User Interaction/User Experience(UI/UX) Designer

M&S Consulting was conceived in 2002 with the vision of creating highly effective teams of elite consultants to deliver strategic process and technology solutions to enterprise organizations across the US. Our commitment to delivery in complex environments and long-term customer success has merged process and technology into innovative solutions, established deep pockets of expertise, and enabled innovative transformation for evolving businesses.

We have intentionally cultivated steady growth focused on being approachable and helpful to our dearly valued clients and closely cared-for employees. M&S people simply “care hard”, and this reflects in our work products, our interactions, and our culture.

M&S Consulting is seeking a User Interaction/User Experience Designer to work in Huntsville, AL. Candidate must possess an active Top Secret/SCI Eligible clearance.

The User Interaction/User Experience Designer will work with the development team to build mock-ups of intuitive interfaces and work across case management development teams to provide a consistent look and feel. The candidate will review user experience feedback and adjust accordingly, work with users to understand use cases, and update and maintain style guides. The ideal candidate will work with the development teams on responsive designs based on current best practices and ensure 508 compliant designs. The UI/UX Designer will oversee all visual design efforts, guide, mentor, and coach team members while leading projects to successful completion, and develop and maintain relationships with key peers in Marketing, Branding, UX leaders, IT leaders, and others to identify and plan creative solutions. The successful candidate will manage external service resources and budgets for visual design, ensure successful completion of all work executed by the team (on time, on budget, and ensuring quality), and ensure compliance with the project management methodologies and the Project Management Office processes and standards. The candidate will develop, maintain, and ensure compliance of application release management, outage management, change control processes and standards, and define, create, communicate, and manage resource plans and other required project documentation such as style guides and provide updates as necessary. The User Interaction/User Experience Designer will develop proof-of-concepts and prototypes of easy-to-navigate user interfaces (UIs) that consists of web pages with graphics, icons, and color schemes that are visually appealing and research user needs as well as potential system enhancements. The candidate will plan, recruit, and facilitate the usability testing of a system and analyze and synthesize the results of usability testing to provide recommendations for change to a system

Job Requirements: 

• Active Top Secret/SCI Eligibility Clearance 
• At least six (6+) years of UI/UX Designer experience 
• Experience coding, testing, debugging documents, and implementing web applications using a variety of platforms
• Possess strong statistical and analytical knowledge • Proficient communication, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills 
• Bachelor’s degree in related field OR in lieu of degree, 4 additional years of experience

*M&S Consulting proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.