Government and Public Sector - UI/UX Developer, Senior Consultant

From strategy to execution, the Government & Public Sector practice of Ernst & Young provides a full range of consulting and audit services to help our Federal, state, local and education clients implement new ideas to help achieve their mission outcomes. We deliver real change and measurable results through our diverse, high-performing teams, quality work at the highest professional standards, operational know-how from across our global organization, and creative and bold ideas that drive innovation. We enable our government clients to achieve their mission of protecting the nation and serving the people; increasing public safety; improving healthcare for our military, veterans, and citizens; delivering essential public services; and helping those in need. EY is ready to help our government build a better working world. 

The opportunity:

The Ernst & Young (EY) Government & Public Sector (GPS) Digital practice is helping organizations solve complex problems through purpose-led transformation. To achieve this mission, a diverse and talented team from around the globe are creating innovative digital experiences that help our clients succeed and thrive.

Our US GPS digital practice combines an understanding of the public sector’s diverse mission needs with private sector leading practices.

You will join a talented group of professionals who are advising U.S. federal agencies with digital strategy, customer experience, process improvement, technology effectiveness, digital architecture, program integration, audit readiness and financial management, to name only a few. As a member of our GPS Digital team, you will help our clients envision, design and implement a range of high-impact digital solutions and services involving mobile technologies, customer experience, analytics, content management, cloud technologies and other services. In addition, you will work with a global team of digital practitioners on innovative technologies and help bring those solutions to market with our customers.

Your key responsibilities:

Supporting digital practice engagements, you will be expected to work effectively as team member, share responsibilities with your peers, provide all necessary support to your peers and leadership, and be able to communicate and update the senior team members and clients on progress made; provide all necessary support to your peers and leadership In addition, you will be responsible for the following:

• Facilitate client’s product visions by researching, conceiving, wireframing, sketching, prototyping, and mocking up user experiences for digital products.
• Design and deliver wireframes, user stories, user journeys, and mockups optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces.
• Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features.
• Take a user-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate designs.
• Work with clients to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet client needs and vision.
• Apply extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.
• Demonstrate an understanding of user-centered design and testing methodologies, subsystems, and usability and accessibility concerns.
• Iterate designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently.
• Effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the importance of user-centered design.
• Collaborate and communicate closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model to evaluate design solutions for approval.
• Research and showcase knowledge in the industry’s latest trends and technologies.
• Apply skills in standard design tools, specifically Adobe Creative Suite.
• Utilize tools such as, basic HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.

Skills and attributes for success:

You will ideally have previous exposure to technology consulting, and a keen interest in collaborating with the U.S. government and Public sector. You should have strong communication skills, and business and technology acumen, and have a passion for delivering value to our clients.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years’ relevant experience

Due to the nature of our work in the Government and Public Sector, work may be required to be completed at client, EY and/or contractor sites. Our goal is to assign professionals to projects within a commutable distance of their work location office.  In certain circumstances, travel may be required beyond your work location based on client and project needs. Candidates should be willing to travel on average 25% to 30% or more in a hybrid environment.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Visual design experience preferred, including user interface development for Web and mobile experiences.
• Experience in user centered design practices and principles, including research & testing, information architecture, prototyping, taxonomy and other areas.
• Experience in agile scrum methodology and management tools (e.g., JIRA, VersionOne, etc.).
• Knowledge of federal communication guidelines like 508 compliance
• Ability to adhere to a style guide.
• Industry knowledge of how government agencies operate.
• Ability to understand technical and government terms and translate to all audiences.
• Ability to translate copy into graphic designs.
• Pays close attention to detail and creates designs that are uniform and consistent.
• Ability to track, manage, and ensure project tasks are completed in a timely manner
  Proficient in MS Office, including Word and PowerPoint, Power BI, Adobe Suite.
• Experience executing project plans on large, complex engagements from analysis through implementation.
• Expertise in developing written and visual communication products.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Knowledge of major digital trends and platforms.
• Knowledge of modern web and mobile architecture.
• Ability to collaborate with clients and identify engagement follow-on opportunities.

What we look for 

We’re interested in highly motivated, talented individuals with a strong willingness to think outside of the box and continue to learn. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you’ll need the motivation to take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and expand our business in the evolving market. If you’re serious about consulting and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.