User Experience Designer

• Initial contract period for 6 Months with further period up to 6 Months
  
• Location: ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Offsite
  
• Security: Must be able to obtain Baseline
  

About the Role:

SoftLabs is seeking User Experience Designer for ICT Labour hire at their technology consulting based in ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Offsite.

Requirements:

• Collaborating with user researchers and a Product Manager to deeply understand user needs behaviours and challenges.
  
• Working in tandem with the product manager to grasp requirements and business limitations while aligning design solutions with strategic goals.
  
• Work with other designers to conceptualise and prototype solutions that effectively address core user needs and issues fostering a collaborative design environment. Iterating designs based on stakeholder feedback and usability testing so that they are ready for development.
  
• Ensuring all designs are accessible and adhere to usercentered design principles and accessibility standards.
  
• Working closely with developers to understand technical limitations and create detailed interaction specifications for implementation.
  
• Maintaining a comprehensive perspective of the user experience to ensure consistency and coherence across the platform.
  
• Maintain internal design systems to ensure longterm consistency across the platform.
  

Essential Criteria:

• Candidates must demonstrate a strong ability to create and iterate intuitive and engaging user experiences that meet the needs and expectations of users all while complying with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
  
• Its crucial for candidates to have the ability to work effectively within a team environment engaging with user researchers developers a product manager and stakeholders to align design solutions with business objectives.
  
• A deep understanding of design tools is essential (for example Figma and Miro) along with the flexibility to produce designs at varying fidelity levels tailored to the specific requirements of the projects context and objectives.
  
  
  
  
  

Desirable Criteria:

• Familiarity with the fundamentals of HTML CSS and JavaScript is advantageous as it enables a more holistic approach to user experience design understanding of technical constraints and closer collaboration with development teams.
  
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies is beneficial fostering a flexible and responsive design approach that complements fastpaced development environments.
  

Application Deadline: Tuesday 04 June 2024

Expected Start Date: Monday 08 July 2024

Job Type: Contract

Rate: As per Australian Market Standards