Associate UI/UX Designer

The Emmes Group team is hiring an Associate UI/UX Designer for the Essex Modern Technology & Engineering (MT&E) organization, supporting client projects in a hybrid work setting based in Rockville, MD. The role centers on building user-focused interfaces, prototypes, and practical design guidance within an agile, cross-functional environment.

Role Focus

As an Associate UI/UX Designer, you will help develop user interfaces and design prototypes for client deliverables. You will also provide design and accessibility guidance while collaborating across teams to ensure outputs align with project features and overall user experience goals.

Responsibilities

• Design clean, accessible, and modern UI solutions for client projects.
• Contribute to documentation, including design process working practices and design system guides.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to produce UI mocks and wireframes connected to features across all tiers in an agile workflow.
• Apply UX research techniques as needed (for example, card sorting and story maps) to support the intended deliverable outcomes.
• Partner with cross-functional teams when required to support cross-project initiatives such as accessibility compliance and design system updates.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of design techniques and principles used to create conceptual prototypes and wireframes.
• Experience with application interaction design, design systems, and frameworks including Bootstrap, Foundation, and USWDS.
• Experience creating project design and accessibility deliverables.
• Experience using Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD) and Figma Design.
• Good oral and written communication skills, with a collaborative working style.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to present concepts and recommendations to a range of audiences.
• Attention to detail throughout the design process.
• Working knowledge of LucidChart, HTML, and CSS (SCSS).
• 5+ years of UI/UX design experience.
• Bachelor or Graduate degree in Design or Human-Computer Interaction.
• Portfolio demonstrating UI/UX design work.

Technologies

• Bootstrap, Foundation, USWDS
• Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, XD
• Figma Design
• LucidChart, HTML, CSS (SCSS)

Preferred Experience

• At least one UI/UX certification, including UXC (Nielsen Norman Group UX Certification) or CUA (Human Factors International Certified Usability Analyst).
• Experience working with USWDS (United States Web Design System).

Location and Onsite Requirement

This role is based in Rockville, MD (hybrid). Applicants local to Maryland/the DC Metro area must work onsite two (2) days at the client site, where the client is based in Rockville, MD.

Benefits

• Flexible Approved Time Off
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Work From Home Anywhere in the US
• Maternal/Paternal Leave
• Casual Dress Code & Work Environment

Education

Bachelor or Graduate degree in Design or Human-Computer Interaction.