User Experience (UX) Designer

Welcome to Yoush Consulting. Are you an independent
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Are
you looking to partner with an organization that offers you consulting
opportunities and supports you as a partner <\/span>?<\/span><\/span><\/span>
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UX Designer <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b>(Contract, Hybrid Remote/Onsite "Toronto") <\/span><\/span><\/span>
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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 needs. <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Facilitate
the Kickoff meeting with the project team to produce such outputs as: <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Business Model Canvas: 5 Whys, User
Personas, Stakeholder Mapping, Strategy Map, <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Short - and Long -Term Goals, Fears and
Challenges, Problem Statement <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Facilitate
user research activities to produce such outputs as: <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> User interview topic Maps, a summary of
interrelated topics for the user interview <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> User Interview Scripts to plan and
guide user discussion <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> User Interview Synthesis (collection,
aggregation and analysis) of written observations recorded during each interview <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> User research findings report <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> User
Storyboard to communicate a story through images displayed in a sequence of
panels that chronologically maps the story’s main events. <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> 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 <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Defined
business Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)<\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Optionally
conduct Google Ventures five (5) Day Design Sprint (or variation). This sprint is
a five (5) day process for answering critical business questions
through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Produce
“clickable” prototypes of multiple possible solutions <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Validate
"clickable” prototypes with users through usability testing sessions and
produce research findings report <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Iterate
(improve) on “clickable” prototypes with insights garnered from research
findings report <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> User
interview topic maps, a summary of interrelated topics for the user interview <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> User
interview scripts to plan and guide user discussion <\/span><\/span>
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o <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> User
interview synthesis (collection, aggregation and analysis) of written
observations recorded during each interview <\/span><\/span>
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Requirements <\/h3>

• Extensive experience in using UX
  design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of
  mobile -first and responsive design. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
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• Ability to iterate your designs
  and solutions efficiently and intelligently. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
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• 4+ 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. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
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• Expertise in UX software such as <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> JustInMind, InVision, Sketch, Adobe, HTML5, CSS3 is an asset <\/span><\/span><\/span>
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  Benefits <\/h3>

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