with the Lead UX/Accessibility Architect across multi-agency initiatives, chatbot interfaces, and state projects • Collaborate with agency teams, product owners, and technical stakeholders to communicate design findings and research data

🎯 Requirements

• 8 years of experience moderating user testing sessions, executing usability labs, performing heuristic evaluations, mapping user journeys, and managing information architecture • 8 years of practical knowledge implementing WCAG 2.2 Level AA requirements, focus management, keyboard navigation mechanics, and color contrast principles within visual layouts • 8 years of experience clearly explaining user research insights, interface design choices, and usability standards to technical team members, developers, and agency stakeholders • 8 years of front-end engineering experience writing semantic HTML5 and modern, responsive CSS/SASS • 8 years of experience integrating interface designs into Angular or MVC .NET framework environments • 8 years of experience utilizing or extending the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) • 8 years of experience in user experience research, usability testing, usability labs, heuristic evaluation, user journey mapping, and persona development • 8 years of experience with information architecture, card sorting, wireframing, interactive prototyping, UX design, WCAG 2.2 Level AA compliance, and focus management • 8 years of experience with keyboard navigation mechanics, color contrast requirements, accessibility auditing, technical communication, and design system usage • 8 years of experience implementing modern data architectures at an organization • 8 years of experience in a highly regulated industry performing statistical analysis and reporting

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid Sick Time • Insurance for Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Available • 401(k) including Employer Match • HSA • Short-term & Long-term Disability Available

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