Programmer Analyst 3 - UI/UX Analyst

Stafford Gray - Lansing, MI

Full-time

Lansing, MI

About the position

The UI/UX Analyst is a pivotal role responsible for establishing the overall application look and feel, as well as designing, communicating, and executing all user interface screens for each business requirement. This position is crucial in directing the overall user experience for interacting with the delivered product. The UI/UX Analyst will work closely with the Business Analyst and Technical Lead to deliver solutions that meet or exceed customer requirements. The role requires a hybrid work schedule, with the analyst expected to be onsite two days a week and work from home three days a week. Candidates must be local at the time of submission, as there is no remote-only option available. In this role, the UI/UX Analyst will collaborate directly with the project team, which includes business analysts, business owners, solution architects, tech leads, developers, and QA personnel. The analyst will ensure a comprehensive understanding of the requirements, functionality, size, scalability, and usability of the IT solution. This involves examining existing business processes and systems to develop a full representation of the system's interface design and usability. The analyst will participate in requirement gathering meetings, Joint Application Modeling (JAM) sessions, and brainstorming sessions with business owners to identify product usability concerns and desires. The UI/UX Analyst will lead the overall visual design and usability of the product, providing expertise and guiding the project team through applicable design patterns, screen layout decisions, and usability testing. The analyst will advocate for the end user, consistently working to improve the overall design and usability of the delivered product within budget constraints. Responsibilities also include creating sketches, wireframes, and mockups of user interface screens that adhere to the State of Michigan Applications and Site Standards, as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. The analyst will perform usability and accessibility testing to ensure compliance with UI/UX best practices and ADA standards, creating and facilitating usability tests with intended users and iterating screen designs accordingly.

Responsibilities

• Works directly with project team including business analysts, business owners, solution architects, tech leads, developers, and QA to ensure understanding of the requirements, functionality, size, scalability, and usability of the IT solution.
• Examines existing business processes and systems to develop a full representation of the system's interface design and usability by the business.
• Participates in all requirement gathering meetings, Joint Application Modeling (JAM) sessions, and/or brainstorm sessions with business owners to identify product usability concerns and desires.
• Examines and analyzes current user(s) flow and process, pain points, and desires from a usability and visual standpoint to deliver proper solutions.
• Leads the overall visual design and usability of the product.
• Provides expertise and leads the project team through applicable design patterns, screen layout decisions, and usability testing.
• Serves as an advocate for the end user of the product, consistently working to improve the overall design and usability of the delivered product, as the budget allows.
• Creates sketches, wireframes, and mockups of user interface screens according to the requirements/user stories that adhere to State of Michigan (SOM) Applications and Site Standards as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements.
• Creates high-fidelity functioning prototypes when applicable/feasible.
• Reviews wireframes with the Business Analyst for business requirements and with Technical Lead for technical feasibility before presenting wireframe solutions to the business.
• Provides resources (checklist and toolsets) to assist the development team regarding UI/UX best practices, established coding standards, and ADA vulnerability remediation.
• Ensures conformance to the SOM Applications and Site Standards.
• Performs usability testing to ensure conformance with UI/UX best practices.
• Performs accessibility testing to ensure conformance to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements.
• Creates and facilitates usability tests with the intended users of the product and iterates screen designs accordingly.
• Actively advises developers on accessibility requirements and vulnerability remediation.
• Serves as liaison to DTMB Center for Shared Solutions (CSS) eMichigan team.

Requirements

• Degree in UI UX Design or Graphic Design is preferred.
• 3+ years IT related design experience.
• 3+ years' experience with designing to a set of standards such as the World Wide Web Consortium, Web accessibility standards.
• 3+ years' experience with wireframing.
• 3+ years' experience with prototyping.
• 3+ years' experience using Figma or a related design tool.
• Clear and concise communication skills required.
• Required - Design Portfolio (or link to portfolio) must be included with submission.