UI/UX Consultant - Onsite, OH Job at Ocean Blue Solutions Inc in Columbus

Job Overview Onsite, in person interviews only. There will be 15 minute Teams interviews for introductory purposes but the full interviews will be onsite. This is an onsite role working at the Shipley building at 1970 West Broad Street, Columbus. The selected consultant will be directly responsible for designing a modern intuitive UI/UX and will have direct experience interacting with business users to create the UI/UX. Submission Due Date: 07/07/2025. Client: State of Ohio. Responsibilities and Qualifications Participate in meetings with stakeholders, business users, and engineering teams to understand project UI requirements. Design wireframes and interactive prototypes and user‑friendly designs that support complex business processes. Work on various stages of the product development process from discovery to research to design user interface. Test and iterate various product concepts with users; conduct user research and analysis to validate the design. Work with project managers, developers, and business analysts to brainstorm ideas, approaches, and design solutions. Experience in creating a Design System Library for reusability. Create a seamless UI handoff process to the development team. Ensure that user interface and experience designs follow best practices and comply with security requirements. Integration with Backend: Work closely with backend developers to integrate front‑end components. Participate in backlog grooming sessions and other agile ceremonies to ensure Agile development teams have a good understanding of the proposed UI design to implement successfully. Strong communication/leadership skills. Strong influence, collaboration, and negotiation experience. Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines. Ability to communicate ideas to a wide variety of stakeholders, lead discussions and creative activities, and build consensus while dealing with ambiguity. Ability to lead and manage large design initiatives, including managing competing priorities with product and engineering peers. Excellent oral and written skills / possess strong meeting and work session facilitation skills. Independent and team play, time and resource management to meet assigned deadlines. Strong understanding of prioritization stemming from elicitation of system and/or user requirements. Excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills. Must be knowledgeable in the English language / speak clearly and understandably use the English language. Provides technical guidance and mentoring to technical staff. #J-18808-Ljbffr