Front-End Designer – Senior

GuuZ Consulting Services Inc; Alberta; Remote; Full time

Job summary

An innovative government client is seeking a Senior Front-End Designer to enhance digital services through creative design solutions. In this dynamic role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop user-centered designs, ensuring compliance with accessibility standards. Your expertise in UX design and agile methodologies will be instrumental in delivering impactful digital transformation projects. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to meaningful service innovation while working remotely in a supportive environment. If you're passionate about design and eager to make a difference, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Front-End Design experience with web and digital channels.
• Experience in developing UX artifacts like wireframes and prototypes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based front-end design solutions for digital services.
• Participate in agile processes including sprint planning and reviews.

Skills

Front-End Design

UX Design

Agile Methodologies

Usability Testing

Design Accessibility

Creative Problem Solving

Tools

Axure

Adobe XD

Sketch

Figma

Job description

Our government client is looking to contract a Senior Front-End Designer to join their Digital Design and Delivery Division (3D), formerly the Digital Innovation Office (DIO). Our client requires a number of Front-End Designers to work with 3D on service innovation, program review, and digital transformation projects across the organization.

The Front-End Designer(s) will work as part of cross-functional program review or product delivery teams. These teams, led by our government client product owners and 3D work collaboratively and collectively participate in a full range of activities including:

1. Field research
2. Backlog definition and refinement
3. Sprint planning and execution

Digital transformation projects review the current state of services, identify future opportunities, and then deliver new services that are efficient, effective, and affordable.

From research and findings, the Front-End Designer will develop design documentation, including for interfaces.

Duties:

Services and project deliverables should evolve as the work progresses, in response to emerging user and business needs, as well as design and technical opportunities. However, the following must be delivered (iteratively) over the course of the project:

1. Creative, evidence-based front-end design solutions for digital service delivery. Solutions must be aligned with corporate design methods and standards.
2. 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.
3. Plans for design research components.
4. Justifiable recommendations for design decisions to ensure alignment of project teams, program areas, and senior management.
5. Participation in agile project management processes and ceremonies such as sprint planning, sprint review, demos, and retrospectives.
6. Usability test plans and reports evaluating the effectiveness of current and future designs.
7. Analysis and recommendations on design accessibility to ensure compliance with applicable standards.

Experience Requirements

Must Have:

1. 2 years of experience as a Front-End Designer designing and enhancing services via web and other channels.
2. 2 years of experience developing UX artifacts, including streamlined scenarios, storyboards, wireframes, flows, and other interactive prototypes.
3. 2 years of experience working within a cross-functional product team in an Agile environment.

Nice to Have:

1. 2 years of experience building and maintaining component libraries/design systems.
2. 2 years of 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.
3. 2 years of experience in production design for multiple digital devices (web, mobile, etc.) or complex enterprise applications.
4. 2 years of experience using accessibility standards and principles including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
5. 2 years of experience with current methodologies and design thinking, especially in relation to improving service experience.
6. 2 years of experience with frontend design applications such as Axure, Adobe XD, Sketch, Figma, etc.
7. 2 years of experience working as a Front-End Designer on a project comparable in size and complexity to the service innovation, program review, and/or digital transformation project such as a provincial government.
8. 2 years of experience working in a dedicated public sector central digital office.

Contract:

1 year contract with a potential of another 1 year extension

Hourly Rate:

45 minimum

Job Category:

Front-End Designer

Job Type:

Contract

Job Location:

Alberta, Remote