Front End Designer

Role Responsibilities

Are you someone who loves turning creative ideas into engaging, user-centered designs? Do you get a thrill from crafting seamless, interactive experiences that captivate users and are easy to interact with? If you're smiling and nodding, this Front-End Designer role might just be the perfect match for you!

As the Front-End Designer, reporting to the Assistant Director of the Research, Analysis, and Digital Experience team, you’ll play a key role in designing and prototyping clean, responsive, and user-centered digital products for Alberta.ca. You will take ideas from concept to high-fidelity Figma designs, then build static HTML prototypes that will be implemented by our front-end developers in Drupal. Your work will ensure that Alberta.ca meets Government of Alberta (GoA) standards, follows best practices in accessibility (WCAG 2.1, AA), and delivers an outstanding user experience across devices.

You'll collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders across the Government of Alberta to translate ideas into polished, functional designs. Your role will help shape the future of GoA’s web design and promote a more user-centered approach.

Your duties will include: 
 

• Collaborating on and championing ongoing improvements to the Alberta.ca environment.
• Bringing ideas from the concept stage to finalized Figma designs for new Alberta.ca web components and marketing microsites.
• Building responsive HTML functional prototypes.
• Documenting functional requirements and working closely with front end developers who implement changes to the Alberta.ca Drupal web content management system.
• Ensuring Alberta.ca is accessible for all Albertans, including those who use assistive technologies by implementing WCAG 2.1 compliant front-end design and development.
• Performing testing and quality assurance activities to ensure your designs are implemented accurately and are WCAG 2.1 compliant.
• Ensuring alberta.ca continues to be a trusted source of information by upholding & maintaining standards.
• Developing and maintaining effective and productive relationships with a wide variety of both internal and external stakeholders to ensure consistency, quality and accessibility across the Government of Alberta's digital landscape.

Role Responsibilities (Continued)

To excel in this role you will need to bring expert knowledge of: 
 

• Modern web design.
• WCAG 2.1 Accessibility standards.
• Standards compliant HTML development for modern browsers.
• Responsive design and development standards and best practices.

View more details about this job in the online job description.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

The successful candidate for this role will have the following competencies:  
 

• Agility – ability to anticipate, assess and readily adapt to changing situations/environments. 
   
• Build Collaborative Environments – Leading and contributing to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes. 
   
• Develop Networks – proactively develop networks, connect and build trust in relationships with different stakeholders. 
   
• Creative Problem Solving – ability to assess options and implications, engage different perspectives and create strategic solutions for communications challenges. 

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: 

https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf

Qualifications

Requirement:
 

• University graduation in a related field such as Visual Communication and Digital Design, Computer Science, Graphic Design, Information Technology or Web Design and Development plus three years related experience. 

Equivalency (to be considered as below):
Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of: 
 

• 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or  
• 1 year of experience for 1 year of education. 

Assets: 
 

• Front-end design experience, including creating responsive and interactive web interfaces. 
• Strong digital design skills, with experience in crafting user-friendly layouts and visual elements. 
• Good working knowledge of HTML, ensuring proper structuring of web content. 
• Expert knowledge of responsive behavior for web components, optimizing for multiple devices and screen sizes. 
• Experience with Accessible Design Practices, ensuring websites meet accessibility standards. 
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders. 
• Familiarity with web development frameworks and tools, enhancing the design-to-development workflow. 

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. 

Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards. 

Notes

Hours of Work: 36.25 per week

The successful candidates will be evaluated on a combination of experience and education.

Please ensure your resume highlights how your previous work experience is related to the qualifications and requirements for this position. Please clearly state the employment dates on your resume with the month and the year.

For employment: Please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part-time or full-time. Example: Receptionist, Jan 2018 - June 2021, Part-time (three 8 hour shifts/week).

Other information:

This competition may be used to fill current and future vacancies at equal or lesser classifications across the Government of Alberta. Final candidates for this position will be required to undergo a security screening. 

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in. 

Links and information on what the GoA has to offer to prospective employees:
 

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/about-the-alberta-public-service
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits
• Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement
• Leadership and mentorship programs