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UI​/UX Designer - Essex Management

Job in Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, 20849, USA
Listing for: Emmes
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-31
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    UI/UX Design, Product Designer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Staff UI/UX Designer - Essex Management

Overview

Staff UI/UX Designer - Essex Management

US Remote

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This position supports "Essex, an Emmes Company".

Essex is a biomedical informatics and health information technology-focused consultancy founded in 2009 and headquartered in Rockville, MD. The Essex team comprises experts with extensive experience in developing and managing complex health and biomedical information programs for clients in the Federal Government, research academia, and private sectors.

Emmes Group:
Building a better future for us all.

Emmes Group is transforming the future of clinical research, bringing the promise of new medical discovery closer within reach for patients. Emmes Group was founded as Emmes more than 47 years ago, becoming one of the primary clinical research providers to the US government before expanding into public-private partnerships and commercial biopharma. Emmes has built industry leading capabilities in cell and gene therapy, vaccines and infectious diseases, ophthalmology, rare diseases, and neuroscience.

We believe the work we do will have a direct impact on patients’ lives and act accordingly. We strive to build a collaborative culture at the intersection of being a performance and people driven company. We’re looking for talented professionals eager to help advance clinical research as we work to embed innovation into the fabric of our company. If you share our motivations and passion in research, come join us!

Primary

Purpose

This role works as part of the Essex Modern Technology & Engineering (MT&E) team and will be focused on owning and driving the Human Centered Design (HCD) capability at the company. This is a senior Staff-level role with operational and strategic deliverables across client-facing projects and internal company initiatives. The role will be responsible for developing user interfaces, design system(s), and providing design strategy/leadership to support life science research in the public and/or private industry.

This role will work on client project deliverables as well as in-house Essex deliverables to grow the overall Essex Human-Centered Design (HCD) capability. The role provides strong career growth opportunities in an innovative technology environment working with premier research organizations.

Responsibilities
  • Own and drive the Human Centered Design (HCD) capability at
  • Lead the development of design solutions that solve complex and challenging UI/UX problems.
  • Meet with engineering team leads, and business and product owners to kick-off the design process at project inception.
  • Design clean, accessible, and modern UIs that adhere to the unified principles of a design system.
  • Develop documentation, including design process working practices, design system guides, and knowledge presentations.
  • Provide UI/UX design leadership and advocacy across multiple concurrent projects—both customer-facing and internal. Establish and guide the overall design vision, user-experience strategy, and brand direction for each initiative.
  • Work in a collaborative cross-functional team environment to deliver UI mocks and wireframes tied to features across all tiers in a CI/CD Agile environment.
  • Leverage any combination of UX research techniques (e.g., card sorting, story maps) to achieve the desired design deliverable goals.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, when necessary, to complete cross-project initiatives (e.g., accessibility compliance, design system updates).
  • Mentor members of the design team to provide career path guidance.
  • Interview UI/UX design candidate(s) and provide evaluation/recommendation to the hiring manager.
  • Take ownership of the design interview and evaluation process. Define and improve the process based on industry conventions and evolving trends.
  • Own and drive in-house design projects that are used to improve the company’s Human Centered Design (HCD) capabilities.
  • Contribute to the company's business development activity (e.g., providing design and branding content, and reviewing proposal responses.
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