Junior UX/UI Designer

We're looking for a talented Junior UX/UI Designer to help create impactful digital experiences for the state of Texas and contribute to building our growing UX design and research program. You'll design intuitive interfaces, collaborate on requirements, wireframes, and prototypes, and iterate based on feedback—all while learning from experienced teammates. Our ideal candidate is excited building this program, okay with working in the abstract, and helps drive decision making. This is a great opportunity to grow your skills, shape design practices, and make a meaningful difference. If you're passionate about UX/UI and have a strong portfolio, we'd love to hear from you.

*Online Portfolio Required*

At TxDOT, we value work-life balance and are committed to providing our employees with a comprehensive range of benefits and programs, including:

• Retirement Plans
• Alternative and/or Flexible Work Schedules
• Paid Leave and Holidays
• Health Premiums paid at 100% for Full-Time Employees
• On-the-Job Training
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Holistic Wellness Program with Leave Incentives
• Career Development and Advancement Opportunities
• Family-Friendly Policies and Programs

In 2024, TxDOT was recognized as a Best Place for Working Parents, and many of our offices statewide are also designated as Texas Mother-Friendly Worksites. These recognitions reflect our dedication to supporting families and promoting a healthy work-life balance.

For a complete list of our total compensation package please visit our website at: Total Compensation Package

To view benefits available to all State of Texas employees visit: Benefits at a Glance | ERS (texas.gov)

We're seeking a passionate Junior UX/UI Designer who's eager to understand user needs, behaviors, and motivations. In this collaborative role, you'll balance business goals with user advocacy, delivering value through thoughtful, iterative design. You'll work closely with UX/UI designers and the web team to contribute new features, extend our design system, and apply accessibility best practices. You're comfortable discussing big-picture requirements with stakeholders, diving into technical details with developers, and documenting user patterns and design decisions. Our ideal candidate is excited to help build and shape our UX program, thrives in ambiguity, and brings a proactive mindset to drive clarity and support informed decision -making. This is a great opportunity to deepen your skills while helping shape a growing UX design and research program.

Essential Duties:

• Design user-centered digital experiences that align with business goals
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define objectives and user needs
• Create UX artifacts such as personas, journey maps, and empathy maps
• Support the enterprise design system through component documentation and UI specs
• Assist with user research and translate findings into actionable design improvements
• Evaluate vendor products for UX quality and alignment with standards
• Apply accessibility guidelines (e.g., WCAG) to interface and experience design
• Work within technical, business, and time constraints to deliver feasible solutions
• Stay current with UX best practices and emerging industry trends
• Contribute to the growth of the UX program through documentation and collaboration

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's Degree in any discipline. Relevant work experience may be substituted for degree on a year per year basis OR related graduate level education may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Experience: 3 years of experience in Interface design, Information architecture, User mobile design and/or web site design and production (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent).

Licenses and Certifications: Valid driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Background in graphic design is a bonus

Competencies:

• Experience in Figma application and Adobe Creative Cloud suite applications
• Experience with content management systems such as Adobe Experience Manager, Craft, Drupal, Wordpress, etc.
• Understanding of design principles, best practices, and UX laws
• Ability to prioritize, plan and manage time independently
• Experience with collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Monday.com, Sharepoint, etc.
• Understanding of WCAG 2.1
• Demonstrated understanding of user experience and user interface design
• Some experience collaborating with stakeholders, developers, and other designers
• Understanding of graphic and visual design principles
• Experience in user testing and user research is a bonus
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and translating abstract ideas into actionable design.
• Proactive in shaping design processes and advocating for user-centered solutions.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to influence cross-functional decisions.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Sedentary work: Lift up to 10 lbs at a time and occasionally carry files/small tools
• Sitting - prolonged periods of time
• Standing-prolonged periods of time
• Repetitive Motion-substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading

Conditions of Employment:

Please click this link to read the standard conditions of employment for all positions: Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT)

• To be selected for and continue employment in this position, the selected incumbent must maintain the security or integrity of the agency’s critical infrastructure and will be subject to regular assessments of criminal history and/or reviewed for connections to foreign adversaries.

TxDOT is committed to hiring veterans. To assist in determining whether your military experience may pertain to the minimum requirements for this position, Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes from each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces have been assigned to each state classification code/title where applicable. The MOS codes are grouped by occupational category.

To view the MOS codes please click on link below and click on the appropriate occupational category.

https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions

The Texas Department of Transportation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If requested, reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities for any part of the employment process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Action of 1990.

Please click this link to read the information for applicants: Additional Applicant Information