Front End Designer

Stellar Consulting Solutions, LLC; Edmonton; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking a Remote Front End Designer in Edmonton to create innovative front-end designs for digital services. The ideal candidate should have experience in developing UX artifacts and working in Agile environments. Responsibilities include designing prototypes and ensuring accessibility standards are met. The role involves occasional onsite meetings and offers a contract duration of 12-24 months.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Front End Designer designing services via web channels.
• Experience developing UX artifacts like storyboards and wireframes.
• Experience working in Agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Create evidence-based front-end design solutions for digital services.
• Design artifacts including prototypes and graphic style guides.
• Participate in Agile project management activities.

Skills

Creative front-end design

UX artifact development

Agile project management

Accessibility standards compliance

Prototyping and wireframing

Tools

Axure

Adobe XD

Sketch

Figma

Job description

Title: Front End Designer

Location: Edmonton, AB (Remote)

Onsite meeting 2-3 days/month

Duration: 12-24 months contract

Note: This resource will work remotely; however, the resource may be required to attend meetings or work sessions in office on reasonable notice from the Province. Client does not pay for expenses.

• Creative, evidence-based front-end design solutions for digital service delivery. Solutions must be aligned with corporate design methods and standards.

• Foundational design of artifacts on a variety of platforms and fidelities, such as prototypes and wireframes, design pattern libraries and components, graphic design style guides, and fully documented build-ready design specifications.

• Plans for design research components.

• Justifiable recommendations for design decisions to ensure alignment of project teams, program areas, and senior management.

• Participation in agile project management processes and ceremonies such as sprint planning, sprint review, demos, and retrospectives.

• Usability test plans and reports evaluating the effectiveness of current and future designs.

• Analysis and recommendations on design accessibility to ensure compliance with applicable standards.

Work Experience

Experience as a Front End Designer designing and enhancing services via web and other channels:

Experience developing UX artifacts, including streamlined scenarios, storyboards, wireframes, flows and interactive prototypes.

Experience working within a cross-functional product team in an Agile environment.

Nice to Have

Experience building and maintaining component libraries/design systems.

Experience exploring multiple design solutions to a given problem or feature, and communicating those solutions visually through sketches, user flows, wireframes, functional prototypes, and/or high- fidelity designs, as necessary.

Experience in production design for multiple digital devices (web, mobile, etc.) or complex enterprise applications.

Experience using accessibility standards and principles including the Web Content accessibility guidelines:

Experience with current methodologies and design thinking, especially in relation to accessibility guidelines:

Experience with frontend design applications such as Axure, Adobe XD, Sketch, Figma, etc.