Multiple Front End Dev UI Designer

Gateway Synergy is looking for multiple highly experienced Front End Dev UI Designer for a federal government agency. An exciting opportunity is open for a rapidly growing project. Be part of a team that makes meaningful changes and improves Australian lives.

The Role
The agency is seeking to engage suitably qualified and experienced Front End Developers / User Interface Designers with a dual skillset, working across both disciplines to deliver intuitive, fit for purpose interfaces through a lean design process involving rapid prototyping, testing, and implementation of solutions.

Candidates will work in multi-disciplinary teams to design and develop product improvements, features, user flows, user interfaces, and front-end development.

The candidate must hold an active Baseline security clearance prior to commencement.

The Candidate
You will work closely with others in the team to:

• help define user-centric designs, iterate and improve to add additional value, based on user feedback
• Be responsible for user-focused UI designs and specification of user flows, prototypes, high fidelity interfaces
• Plan and perform user experience evaluation to check and confirm that usability and accessibility requirements have been met
• Implement UI component using HTML/CSS and JavaScript Work closely with the team’s user researcher and designers to translate findings from usability testing into improvements for the user interface
• Advocate and problem solve for user-centric design solutions with developers and cCoach back-end engineers on usability and front-end development

As a UI Designer, you will tackle complex problems and transform them into intuitive and easy-to-use designs. Then, communicate them by user flows, wireframes, and prototypes.

As a Front-end developer, you will work with developers translating and problem-solving designs, POC and wireframes into modules and high-quality codes for the best usability and accessibility outcomes

Technical skills
Required skills and experience:

• Experience implementing responsive UI components for web applications and websites using HTML/CSS, ReactJS and/or Angular Experience using prototyping tools such as Adobe XD, Axure or Figma is highly desirable
• Understanding and application of design principles and systems
• Understanding and implementation of WCAG 2.1 level AA guidelines as a minimum, how those guidelines relate to websites and applications, and how visual design, page and code structures

Criteria
The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters.

Essential criteria

1. Demonstrated experience designing user interfaces working within to an existing style guide and/or design system using HTML, CSS, and Javascript framework such as ReactJS, and/or Angular.
2. Effective communication skills with the ability to work with and influence multiple stakeholders, and clearly articulate design decisions through a well-conceived rationale.
3. Demonstrated experience in working with others to translate findings from usability testing into actionable improvements to a user interface.
4. Knowledge and implementation of Accessibility requirements - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, level AA as a minimum.

Desirable criteria

1. Demonstrated experience designing wireframes, user interfaces, and interactive prototypes with a high attention to detail and ability to rapidly prototype, test, and iterate designs.
2. Tertiary Qualifications in a design or computer science/ICT related discipline (Human Factors, Communication/Graphic Design, Systems Design, Psychology, Computer Interaction, Web development etc.)

 
You must submit a CV on application prior to a phone call with Wiliana on 0482 074 845

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