
UX/UI Designer
McLean, VAJob$75–140K/yrPosted 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The UX/UI Designer guides government clients through Steampunk’s Design Intelligence framework, using human-centered methods to address user experience challenges. The role plans and executes UX initiatives from discovery through interface design, including research, prototyping, iteration, visual design, and usability and accessibility testing. The designer represents customer needs and ensures they are considered in proposed solutions.
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Overview
As a UX/UI Designer ,you willbe responsible forguiding government clients through our Design Intelligence™framework, incorporating human-centered methods to solve complex user experience challenges. You will plan and execute UX initiatives from discovery through interface design; research, prototyping, iteration, visual design, user, usability, and accessibility testing. You will serve as the voice of the customer and make sure their needs are considered and met within a proposed solution.
Contributions
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Participatein all aspects of the discovery process tounderstand:client missionandgoals; stakeholders,usersand their ecosystems; current state journeys; user segments; program and project objectives
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Conduct workshops and interviews to help frame pain points and opportunities, define insights,validatehypothesis, and create a compelling experience vision
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Understand the relevance of and how artifacts like journey maps, service blueprints, personas,ecosystemand experience maps fit into crafting the user experience
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Conduct user researchand testingand effectively translate user needs intoan implementable digital experience
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Collaborate and communicate stakeholder and user needs on a cross functional team within an agile environment
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Understand and embrace the specifications and constraints of a given technology, platform and/or operational environment
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Designintuitive,elegant, and accessibleinterfacessupported througha test and learn process
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Ensure all deliverables across a variety of projects are produced at the highest quality
Qualifications
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Ability to obtain a U.S. government Public Trust Security Clearance
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4+ years of professional UXandUIexperiencedesigningviablesolutions for multi-platform digital products
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Current portfoliodemonstratingideology, methods, tools, skills, and craft
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Demonstrated experience conducting primary and secondary user-research including user-interviews, discovery and co-creation workshops, heuristic evaluation, and card sorting (for example), and applying those insights to personas, journey maps, site maps, ecosystem maps, information architecture, and interface design
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Demonstrated experienceinUIdesign includingwireframing, low and high-fidelity prototyping, moderated and unmoderated user testing, and accessibility testing
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Knowledge and experience with 508 compliance requirements
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Experience working on a scrum team within the Agile delivery frameworkand experience integrating research and design into technical sprints including writing user stories and story pointing
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Proficiencyintools likeAdobe Creative Suite, Sketch,Figma,Zeplinand other prototypingtools
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Desire to keep pace with ever-changing industry tools and best practices with the ability to make recommendations as needed for the best outcome
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Experiencecollaborating withina multi-disciplinary delivery team includingservice designers, technologists, data scientists, engineers, solution architects, and change managers
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A natural curiosity for solving problems coupled with strong analytical skills
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A collaborative nature with excellent written communication and presentation skills
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Experience working in a project-based environment
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Degree or equivalent experience in HCD, HCI, and/or UX design
Bonus Points
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Previouswork experience in or with the federal government
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Previouswork experience as a consultant
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Experience working on a cross-functional Salesforce implementation team
About steampunk
Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $75,000 to $140,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.
Identity Statement
As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian,Healthand DoD sectors. Through our Design Intelligence™ process , we are fundamentally changing the expectations ourFederalclients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com .
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program .
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Job Location US-VA-McLean
Posted Date (11/1/2026 10:36 AM)
Job ID 6756
Clearance Requirement Public Trust
How this job compares
Set against the 682 open UX Designer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$75–140K/yr
- Virginia median$117–166K/yr22 salary ranges
- US median$138–190K/yr451 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $108K, is 23% below the Virginia median midpoint ($139K) — in the lowest quarter of UX Designer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 25 open UX Designer jobs in Virginia and 682 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Steampunk (this employer)5 open
- Amazon4 open
- CoStar Realty Information, Inc.3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; UX Designer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (599 postings).
- Education
- 112 of the 682 open UX Designer jobs (16%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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