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One of our government clients is looking for a UI Designer (HTML5, TypeScript, JavaScript, ARIA, Java)
Length: 3-month contract with the possibility of extension
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

ROLE MANDATE:
Our government client is in need of a specialist to lead and co-ordinate multi-disciplinary service design projects with the business objective of mapping current state from a user-centered perspective and identifying opportunities for re-engineering service strategies, processes, methods and practices in the context of future service delivery needs, particularly large-scale, enterprise-wide service transformation projects. The onboarded specialist would lead research and development of service design models and assess opportunities based on user centered design to recommend the most cost-effective solution(s) to support their business needs.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE (but are not limited to):

• Create visual design solutions that address business requirements
• Create screen layouts, interfaces, navigation components
• Work closely with user experience (UX) designers and other design specialists
• Ensure that every page and every step a user will experience in their interaction with the finished product will conform to the overall vision created by UX designers
• Conceive and conduct user research, interviews and surveys, and translating them into sitemaps, user flows, customer journey maps, wireframes, mockups and prototypes
• Provides service design expertise to service owners, managers, clients and users and others, including making presentations and recommendations to the relevant ADM as senior responsible officer for the service in question
• Participates in the evaluation and selection of external vendors; prepares statements of work, Request for Proposal (RFPs) and other documentation
• Participates in project and advisory committees to provide service design advice and expertise, reports and recommendations, and to co-ordinate testing, implementation and post-implementation review planning
• Researches trends, developments and best practices in service design in order to ensure service design projects reflect and introduce optimal processes, practices, methods, tools and performance indicators
• Leads, develops and participates in knowledge-sharing initiatives to the ADM level to raise awareness and acceptance of service improvements, benefits and understanding of potential risks incurred by inconsistencies and failure to improve

MUST HAVE SKILLS:

• HTML5, CSS/SCSS, Foundation, Bootstrap, ES6, TypeScript
• Experience with complex, user-centric IT solutions
• Front-end development
• JavaScript
• AngularJS
• WCAG 2.0 and ARIA implementation and accessibility best practice

GENERAL SKILLS:

• Experience translating, creating, improving, and using wireframes, prototypes, style guides, user flows, and effectively communicating interaction ideas that lead to intuitive user experiences that are optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces
• Experience designing and shaping unique, user-centric products and experiences
• Experience facilitating the client\'s product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping, and user-testing experiences for digital products
• Make deliberate design decisions and translate any given user-experience journey into a smooth and intuitive interaction
• Experience designing the overall functionality of the product, in order to ensure a great user experience, iterating upon it in accordance with user-testing
• Experience collaborating closely with developers, copywriters and UX designers
• Experience presenting and defending design decisions to team and management
• Ability to think creatively and to rationalize concepts to management
• Knowledge of user interface design principles and best practices
• Experience identifying design problems and devising elegant solutions
• Experience making strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features
• Manage workflow and deadlines on multiple, simultaneous projects
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, managing competing

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priorities and client relationship management experience

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Design experience gained either within a design firm, advertising agency or in-house marketing department
• Knowledge of network security and network protocols

EXPERIENCE AND SKILL SET REQUIREMENTS:
Digital Experience and Product knowledge

• Strong knowledge of software standards and best practices in delivery of complex, user-centric IT solutions
• Experience with defect management lifecycle and tools such as Jira
• Knowledge and experience of digital dealer registration processes and systems is an asset

Development experience

• 4-7 years\' experience with mobile and responsive front-end development
• Build effective UI design, accessibility, security-driven development, web standards, and design systems
• Experience with semantic accessible HTML5, CSS/SCSS, Foundation, Bootstrap, ES6, TypeScript
• More than proficient in JavaScript (AngularJS, Express, Webpack)
• Knowledge and experience of backend stack (some examples include Java, Node.js, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Golang or similar)
• Demonstrated experience with Cloud delivery / deployment models and working with DevOps

Framework & testing experience

• Hands-on experience with modern web frameworks technology stack - REACT and Next.js web framework preferred
• Identify experience with browser/mobile automated testing (Unit Testing, SIT, UAT, etc.) using tools such as BrowserStack
• Experience with testing frameworks like Selenium, Selenium Grid, Protractor, Cucumber, Karma, Jasmine, Mocha, Chai
• Experience with WCAG 2.0 and ARIA implementation and accessibility best practice

Design and Architecture

• Experience in micro service design and implementation of IT solutions from the architectural design
• Understanding of modern architectural principles for cloud-based solutions
• Proven experience designing modern architectural patterns to support delivery of complex IT solutions that are reliable, secure, responsive and scalable

Leadership & methodologies

• Experience on a build/run team using agile methods such as understanding of product backlog in sprint planning, conveying vision for team on end-product, experience part of scrum ceremonies, etc
• Experience collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team
• Comfortable participating in design sprints and bringing your product and technical ideas to the wider team

Please note that this is the most up to date version of job description available at this time - During Client Interview you will receive additional information - variance may apply!

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