HM Note: This hybrid contract role is three 3 days in office. Candidates resume must include first and last name.
Description
Background Information:
The purpose of this request is to acquire a resource to work alongside existing Leads User Experience Design (UX) and Customer Experience (CX) to consult with product teams clinical leads and target users to gather indepth qualitative and quantitative insights that can be used to drive intuitive and efficient product design experiences that help ease the burden on providers.
Must haves:
- Extensive experience with User experience (UX) design for complex web sites and applications 6 years)
- Proven experience with information architecture (IA) interaction design (wireframing and prototyping) and visual UI design (hifidelity mockups)
- Proven experience with User experience (UX) research methodologies and conducting research activities including interviews personas customer journeys usability testing and user feedback loops 6 years)
- Extensive experience with research planning and participant recruitment
- Highly proficient in performing thematic analysis and compiling insights reports with prioritized recommendations to drive product design decisions and roadmaps
- Strong task flow analysis skills and ability to generate current and futurestate user flows
- Experience developing and managing surveys and other user feedback mechanisms
- Documented experience with Usability Evaluations or Heuristic Evaluations
- Good knowledge of WCAG and/or AODA and experience with compliance testing
- Must have strong facilitation skills and experience leading client workshops remotely
- Work within a fastpaced and Agile environment
- Strong facilitation and communication skills
- Experienced with Adobe XD and/or Figma
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Lead Experience Design and Senior Manager Experience Design (UX) to understand strategic direction and priorities
- Consult with business technical CX team clinical leads and users to gain a deep understanding of the user needs the issues to solve the existing workflows and the technical constraints
- Communicate with and provide guidance to internal teams external partners and vendors on UX deliverables
- Perform heuristic evaluations of existing products to determine opportunities and gaps
- Conceive plan and conduct iterative UX research (ex: user interviews focus groups surveys) and perform thematic analysis to translate user feedback into actionable insights and prioritized recommendations
- Leverage user data and usercentred design to build out product taxonomies IA sitemaps user flows UI content customer journey maps wireframes prototypes and mockups
- Product Iterate on design and functionality by performing usability testing to ensure the delivery of effective userfriendly experiences and visually appealing interfaces for clinical and patientfacing web sites and applications
- Conduct iterative design reviews with product teams and partners for feedback and clarity
- Perform endtoend validation of screens to ensure compliance with UX/UI specifications and AODA (WCAG Level AA) guidelines and work with business technical teams and vendors to address defects
- Provide regular status updates to the product team UX Lead and Senior Manager Experience Design (UX) on progress and blockers
- Other duties as assigned by management
Desired Skills:
- A professional accreditation or certification in User Experience (UX)
- Experience working on complex programs with multiple workstreams
- Extensive experience as a UX designer designing complex digital products and services across various devices and screen resolutions
- and nbsp;Relevant experience in planning and recruiting for user research studies including managing screeners agreements and honorariums
- Ability to collaborate with business teams to gather requirements and translate them into intuitive usercentric solutions
- Experience in translating user insights into sitemaps user flows user journey maps concepts/wireframes mockups and prototypes
- Experience with designing AODA (WCAG Level AA) compliant experiences including performing AODA audits/testing
- Expertise consulting on UX and UI best practices AODA and inclusive design
- Experience working with technical teams to understand the limitations and appropriate use of web development technologies and clearly communicate design decisions
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills and ability to devise simple efficient solutions
- A team player with a reputation for meeting deadlines managing competing priorities and maintaining client relationships
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to advocate for UX research and collaborate with partners at all levels and clearly and effectively communicate design processes ideas and solutions to team members
- Excellent knowledge of Adobe XD and/or Figma design and prototyping tools
- Experience with digital whiteboarding tools such as Mural Miro and/or Figjam
- Experience working in a health care setting and/or with digital health solutions
- Experience working in the public sector
Required Experience / Evaluation Criteria: and nbsp; and nbsp;
- Experience designing for complex webbased applications across a range of devices.: 30 Points
- Experience planning and conducting user research (including user interviews usability testing and surveys) analysing feedback and presenting findings. : 30 and nbsp;Points
- Experience creating user flows journey maps wireframes prototypes and mockups.: 20Points
- Handson experience designing for AODA/WCAG 2.0 Level AA compliance (or higher). 10 and nbsp;Points
- Experience working with a design system. 5 and nbsp;Points
- Experience with Adobe XD and Figma. 5 and nbsp;Points
Total Capabilities Criteria: 100 Points
Deliverables
Deliverables include but are not limited to:
For the following Pb4Prelated workstreams: eReferral/Standardized Referral Forms (SRF) and Central Intake
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;Research plan
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;Comparative analysis
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;Personas
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;User interviews
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;Current and future state user flows
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;User journey maps
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;List of key partner assumptions for validation
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;Survey development analysis and findings report with prioritized recommendations
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;Heuristic evaluation and report with prioritized recommendations
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;Usability testing recruitment facilitation thematic analysis and insights reports with prioritized recommendations
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;Workshop planning and facilitation
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;Product design wireframes and final mockups
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;Draft UI copy decks and translation coordination
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;AODA audit report with list of prioritized defects
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;Regular status reports to leadership
Knowledge Transfer Details:
- The Candidate will ensure full knowledge transfer is provided to the Ontario Health team before end of engagement.
- The Candidate must provide all documentation related to UX design and and nbsp;research including source files and reports as part of knowledge transfer protocol.
- Documents will be reviewed by leads and signed off by manager.
- The Candidate should provide knowledge transfer to a fulltime Lead User Experience Design resource at a least two weeks prior to end of engagement.
- A complete walkthrough of accomplished work including all design assets and research documentation to the team will be required before end of agreement.
- All research documents and design assets are considered OH material and will be transferred to OH archives.
Must Haves:
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;6 years User experience (UX) design for complex web sites and applications
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;6 years User experience (UX) research methodologies and conducting research activities including interviews personas customer journeys usability testing and user feedback loops
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;5 years experience with creating current and future state user flows (task flow analysis)
and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;Significant and nbsp;experience with facilitating client workshops remotely