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We are looking for a senior UX designer that can take a new initiative from strategy to

UX Designer (Contract "Remote")

Before building a solution, a project team needs to find out whether users need it and whether other solutions The UX Designer s responsibilities during this phase are to build an understanding of the problem space/statement, the long and short-term business goals, and the user and business

Deliverables

o Facilitate the Kick-off meeting with the project team to produce such outputs as:

o Business Model Canvas: 5 Whys, User Personas, Stakeholder Mapping, Strategy Map,

o Short- and Long-Term Goals, Fears and Challenges, Problem Statement

o Facilitate user research activities to produce such outputs as:

o User interview topic Maps, a summary of interrelated topics for the user interview

o User Interview Scripts to plan and guide user discussion

o User Interview Synthesis (collection, aggregation and analysis) of written observations recorded during each interview

o User research findings report

o User Storyboard to communicate a story through images displayed in a sequence of panels that chronologically maps the story s main

o Technical Service Blueprint,a diagram that displays the entire process of service delivery including support systems by listing all the activities that happen at each stage, performed by the different roles involved

o Defined business Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Deliverables Phase 2)

This is about testing hypotheses and The purpose is to determine how to meet the user needs that were identified in This phase is an opportunity to quickly test different approaches with users before building a

o Optionally conduct Google Ventures five (5) Day Design Sprint (or variation). Thissprintis a five (5) day process for answering critical business questions throughdesign, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers

o Produce clickable prototypes of multiple possible solutions

o Validate "clickable prototypes with users through usability testing sessions and produce research findings report

Deliverables Phase 3)

The goal is to build a real service that works well for a larger group of The prototypes that were developed and tested during Alpha are used to build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for deployment in a live, user-facing Executed within the context of Scrum methodology, the UX Designer performs the following Agile ceremonies: Stand-up meetings, Sprint Planning, Backlog grooming, Reporting, Acceptance, and

The designers are at the spearhead of this methodology, creating and validating user stories for the developers (typical) one iteration

o User story creation and validation:

o Conduct accessibility compliance testing of the solution within each

o Conduct regular usability testing sessions on the MVP built as part of the Beta

Deliverables Phase 4) Live

Live begins when the service has reached a point of maturity and all of the main features in the backlog have been While most people understand the purpose of live, it s not always given the attention and resources it

Continuous improvement is one of the core principles of service design and that s what live is all The goal is to continuously monitor, research, test and iterate for as long as the service is

o Continue to facilitate user research activities to produce such outputs as:

o Conduct regular accessibility compliance testing of the live build as improvements are

o Conduct regular usability testing sessions on the live

o Analyze usage analytics and user behaviour patterns to track and measure key performance

Requirements

Must have:

1. Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive
   
2. Ability to iterate your designs and solutions efficiently and
   
3. 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
   

Benefits