Join our Edmonton client for a rewarding 6-month remote contract as a Service Designer for our public sector clients Data, Information, and Privacy Services Division, you will be the bridge between complex data architecture and human-centered decision-making. Working within a Data Centre of Excellence, you will transform how the client accesses and utilizes its data assets. This is not just about technical pipelines; it’s about designing the end-to-end journey of data products to ensure they are agile, innovative, and drive meaningful business outcomes for Albertans.
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Advantages
• Enjoy the flexibility of a 100% remote work arrangement while supporting major digital initiatives.
•Strategic Impact: Play a pivotal role in treating data as a corporate asset through high-level service design and prototyping.
•Collaborative Ecosystem: Work alongside elite Data Architects, Analysts, and Managers in a multidisciplinary environment.
•Professional Growth: Lead large-scale digital transformation projects that set the standard for public sector innovation.
•Culture of Innovation: Access to human-centered design workshops and the latest data product delivery methodologies.
Responsibilities
• Human-Centered Integration: Embed UX and service design methods into the lifecycle of data product development.
• User Research & Prototyping: Plan and execute behavioral field research, co-design workshops, and usability testing.
• Service Mapping: Develop comprehensive journey maps, service blueprints, and end-to-end process maps for data/analytics products.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Lead co-design sessions with everyone from front-line staff to executives to drive change management.
• Strategic Planning: Create product roadmaps, service performance metrics, and strategy documents for data pipelines and interfaces.
• Technical Synthesis: Translate user needs into technical documentation, user stories, and functional prototypes.
Qualifications
•Direct Experience: Minimum 6 years creating journey maps, service blueprints, and leading co-design workshops.
•Methodology Expertise: At least 5 years of professional experience using human-centered design (UX, CX, or Interaction Design).
•Technical Literacy: 5 years working specifically with data products (data pipelines, catalogues, architecture, or user interfaces).
•Proven Track Record: 5 years as a Service Designer on large-scale digital transformation or service innovation projects.
•Strategic Insight: Demonstrated ability to shift focus between granular details and holistic system relationships.
•Analytical Skills: Experience in service performance measurement and ethnographic field research.
•Requirements: A personal portfolio of work samples (with annotations) is mandatory for this application.
•Clearances: Ability to provide a Criminal Record Check and Enhanced Security Clearance upon request.
Summary
This role is a unique blend of strategic design and data science advocacy. If you are a visionary designer who can navigate the complexities of data architecture while keeping the human experience at the forefront, you will thrive here. You will be instrumental in evolving how government data is accessed, visualized, and utilized to make better decisions for the future.
P.S. Don’t forget that when you update your profile on Randstad.ca it helps us find you faster when we do have roles that match your skills! So even if this role isn’t for you please update your profile so we can find you!
We look forward to supporting you in your job search!
Good luck!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Join our Edmonton client for a rewarding 6-month remote contract as a Service Designer for our public sector clients Data, Information, and Privacy Services Division, you will be the bridge between complex data architecture and human-centered decision-making. Working within a Data Centre of Excellence, you will transform how the client accesses and utilizes its data assets. This is not just about technical pipelines; it’s about designing the end-to-end journey of data products to ensure they are agile, innovative, and drive meaningful business outcomes for Albertans.
Advantages
• Enjoy the flexibility of a 100% remote work arrangement while supporting major digital initiatives.
•Strategic Impact: Play a pivotal role in treating data as a corporate asset through high-level service design and prototyping.
•Collaborative Ecosystem: Work alongside elite Data Architects, Analysts, and Managers in a multidisciplinary environment.
•Professional Growth: Lead large-scale digital transformation projects that set the standard for public sector innovation.
•Culture of Innovation: Access to human-centered design workshops and the latest data product delivery methodologies.
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Responsibilities
• Human-Centered Integration: Embed UX and service design methods into the lifecycle of data product development.
• User Research & Prototyping: Plan and execute behavioral field research, co-design workshops, and usability testing.
• Service Mapping: Develop comprehensive journey maps, service blueprints, and end-to-end process maps for data/analytics products.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Lead co-design sessions with everyone from front-line staff to executives to drive change management.
• Strategic Planning: Create product roadmaps, service performance metrics, and strategy documents for data pipelines and interfaces.
• Technical Synthesis: Translate user needs into technical documentation, user stories, and functional prototypes.
Qualifications
•Direct Experience: Minimum 6 years creating journey maps, service blueprints, and leading co-design workshops.
•Methodology Expertise: At least 5 years of professional experience using human-centered design (UX, CX, or Interaction Design).
•Technical Literacy: 5 years working specifically with data products (data pipelines, catalogues, architecture, or user interfaces).
•Proven Track Record: 5 years as a Service Designer on large-scale digital transformation or service innovation projects.
•Strategic Insight: Demonstrated ability to shift focus between granular details and holistic system relationships.
•Analytical Skills: Experience in service performance measurement and ethnographic field research.
•Requirements: A personal portfolio of work samples (with annotations) is mandatory for this application.
•Clearances: Ability to provide a Criminal Record Check and Enhanced Security Clearance upon request.
Summary
This role is a unique blend of strategic design and data science advocacy. If you are a visionary designer who can navigate the complexities of data architecture while keeping the human experience at the forefront, you will thrive here. You will be instrumental in evolving how government data is accessed, visualized, and utilized to make better decisions for the future.
P.S. Don’t forget that when you update your profile on Randstad.ca it helps us find you faster when we do have roles that match your skills! So even if this role isn’t for you please update your profile so we can find you!
We look forward to supporting you in your job search!
Good luck!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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