User Environment Specialist

Ontario (ON)  ‐ Onsite
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JOB TITLE/Reference #: #101 User Experience Specialist

Duration of Assignment: 12 months plus two possible six months extension

Client: Public Sector

Estimated start date: July 26, 2012

Location: GTA

Position: Contract

Our client requires the services of a User Experience Specialist, to provide deliverables including, but not limited to, the following:

Architecture & design artefacts including Unified Modeling Language (UML) models

Status and requirements gathering meeting reports and recommendations

Navigation and website organization plans and models

Other project management artefacts as part of the team lead responsibilities

Knowledge transfer to other team members

Qualifications & Experience:

Completed post-secondary education in disciplines related to the job function; for example, library science, technical communications, human-computer interaction, graphic and/or industrial design or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

7+ years of 'progressively more responsible' experience working on web information technology projects that are large-scale or in complex environments, preferably municipal public sector.

A minimum of 3+ years experience working as a User Experience Specialist in a large enterprise environment. Experience in web development projects for large public service organizations, preferably municipal, is required.

2+ years experience working in website development/design projects using technologies where content is managed by Open Text Web Experience Management (formerly Vignette) V7 or V8, and deployed through IBM WebSphere portal.

7+ years experience leading enterprise website development/design projects including content development for the web, site design, web site construction, navigation and management.

5+ years experience developing and implementing interactive media technologies demonstrating a comprehensive grasp of online media and social media tools and issues

5+ years experience managing formal and informal usability testing, gathering user research and heuristic analysis and translating research into design decisions in support of enterprise web projects

5+ years experience demonstrating the ability to participate in, co-ordinate and lead cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams producing innovative web designs and strategies.

Technical Capabilities:

Demonstrated experience and knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language (DHTML), Extensible Markup Language (XML), JavaScript, graphic formats, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), popular Web plug-ins, Web site authoring and management tools including Web Content Management and related information repository and database environments.

Demonstrated experience developing website solutions that take into account the capabilities of Web browsers across multiple platforms and the constraints involved in designing for online media including the need for content to be accessible to a broad and diverse audience.

Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple projects and to work to overlapping deadlines.

Demonstrated proficiency in user scenario test design and quality assurance Scripting and results documentation including the use of using Unified Modeling Language (UML)

5+ years experience using Microsoft Word; Excel, Visio; and Powerpoint.

NOTE: No overseas or U.S. applicants please. As the opportunity is located in Toronto, preference will be given to local candidates. ADGA IT Systems Inc. does not offer a relocation package.

Thank you.

Start date
July 26, 2012
Duration
12 months + 2 possible 6 months extension
(extension possible)
From
ADGA Group
Published at
26.06.2012
Project ID:
382525
Contract type
Freelance
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