Position: UX Designer - Junior

Duration: 12 months

Client Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite Opportunity): 7.25 hours/day between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday)

Engagement Model: Professional Services Engagement – B2B (Incorporated Entities Only)

Note on Assignment Type

This position is provisionally Onsite , requiring 7.25 hours per calendar day between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM , Monday to Friday (excluding breaks). Conditions may change based on organizational requirements and at the discretion of the Hiring Manager.

Must Have:

- 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
- Knowledge of accessability testing
- Ability to work with Ontario Design system
- Knowledge of digital service standard.
- Experience with Figma, Canvas and similar tools
- 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 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
- 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 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 cooperative team working at different levels.

Desirable Skills: (10%)

- 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
- Proficient in designing with accessibility in mind, and meeting WCAG 2.1 AA requirements
- Prior Public Service/OPS experience: (5%)

How to Apply Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their resumes in confidence to [email protected] or through LinkedIn directly.

Accessibility:

At Akkodis, part of The Adecco Group, our purpose is simple: to make the future work for everyone. We live our values, Passion, Collaboration, Inclusion, Courage, and Customers at Heart, by fostering a workplace where diversity is celebrated and every voice matter. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities. Together, we’re making the future work for everyone.

📌 Junior UX Designer (Toronto)
🏢 Akkodis
📍 Toronto