UX Designer 8609-3115
Job Description
Description
Skills Required:
Interaction Design, Service Design, Delivery, User Research, Wireframing, Prototyping, Usability Testing, Visual Design, HTML, CSS Knowledge, Accessibility Standards Awareness.
HM Note: This hybrid contract role is three (3) days in office. Candidate’s resume must include first and last name and a portfolio link.
Description:
The ideal candidate will bring to the team the following:
- Service Design tools and tactics (critical), specifically have the proven ability to plan, lead and facilitate Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and service blueprinting activities.
- Facilitation and influence – capable of liaising effectively across different groups with competing priorities.
- In-person collaborator – should be able to get into the office/meet stakeholders for in-person workshops, research and interviews where necessary.
- Data-driven – ability to get and use data to justify design decisions.
- User-centered design champion, agile mindset, aims for strategic alignment with program/program area/ministry, good oral and written communication, leadership/mentoring capabilities to help other teams buy-into/participate in service design.
Nice to have:
- Lean certification (green/black) would be beneficial.
- Experience working with design systems and standards.
- Ability to coach other team members.
Evaluation Criteria:
- Service Delivery & Service Design – 30%
- You have demonstrated experience in a range of the following service design and user experience.
- You have knowledge of recognized service design skills in the following areas: research – interviewing, surveys, focus groups, usability testing, etc. and facilitation – meetings, workshops and co-creation.
- You have demonstrated knowledge of the emerging trends and developments in service delivery, digital service design and leading-edge technology related to digital service design and in-person service delivery models.
- You have experience defining KPIs and success metrics to evaluate service journey and outcomes.
- You can lead the development and review of experience design projects (including user research, UX design and service design initiatives) end-to-end and develop innovative approaches and alternative solutions to deliver high quality, efficient services and products that meet end user and business expectations and needs.
- Lead or supervise service design activities and deliverables, including stakeholder workshops, research sessions, analysis and synthesis of insights, experience design direction, service design blueprints and service design or UX prototypes which address end user and business needs and are in accordance with established strategy, standards and protocols.
- Oversee the adoption and application of experience design tools and methodologies, research and design techniques, heuristic and design standards.
- Relationship Building & Communication – 30%
- You have an enthusiasm for cooperativeness, co-design and user experience outcomes.
- You have respect for the opinions of others, a willingness to share information and the ability to build rapport with clients, stakeholders, vendors and colleagues.
- You can delegate and prioritize while motivating others.
- You can communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders not familiar with service design and user experience aspects of digital service delivery to provide written and verbal instruction or advice on re-engineering solutions.
- You can prepare reports, and provide recommendations to senior management and clients, and ensure documentation is clear for users who are not specialists in service design.
- Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills – 30%
- You can provide authoritative experience design advice to solve service delivery challenges across platforms, including digital, telephone, service desk and print channels.
- Ensure that proposed service or UX designs leverage common and reusable patterns and components, meet digital service standards and have proper approvals.
- Lead the adoption and implementation of performance measures and metrics, using current industry standard heuristics and protocols.
- You can use qualitative and quantitative data to identify trends and potential risks and mitigations (e.g. financial, political, operational, legal) for new projects/programs and services/operations.
- You can synthesize complex service design processes, measurement models and user research findings into summaries for solution definition and prototyping.
- You can analyze and interpret business and technical requests, user research options and identify a best course of action from conflicting alternatives that would
Company
Foilcon
Location
Toronto
Country
Canada
Salary
125.000
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