Freelance User Experience Designer Jobs in Reston, VA

MDW Associates is seeking a UI/UX Designer to support the US Postal Services' Inspector General's Office (OIG). The successful candidate will design the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new web and on‐device software applications to include the wireframes, mock-ups and process flows.This position is on-site 4 days a week at our USPS customer site in Arlington, VA.The UI/UX Designer may perform a combination of some or all of the following duties:Serve as a designer in the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) External Services Directorate, responsible for user experience and interface design.Quickly yet thoroughly create process flows, wireframes, and visual design mockups as needed to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors.Develop and maintain detailed user-interface specifications.Engage with stakeholders to do evaluation of needs, goals, mission, values, and overall objectives of site.Solicit and incorporate feedback from CIGIE/USPS OIG/IG Community subject matter and technical experts throughout the engagement.Leverage the U.S. design standards to the greatest extent possible.Limit custom coding to the greatest extent possible to promote efficient knowledge-transfer and cost-effective in-house maintenance.Throughout development, when significant design choices are required, develop multiple concepts for feedback from CIGIE/USPS OIG/IG Community POCs.Create user‐centered designs for software projects by considering customer feedback.Design the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new web and on‐device software applications.Create and evaluate interaction models, user task flows, screen designs, and UI details that promote ease of use and optimize the user experience.Breakdown complex requirements and concepts into well‐thought visual designs and workflows.Participates in testing, validating own and others' functionality.Modernize and improve existing graphics, fonts, and other design elements, with the goal of achieving a modern looking website.Required SkillsAt least 5 years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar role.Conceptual understanding of User Interface Design and the Design Process.Intermediate to advanced users of Adobe Creative Suite (or other designer tools).Intermediate level of HTML, CSS and Bootstrap..Basic JavaScript skills.Understanding of Less and Sass.Understanding of responsive design and touch interface interaction techniques and ability to be in sync with recent design standards and trends.Understanding of the limitations of web and mobile, with approaches/ideas to flex those boundaries. A solid portfolio of work demonstrating experience creating great user‐centered design solutions across multiple interfaces and screen sizes.Ability to work collaboratively with developers, project managers, and cross‐functional teams to ensure that designs are successfully created and implemented to achieve the user goals.Experience creating UI specs & wireframes. Flexibility and willingness to move from ideas, to whiteboard, to execution quickly and provide choices to stakeholders.Experience in proposing and executing new interactive graphics based on existing data, with the goal of making the data already collect more accessible and interactive.Ability to improve the "user paths" on the site, ensuring that users' destinations can be reached in a minimum of clicks.Desired SkillsExcellent communication and team‐oriented skills.Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.Security Requirement(s):Public Trust - Candidates for this position must be submitted for a background investigation in order to satisfy government requirements.Company DescriptionIncorporated in 2012, MDW is a small business headquartered in McLean, VA with offices in Huntsville, AL. We provide Federal government clients with consulting, management services, advisory and assistance services, decision support, strategic planning, process planning and improvement, task execution and metrics analysis. Our mission is to make our clients more successful by providing honest assessments, exceptional analysis, prudent advice, direct communication, and hard work.Our core capabilities include:Strategic PlanningCost EstimatingBudget Programming and JustificationBudget ExecutionAcquisition ManagementFinancial Systems Support & IntegrationMDW Associates, LLC ("MDW") is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, marital status, covered veteran status, mental or physical disability, pregnancy or any other unlawful basis unrelated to the ability to do the job. MDW seeks to employ talented, ethical, and entrepreneurial-minded persons. Our applicants and employees are protected from discrimination as required by Federal law.Additional InformationWe offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits and compensation package for our employees, including but not limited to:HealthDentalVisionGroup Life Insurance/Long Term Disability/Short Term DisabilityRetirement/401(k)Flexible Leave PolicyAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.