Overview
We are looking for a Senior Designer with experience in creating well-crafted user experiences. You will work with our team of researchers, developers, and software engineers to build software that is usable and accessible for the widest possible audience.
You will work with a small team to design, develop, and deliver web-based applications and services. You’ll work with our government partners to better understand and translate policy and business requirements into good design. Your work will impact the lives of millions of Americans.
REQUIREMENTS
Occupational Competencies
- Wireframes
Low-fidelity wireframes using collaborative tools - UX Flows
Process maps, journey maps - High fidelity prototypes
Prototypes that showcase visual design elements, built in a tool such as Sketch. Can also include other visual artifacts including style tiles, mood boards etc. - Brand development
Sets, maintains, and advocates for the holistic design vision of program branding and associated products, with consideration for the product’s future. - Pattern Library / Style Guides
Helps define and lead design system / style guide direction and development both internally, and in coordination with client stakeholders and client design team. - Candidates must be able to work onsite 2-3 days per week in D.C., Baltimore, Boston, NY, Philadelphia, Kansas City, Denver, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, Atlanta or Dallas without need for relocation.
Preferred Competencies
- HTML / CSS prototypes
Prototypes that showcase visual design elements, built natively using front end HTML, CSS or SASS, and Javascript. Can include front end frameworks such as USDS Web design standards, Bootstrap or Foundation. - Mentorship
Provides direct and impactful feedback in team critique and the larger program team critique, and engages peers in their work. Seeks out feedback from Senior and Staff Designers, to grow their own skills and design toolkit.
Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.
BENEFITS
- Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance for the employee
- Vanguard 401K plan
- 20 days of PTO
- Continuing education benefits
- Annual conference attendance benefit
About Ad Hoc
Ad Hoc is a small software engineering company that came out of the successful effort to rescue HealthCare.gov after its disastrous initial launch.
Ad Hoc is focused on delivering and operating fast, stable, and well-designed services on behalf of U.S. federal and state government that enables agencies to provide transactional and informational services to consumers. We do this by bringing people from startups and successful private sector technology companies to these problems, collaborating closely with government partners to deliver software that actually works.
Following the initial launch of HealthCare.gov in 2013, the White House assembled a team of top technology talent from outside of government, to assess what was wrong and come up with a plan to fix it.
Greg and Paul, Ad Hoc's cofounders and principals, were part of that original group, known as the ad hoc team, that went in and worked along side those who had built HealthCare.gov.
Through their expert leadership and effort, they stablized the site and ensured that millions of Americans were able to get affordable health coverage. Read more on the rescue of HealthCare.gov.
Ad Hoc is based in Washington, DC, but we are a remote-first company, and have people working all over the USA (Chicago, Providence, Portland, ME, Massachusetts, Seattle, San Francisco).
We're inviting applicants with diverse backgrounds to join and help lead our team.
We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package.