Freelance Ux Designer/Ux Researcher - August 2023

For one of our clients we are looking for a Senior freelance UX Designer and a senior freelancer UX Researcher (2 roles in total) with expertise in the field of medical device development

Project name: Exandra

Project Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada

• EXANDRA provides HCPs with a patient-specific treatment plan based on the Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines.
• Project description: EXANDRA is a clinical decision support tool, helping Health Care Providers (HCP) make informed guideline-based treatment decisions, aiming to close the treatment gap for Type 2 Diabetes patients.

Background:

Exandra will be the first medical software product developed by BI as the legal manufacturer and therefore needs experts in the field of medical device development. One key function within the team will be a UX Designer. As it does not have suitable resources and expertise for this internally, the contractor holds a unique position and provides significantly different services than the internal staff.

• Translate research insights into appropriate design artifacts
• UX Designer job spec: Active brainstorming, presentation of results and exchange with developers, UX researcher, stakeholders, product owners and scrum masters on a daily basis to get feedback on the created deliverables
• Consult the product team in the transition to user-centered product development
• Monitor the success of implemented features and gather feedback regularly
• Iterate designs based on internal reviews and customer feedback

• Translate research insights into appropriate design artifacts
• Monitor the success of implemented features and gather feedback regularly
• UX Researcher job spec: Active brainstorming, presentation of results and exchange with developers, UX designers, stakeholders, product owners and scrum masters on a daily basis to get feedback on the created deliverables
• Iterate designs based on internal reviews and customer feedback
• Analyze research data and present research insights in a meaningful way to drive product direction
• Employ both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies accordingly to the research plan, for example conduct interviews in person (based on COVID-situation) and remote.
• Create, revise, and execute a user research plan according to the research objectives.
• Consult the product team in the transition to user-centered product development

Start: ASAP

Duration: 1 year+ (very likely to be extended for up to 2 years)

Location: 50-75% remote with 25%-50% on-site in Burlington and user research in Canada

Capacity: 40 hours/week