Senior User Experience Designer

Amyantek; Edmonton; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Front End Designer for a 12-month contract role with the Government of Alberta. The role involves creating user-centric design solutions, collaborating in cross-functional teams, and ensuring compliance with accessibility standards. Candidates must have a portfolio showcasing their work and relevant experience in user experience design.

Qualifications

• 2 years experience as a Front End Designer.
• Experience developing UX artifacts like wireframes and prototypes.
• Experience in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver creative front-end design solutions for digital services.
• Participate in agile project management processes.
• Develop design documentation including prototypes and wireframes.

Skills

User Experience Design

Agile Methodology

Accessibility Standards

Design Prototyping

Tools

Axure

Adobe XD

Sketch

Figma

Job description

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Please send your resume at [e-mail] if you are interested in this 12 month contract role. Please feel free to forward if you are not interested. This is with Govt of Alberta

Front End Designer - Senior (GOAPRDJP00000602)

• Work Status: Remote
• Location: 7000 - 113 ST, Edmonton, Alberta
• Working Hours: 7.25 Hour Workday

Mandatory:

Work Experience

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

Additional Mandatory

The response must include a personal portfolio of work of the proposed resource. The portfolio must include work samples with brief annotations explaining the work. The portfolio must be uploaded as an attachment to the Resume. A link to an online portfolio will not be considered.

Nice to Have:

Work Experience

• 2 years experience building and maintaining component libraries/design systems
• 2 years 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.
• 2 years experience using accessibility standards and principles including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• 2 years experience with current methodologies and design thinking, especially in relation to improving service experience.
• 2 years experience with frontend design applications such as Axure, Adobe XD, Sketch, Figma, etc.
• 2 years 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 projects such as the GoA
• 2 years experience working in a dedicated public sector central digital office (e.g. UK Government Digital Service; Ontario Digital Service; British Columbia Government Digital Experience, GoA Digital Innovation Office or its successors).

Description:

Project Overview

The Province has a strategic role within government to drive efficiencies, innovation and modernization. As part of this role, the Province is expanding the GoA’s digital delivery of services with the view of simplifying and providing better user experiences with interactions with the GoA. The Digital Design and Delivery Division (“3D”), is the Province’s centre for digital delivery. It was established to maximize capability and confidence in modern digital practice by ensuring service quality and value through standards and controls. This includes utilizing human-centred design approaches together with agile methodology and modern data practices 3D works in partnership with GoA ministries to deliver programs that better serve Albertans.

The Province requires up to ten (10) Front End Designer(s) to work with 3D on service innovation, program review and digital transformation projects across the GoA. The Front End Designer(s) will work as part of cross-functional program review or product delivery teams. These teams, led by GoA product owners and 3D work collaboratively and collectively participate in a full range of activities including: field research, backlog definition and refinement, and 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(s) will develop design documentation, including for interfaces.

Scope of Services

The Front End Designer will be required on a full time basis (7.25 hour work day), working across two (2) to three (3) projects. Time, location and frequency of work will vary depending on the needs of the particular project.

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:

• 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.
• 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology, Design, and Analyst

• Industries

  Government Relations Services, Design Services, and Government Administration

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