What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior UI / UX Designer / Prototyper position at ARA?
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is seeking an entry-level UI/UX Designer/Prototyper to join our team in Bentonville, Arkansas. The ideal candidate should be passionate about iterative UI/UX design and testing, pursuing practical solutions to complex problems to aid in real-world government and military operations. Any candidate applying for this role should be familiar with modern tooling to build clickable wireframes, able to independently produce mockups quickly and efficiently. This staff member in this position will primarily focus on designing iterative versions of software products and providing guidance to the frontend team.
This Role Requires a Mixture Of Skills
This position requires the ability to structure and organize files efficiently and provide team members with value-added designs and feedback regularly. The successful candidate will join a multi-disciplinary team of professionals developing software to solve critical problems of national importance.
What You’ll Do As a Junior UI/UX Designer
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company known for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. We were founded in Albuquerque, NM in 1979 as the disco era was, thankfully, closing out and the personal computer era was beginning. We employ over 2,000 professionals and continue to grow. ARA offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.
ARA boasts competitive salaries , Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) & 401(k) with matching program, benefits package which includes medical, dental vision, flex spending, telehealth services, company-paid life & disability insurance including paid maternity disability leave through our company-paid short-term disability benefit, domestic partner coverage, dependent care flex spending, daycare discounts, pet insurance, relocation opportunities, floating holidays, tuition reimbursement, professional development as well as flexible schedules. ARA also prides ourselves on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. At ARA, employees are our greatest assets, so we give our employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take active roles as owners. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. The company realizes employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels.
ARA is passionate about inclusion and diversity in our workplace. We seek colleagues who will contribute to the unique culture that makes ARA such a great place to work. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please apply at careers.ara.com.
This Role Requires a Mixture Of Skills
- A creative side, designing the product itself.
- A quantitative, research side, bringing that design into contact with real customers and learning from their interactions with it.
This position requires the ability to structure and organize files efficiently and provide team members with value-added designs and feedback regularly. The successful candidate will join a multi-disciplinary team of professionals developing software to solve critical problems of national importance.
What You’ll Do As a Junior UI/UX Designer
- Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and developers
- Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps
- Design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets
- Develop UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look like
- Create original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches and tables)
- Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders
- Identify and troubleshoot UX problems
- Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
- Adhere to style standards on fonts, colors and images
- Willingness to relocate to Bentonville, Arkansas
- US citizen with the ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance
- Bachelor’s degree with 0-2 years’ experience or high school diploma with 6-8 years’ experience
- Expertise in wireframe tools and design software
- Demonstrated attention to detail and high degree of organization
- Portfolio showcasing your designs for desktop and mobile applications
- Bachelor’s degree in design or a related field
- UI/UX design certification
- Experience in working with industry professionals on design and prototyping
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment
Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company known for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. We were founded in Albuquerque, NM in 1979 as the disco era was, thankfully, closing out and the personal computer era was beginning. We employ over 2,000 professionals and continue to grow. ARA offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.
ARA boasts competitive salaries , Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) & 401(k) with matching program, benefits package which includes medical, dental vision, flex spending, telehealth services, company-paid life & disability insurance including paid maternity disability leave through our company-paid short-term disability benefit, domestic partner coverage, dependent care flex spending, daycare discounts, pet insurance, relocation opportunities, floating holidays, tuition reimbursement, professional development as well as flexible schedules. ARA also prides ourselves on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. At ARA, employees are our greatest assets, so we give our employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take active roles as owners. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. The company realizes employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels.
ARA is passionate about inclusion and diversity in our workplace. We seek colleagues who will contribute to the unique culture that makes ARA such a great place to work. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please apply at careers.ara.com.
