Role overview

Front End Designer – 100% remote

You will work as part of cross-functional program review or product delivery teams. These teams, 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.

What is in it for you:

• Salaried: $74-$90 per hour.
• Incorporated Business Rate: $90-$110 per hour.
• 12-month contract with a maximum extension term of 6 months.
• Full-time position: 36.25 hours per week.
• Weekday schedule from 8:15 am to 4:30 pm.
• 100% but must live in the Edmonton area to attend meetings.

Responsibilities:

• 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.

What you will need to succeed:

• 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 and interactive prototypes
• 2 years experience working within a cross-functional product team in an Agile environment
• 2 years experience building and maintaining component libraries/design systems – nice to have
• 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 – nice to have
• 2 years Experience in production design for multiple digital devices (web, mobile, etc.) or complex interprise applications
• 2 years Experience using accessibility standards and principles including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – nice to have
• 2 years Experience with current methodologies and design thinking, especially in relation to improving service experience – nice to have
• 2 years Experience with frontend design applications such as Axure, Adobe XD, Sketch, Figma, etc. – nice to have
• 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 – nice to have
• 2 years experience working in a dedicated public sector central digital office – nice to have

Why Recruit Action?

Recruit Action (agency permit: AP-2504511) provides recruitment services through quality support and a personalized approach. As part of the screening process, some applications may be reviewed using artificial intelligence tools. Only candidates who meet the hiring criteria will be contacted.

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