Senior UX Designer Contract

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Client: Government
Type: Contract / Hybrid
Role: Senior UX Designer
Term: 12 Months + extension
Pay Rate: Open
Start date: Negotiable
Req ID: 6019
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Requirements: What you’ll need

Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications

Deliverables:

User Experience Design 40%

• Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.
• Ability to iterate your designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in participating in complex projects (products) of different sizes, ensuring alignment to plans, best practices and incorporating user-centred design processes and agile (scrum) methodologies.
• Degree or diploma in graphic design; degree or certification in usability, human-computer interaction, and technical writing a plus
• Experience in facilitate User Research and Usability testing. Accessibility compliance testing is a plus.
• Experience in facilitate User Research and Usability testing activities to produce such outputs as:
o User Interview Topic Maps
o User Interview Scripts
o User Interview Synthesis (collection, aggregation and analysis) of written observations recorded during each interview
o User Research Findings Report

Relationship Management – 20%

• Demonstrated experience in communication and mediation skills with business teams and core team members to ensure Client projects (products) are progressing according to schedule
• Experience with strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of projects – Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live or similar delivery methodologies
• Ability to deliver on a (project) product with a balanced team (product owner, user experience designers, developers) by participating in Agile (SCRUM) delivery methodologies
• Technical Skills – 30%
• Expertise in UX software such as JustInMind, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud, Axure, Figma, and Zeplin. HTML5, CSS3, and JS skills (React, Angular, NodeJS), are a plus.

Soft skills – 10%

• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.
• Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model to regularly deliver design solutions for approval.
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply for this opportunity by using the Apply button or sending your resume directly to careers@wirehead.com

We thank all candidates for their interest but advise that only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted directly. Rest assured that your resume will be kept on our database and will be considered for all future opportunities.

Wirehead is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC). Should you require accommodations during the recruitment and selection process, please let our recruiter know.

***This opportunity is in Toronto; preference will be given to local candidates. Wirehead does not offer a relocation package. We encourage you continue to refer to our Job listing page as new opportunities become available and updated on a regular basis. Thank you again for your interest in Wirehead!