Senior User Experience Designer

Job Description

<p><b>Title: Front End Designer - Senior</b></p><p><b>Location: Edmonton, AB (Remote)</b></p><p><b>Duration: 12 Month of Contract with Possible extension</b></p><p><br></p><p><b>Duties:</b></p><ul><li>Creative, evidence-based front-end design solutions for digital service delivery. Solutions must be aligned with corporate design methods and standards.</li><li>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.</li><li>Plans for design research components.</li><li>Justifiable recommendations for design decisions to ensure alignment of project teams, program areas, and senior management.</li><li>Participation in agile project management processes and ceremonies such as sprint planning, sprint review, demos, and retrospectives.</li><li>Usability test plans and reports evaluating the effectiveness of current and future designs.</li><li>Analysis and recommendations on design accessibility to ensure compliance with applicable standards.</li></ul><p><b>Work Experience:</b></p><ul><li>Experience as a Front-End Designer designing and enhancing services via web and other channels 2 years</li><li>Experience developing UX artifacts, including streamlined scenarios, storyboards, wireframes, flows and interactive prototypes. 2 years</li><li>Experience working within a cross-functional product team in an Agile environment 2 years</li></ul><p><b>Nice to Have:</b></p><ul><li>Experience building and maintaining component libraries/design systems. 2 years</li><li>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</li><li>Experience in production design for multiple digital devices (web, mobile, etc.) or complex enterprise applications. 2 years</li><li>Experience using accessibility standards and principles including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2 years</li><li>Experience with current methodologies and design thinking, especially in relation to improving service experience. 2 years</li><li>Experience with frontend design applications such as Axure, Adobe XD, Sketch, Figma, etc. 2 years</li><li>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</li><li>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). 2 years</li></ul><p></p>