Senior Designer (Remote)

This is a remote position with heavy travel during the first 3-6 months

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people's needs and transform their experience of government.

Work on things that matter

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We've helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we're also changing how the government approaches technology.

Built for a remote life

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren't heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

The Federal Civilian business unit supports many customers spanning the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include NASA, the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, the Library of Congress, Health & Human Services, and the FDIC. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.

Primary Responsibilities:

The Senior UX Designer will play a critical role in modernizing how public health information is communicated to the public, helping millions of Americans access reliable, understandable, and actionable health guidance. This designer bridges policy, content, and technology-ensuring that complex scientific information is transformed into intuitive, user-centered digital experiences.

They will create design patterns that support dynamic and evolving public health content, integrate seamlessly with CMS-driven workflows, and uphold accessibility and federal design standards. As AI capabilities become part of the digital ecosystem, this designer will ensure emerging features-like AI-generated explanations, adaptive content, or real-time updates-are trustworthy, transparent, and easy to use.

By partnering with content, policy, engineering, and AI/ML teams, the Senior UX Designer ensures that every interface supports clarity, accuracy, and user trust. Their work will shape the next generation of digital public health tools-making information easier to find, easier to understand, and more responsive to the needs of the country.

Primary expectations of a Senior Designer include:

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  Strong influential skills to build relationships with team members, government and company stakeholders, and program management

  
  
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  May lead cross functional efforts for delivery team members and team leads

  
  

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  Navigates ambiguous requirements and environments to support delivery

  
  
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  Leads the delivery of design work such as design initiative briefs, discovery artifacts, sketches, wireframes, UX flows, low and high fidelity prototypes, heuristic evaluations, competitive analysis, and design system contributions

  
  
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  Comprehensive understanding of scope requirements to prioritize design activities

  
  
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  Responsible for working with users to support the development of effective designs

  
  
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  Experienced with design skill principles, with the ability to provide recommendations associated with typography and hierarchy

  
  
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  Delivers design work including discovery artifacts, sketches and rough prototypes, wireframes, UX flows, and high fidelity prototypes

  
  
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  Demonstrates the ability to coach designers; with a focus on providing actionable feedback that helps individuals grow in objective ways

  
  
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  Manages the development of competitive analysis, and reports results to stakeholders

  
  
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  Contributes to the design libraries and provides visual design and brand artifacts

  
  
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  Facilitates discussions with multi-disciplined teams to drive productive discussions and articulate goals in order to deliver upon requirements

  
  
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  Experienced with storytelling to deliver compelling artifacts and presentations that distill highly complex issues into focused, understandable solutions

  
  
• Leads human centered design processes and deliverables in compliance with standards and regulations
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  May lead accessibility tasks inclusive of 508 compliance and have knowledge of other emerging accessibility standards

  
  
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  Ability to identify risks and communicate to leadership; provides recommendations to mitigate identified risks

  
  

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  May develop and manage content for highly visible websites or applications, abiding by design guidelines

  
  

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  Participates in grading candidate homework and participating in panel interviews

  
  

Basic Qualifications:

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  Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of experience

  
  
  
  
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    Relevant years of experience may be substituted for education

    
    
  
  
  
  
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  Public Health Content & Policy Experience - Demonstrated experience designing digital experiences that involve public health content, scientific guidelines, or policy-driven information

  
  

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  Ability to translate complex, regulated, or frequently changing health information into clear, accessible, user-focused designs

  
  
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  Content Management System (CMS) Expertise (Drupal, WordPress, or similar) - Experience designing CMS-powered content architectures, templates, workflows, metadata models, and reusable components

  
  
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  Ability to collaborate with content strategists and engineers to ensure system constraints and publishing workflows align with UX goals

  
  
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  User Experience & Interaction Design Mastery - Ability to produce user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and interaction patterns for large-scale content ecosystems and multi-format digital experiences. FIGMA is a must.

  
  
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  Strong grasp of UX best practices for information-heavy, multi-audience platforms

  
  
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  USWDS + Accessibility (508/WCAG) Expertise - Deep familiarity with U.S. Web Design System components, principles, and compliance expectations

  
  
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  Proven ability to design for diverse accessibility needs and varying levels of health and digital literacy

  
  
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  Research-Driven Design - Experience conducting or partnering on usability testing, content comprehension studies, IA research, and iterative design validation

  
  
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  Ability to integrate insights from public health experts, content specialists, and end users

  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

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  AI-Assisted Content & UI Patterns

  
  
  
  
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    Experience designing interfaces for AI-generated content, including indicators of confidence, content validation workflows, and trust-building patterns

    
    
  
  
  
  
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  Experience with Federal Health Agencies

  
  
  
  
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    Background working with CDC, HHS, CMS, or other agencies dealing with scientific or policy-based content

    
    
  
  
  
  
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  Design Systems Experience

  
  
  
  
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    Contributing to or leading government or enterprise-scale design system development.

    
    
  
  
  
  
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  Information Architecture for Large Content Ecosystems

  
  
  
  
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    Experience structuring complex public health or policy libraries, guidance pages, or knowledge bases

    
    
  
  
  
  

To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit:https://adhocteam.us/join

Benefits:

• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• 401K with employer match
• Paid parental leave after one year of service
• Employee Assistance Program

Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.

In support of various state and city equal pay transparency laws, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $115,000 - $130,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.