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Excelraise, LLC is seeking a Senior UX Designer/Researcher (Accessibility Specialist) for our client at 200 E Grand Avenue | Des Moines, IA 50309. (Remote)

• The Department of Management (DOM) Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is seeking a highly skilled, communication-focused Senior UX Designer / Researcher to join our digital modernization team.

Skills

• Demonstrated mastery in moderating user testing sessions, executing usability labs, performing heuristic evaluations, mapping user journeys, and managing information architecture.
• WCAG 2.2 Level AA Mastery: Practical knowledge of implementing WCAG 2.2 Level AA requirements, focus management, keyboard navigation mechanics, and color contrast principles within visual layouts.
• Strong Communicator: Ability to clearly explain user research insights, interface design choices, and usability standards to technical team members, developers, and agency stakeholders.
• Front-end engineering experience writing semantic HTML5 and modern, responsive CSS/SASS.
• Experience integrating interface designs into Angular or MVC .NET framework environments.
• Experience utilizing or extending the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS).
• User Experience Research, Usability testing, Usability labs, Heuristic evaluation, User journey mapping, Persona development.
• Information architecture, Card sorting, Wireframing, Interactive prototyping, UX design, WCAG 2.2 Level AA compliance, Focus management.
• Keyboard navigation mechanics, Color contrast requirements, Accessibility auditing, technical communication, Design system vs usage.