Senior UX Designer - Toronto, ON - Canada - Long Term Contract - Prior Public Service/OPS experience

- Contract

Arthur Grand is an IT services firm specializing in Digital Transformation initiatives for Federal, Commercial, State & local customers. Since 2012, Arthur Grand has been successfully supporting and delivering IT services to our customers in the areas of enterprise modernization and transformation with a core focus on emerging technologies including Cloud Solutions (AWS, Azure), Agile Development, Custom Programming, Full Stack Development, DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD, Web Development, Mobile APP Development, Data Visualization, Data Warehousing, Financial/ERP System Implementation and Infrastructure Management. Arthur Grand’s culture of delivery excellence, combined with a commitment to bring the best talent to provide services, has earned our company an unparalleled reputation for delivering transformative results.

We are a minority-owned staff augmentation and technology consulting company

Arthur Grand Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer (including disability/vets)

Position: RQ11520 / RQ11521- UX Designer - Senior -Prior Public Service/OPS experience

Location: 5700 Yonge St. Toronto / 49 Places D'Armes, Kingston

Long Term Contract

5 days onsite

Must Have:

- Facilitating user experience design research through a number of methods, such as user interviews, diary studies, usability testing, tracking usability metrics, A/B testing, card sorting, etc.
- Synthesize research findings into insightful and concise user research documents, such as user journey maps, personas, service blueprints, and affinity maps.
- Lead design ideation and deliver design deliverables to-be service design blueprints, information architecture, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes.
- Experience working in an agile, sprint-based development setting
- Understanding and working knowledge of iterative product development cycles (Discovery, Agile, Beta, Live)
- Experience with Figma user interface design software
- Experience designing interfaces with a design system
- Ability to work with Ontario Design system

Nice to have:

Prior OPS or Public sector exp





Experience and Skill Set Requirements

General Skills (55%):

- Relevant experience creating GUI designs based on user interaction and performance
- Experience as a UX designer, interactive designer, UI designer, or similar role, designing for web and mobile applications
- ability to define and lead UX projects and design workshops and alignment sessions with stakeholder, business users
- Managing end-to-end user research from recruiting to synthesis.
- Proficiency with design and prototyping tools
- Facilitating user experience design research through a number of methods, such as user interviews, diary studies, usability testing, tracking usability metrics, A/B testing, card sorting, etc.
- Thorough understanding of the limitations and appropriate use of web development technologies
- Experience in designing online programs with emphasis in the emotional aspects of human experience
- Experience conceiving and conducting user research, interviews and surveys, and translating them into sitemaps, user flows, user journey maps, wireframes, mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences
- Experience designing the overall functionality of the product, and in order to ensure a great user experience, iterate upon it in accordance with user-testing
- Experience designing and delivering wireframes, user stories, user flows, user journeys, mockups and prototypes optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces
- Experience designing the overall functionality of the product, and in order to ensure a great user experience, iterate upon it in accordance with user-testing
- Experience designing and delivering wireframes, user stories, user flows, user journeys, mockups and prototypes optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces




- Experience facilitating the client’s product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping and user-testing experiences for digital products and optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces
- Experience identifying design problems and devising elegant solutions
- Experience making strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features
- Experience gathering user feedback to configure existing interfaces
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, managing competing priorities and client relationship management experience
- Experience with Figma, Canvas and similar tools

Communications Skills (30%)

- Demonstrated ability to prepare clear, concise, and comprehensive documentation, including reports, reviews, and assessments.
- Skilled in conveying design concepts and development processes in a clear, understandable manner to diverse stakeholders.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in working closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, QA specialists, and business stakeholders, to achieve common project goals.
- Demonstrated experience within a collaborative team working at different levels.
- Knowledge of accessability testing
- Ability to work with Ontario Design system
- Knowledge of digital service standard.
- Experience with complex design challenges, especially in dealing with legacy systems and nuanced stakeholder/approval relationships
- Facilitating user experience design research through a number of methods, such as user interviews, diary studies, usability testing, tracking usability metrics, A/B testing, card sorting, etc.
- Proficient in designing with accessibility in mind, and meeting WCAG 2.1 AA requirements

Prior Public Service/OPS experience: (5%)

Thanks

Arthur Grand Technologies Inc

8(A) Certified Business | CMMI (L3) | ISO 9001:2015 Certified | ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certified

NMSDC Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)

Arthur Grand is an Equal Opportunity Employer (Including disability/Vets)

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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📌 Senior UX Designer - Toronto, ON - Canada - Long Term Contract - Prior Public Service/OPS experience
🏢 Arthur Grand Technologies
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