Overview:

Design. Disrupt. Repeat.

Be an agent of change on a team committed to achieving client-focused, mission-driven excellence. Steampunk is the explosive collision of human-centered design and traditional government contracting. We are an employee-owned company with a startup mindset and time-tested approaches tailored for the federal government. We’re passionate about creating solutions that are impactful, practical, and scalable while meeting our clients’ ever-changing needs. We believe in empowering our people to find creative solutions to intractable problems. We believe the best environment in which to grow and thrive is outside our comfort zone. We believe that while good design makes for a good product, human-centered design makes for an excellent one.

Contributions:

Responsibilities

As a Steampunk UI/UX Designer, you will be responsible for developing intuitive and user-friendly designs, wireframes, and technical interfaces to bring technical solutions to life. You will drive adoptability and usability of the systems we develop and will employ design techniques that always put the users perspective first in the solution.  

Detailed responsibilities include:

Act as the lead designer for a variety of projects 

Create clear web and digital experiences for primarily government clients

Work closely with both external clients and internal, cross-functional teams on projects that range from a few weeks to a few months in length

Communicate with government stakeholders and decision-makers in compelling ways using a variety of visual mediums

Qualifications:

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design or related field

Up to one year of experience delivering interface design solutions for various clients, including highly detailed annotated wireframes and user flows within complex web or mobile applications

Hands-on experience with Adobe Creative Suite and Rapid prototyping tools like Axure or Basalmiq

Strong client communication skills

Experience developing rapid prototypes and producing wireframes for user interfaces

Ability to obtain a U.S. government security clearance

Bonus Points

Previous work experience in or with the federal government

Experience working within an Agile environment on a cross-functional team

Ability to synthesize complicated information into digestible infographics, data visualizations, operational and workflow diagrams, and roadmaps

Experience working on branding and/or marketing/communications projects

About steampunk:

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors.  Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges.  As an employee owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit .

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.