UX Research and Design

Role Overview

As a User Experience Researcher/Designer at Bravo17 Digital, you’ll help raise the UX bar for federal agencies and defense-related environments. The role combines user research and UX design while working closely with cross-functional teams to build user-centered products.

Responsibilities

User Research

• Support user research activities including user interviews, surveys, quantitative analysis, and usability testing
• Analyze user data and contribute to personas, journey maps, and other UX artifacts
• Help create research reports and presentations

UX Design

• Create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes under guidance of senior designers
• Participate in design reviews and critiques
• Learn and apply UX best practices to design solutions
• Maintain strong fundamentals in hierarchy, typography, and spatial relationships

Collaboration & Growth

• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders
• Clearly communicate design decisions and rationale
• Actively develop UX research and design skills and stay current on best practices

Requirements

• 0–4 years of practical experience in UX
• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles
• Basic knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods
• Proficiency in Figma (including good file hygiene) and solid prototyping skills
• Excellent communication (especially written) and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to learn quickly, think critically, and adapt
• Portfolio demonstrating hands-on application of UX principles
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in HCI preferred

Nice-to-Haves / Additional Signals

• Ability to operate with minimal structure and create clarity in ambiguous problems
• Comfort communicating confidently with senior federal stakeholders and defending decisions with data
• Ability to balance user-centered design with regulatory, policy, and security constraints

Security Clearance

• Requirement: Secret clearance (R)