MNIT/MDE Summer EBT UI-UX Dev

Job Title

As the statewide administrator for USDA Child Nutrition programs, the Nutrition Program Services (NPS) Division of the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is seeking a full-time staff augmentation resource to develop a new application to handle the summer EBT program.

The goals of this project are to:

• Build a new application that meets the needs of the schools and the districts for the summer EBT program.
• Assist in ensuring Minnesota's compliance with USDA regulations.

Sample tasks include:

• Collaborating with stakeholders to gather and understand user needs, business objectives, and technical constraints, ensuring user-first designs are created.
• Conducting user research, usability testing, and data analysis to inform design decisions and improve overall user experience.
• Developing UX architecture including sitemaps, journey maps, wireflows, and taxonomy designs to structure and organize the user experience.
• Designing low- and high-fidelity prototypes to validate design concepts and make iterative improvements based on user feedback.
• Creating reusable component libraries and design systems to ensure consistency and scalability across multiple platforms and applications.
• Developing web components that align with modern HTML/CSS standards, ensuring compliance with WCAG accessibility guidelines for an inclusive user experience.
• Collaborating with developers to implement pixel-perfect designs, ensuring technical feasibility and seamless integration of design with development.
• Providing knowledge transfer to State staff.

Desired qualifications and skills include:

• 5 years of professional experience UI/UX design, with at least 3 years focused in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Zeplin, Axure, Adobe XD, or similar.
• Professional experience directly creating human-centered designs with a deep understanding of UX/UI principles, accessibility, and usability along with expertise in building customer journey maps, information architectures, and solving design challenges using UX patterns.
• Ability to work seamlessly with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and business stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills to present design ideas and rationales to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience in creating interactive, low- and high-fidelity prototypes to test ideas and concepts effectively.
• Experience with A/B testing, behavioral analytics, and using insights to inform design decisions.
• Experience in building reusable component libraries and design systems to ensure long-term scalability and consistency across projects.
• Strong user-first mindset with the ability to advocate for end-user needs in every design decision.
• Critical thinking and creativity to overcome design and technical challenges.