Front End Designer – Senior

Job title: Front End Designer – Senior

Company: Actalent

Job description: Job Title: Front End Designer – SeniorJob DescriptionThe role focuses on driving efficiencies, innovation, and modernization in digital service delivery, enhancing user experience through human-centered design approaches, agile methodology, and modern data practices. The position is part of a broader initiative to simplify and improve digital interactions with the government.Responsibilities

• Develop creative, evidence-based front-end design solutions for digital service delivery, ensuring alignment with corporate design methods and standards.
• Create foundational design artifacts on various platforms, including prototypes, wireframes, design pattern libraries, graphic design style guides, and build-ready design specifications.
• Participate in agile project management processes, including sprint planning, sprint reviews, demos, and retrospectives.
• Conduct usability tests and report on the effectiveness of current and future designs.
• Analyze and recommend design accessibility improvements to ensure compliance with applicable standards.
• Provide justifiable recommendations for design decisions to align project teams, program areas, and senior management.

Essential Skills

• Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Front End Designer, enhancing services via web and other channels.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience developing UX artifacts, such as scenarios, storyboards, wireframes, flows, and prototypes.
• Minimum of 2 years working within a cross-functional product team in an Agile environment.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in building and maintaining component libraries/design systems for at least 2 years.
• Experience exploring multiple design solutions and communicating them visually through sketches, user flows, wireframes, and prototypes for at least 2 years.
• Experience in production design for digital devices or complex applications for at least 2 years.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards, including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, with 2 years of experience.
• Familiarity with methodologies and design thinking related to service experience improvement for 2 years.
• Proficiency in frontend design applications such as Axure, Adobe XD, Sketch, and Figma for 2 years.
• Experience working as a Front End Designer on projects of comparable size and complexity to service innovation projects for 2 years.
• Experience working in a dedicated public sector central digital office for 2 years.

Work EnvironmentThe Front End Designer will primarily work remotely, with occasional travel to Alberta for meetings or work sessions. The designer must provide their own equipment when working remotely. In-person work will involve provided office space and necessary supplies, but the designer will still need to supply their own computer and software. The virtual meeting tool used is Microsoft Teams, with occasional use of Zoom. Some travel within Alberta may be required for field research and user interviews. Work must be done within CanadaPay and BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $70.00 – $95.00/hr.Workplace TypeThis is a hybrid position in Edmonton,AB.À propos d’Actalent:Actalent est un chef de file mondial des services d’ingénierie et de sciences et des solutions de talents. Nous aidons les entreprises visionnaires à faire progresser leurs initiatives en matière d’ingénierie et de science en leur donnant accès à des experts spécialisés qui favorisent la mise à l’échelle, l’innovation et la mise en marché rapide. Avec un réseau de près de 30 000 consultants et plus de 4 500 clients aux États-Unis, au Canada, en Asie et en Europe, Actalent est au service d’un grand nombre d’entreprises du classement Fortune 500.Actalent est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité des chances et accepte toutes les candidatures sans tenir compte de la race, du sexe, de l’âge, de la couleur, de la religion, des origines nationales, du statut d’ancien combattant, d’un handicap, de l’orientation sexuelle, de l’identité sexuelle, des renseignements génétiques ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi.Si vous souhaitez faire une demande d’accommodement raisonnable, tel que la modification ou l’ajustement du processus de demande d’emploi ou d’entrevue à cause d’un handicap, veuillez envoyer un courriel à pour connaître d’autres options d’accommodement.About ActalentActalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email for other accommodation options.

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Location: Edmonton, AB

Job date: Sun, 10 Aug 2025 04:22:34 GMT

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