The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NCBI is the world’s premier biomedical center hosting over six million daily users that seek research, clinical, genetic, and other information that directly impacts biomedical research and public health – at NCBI you can literally help to accelerate cures for diseases!

You will join NCBI’s team of scientists and engineers to deliver high-quality data to tackle the most challenging healthcare information technology issues including, data models, business informatics, analytics. 

A-TEK is currently recruiting a User Experience (UX) Designer to support our work with the National Library of Medicine (NLM). This critical team member will participate in NCBI’s ongoing mission to use data to help cure some of the world's most serious health problems. Your work will make a difference! 

Responsibilities and Duties (Included but not limited to):

• Research, conceive, sketch, and prototype
• Design, deliver and communicate wireframes, prototypes, graphic interface elements, like menus, tabs, and widgets and final page layouts for our development team to follow
• Partner with business stakeholders to develop user workflows
• Illustrate design ideas with storyboards, process flows, and sitemaps
• Create a style guide consistent with agency guidelines
• Follow a user-centric design approach and rapid test and iteration, perform A/B test, conduct usability test and gather feedback to improve pages

 Minimum Qualifications:

• BS in Design, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience
• 3 years of UX design experience
  • Expertise in standard UX software such as Sketch and the like is a must. Basic HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript/TypeScript, React skills are a plus.
  • Ability to work with internal stakeholders to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet the needs and vision.
  • Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of responsive design.
  • A solid grasp of user-centered design, planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns.
  • Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently.
  • Ability to effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and stakeholders.
  • A clear understanding of the importance of user-centered design and design thinking.
• Ability to obtain or maintain a Public Trust level clearance