Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement – RQ11505 We are looking for an experienced UX Designer – Senior with strong expertise in user experience design, user research, GUI design, interaction design, UI design, web and mobile applications, design workshops, prototyping, user testing, and user-centered design.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience creating intuitive, accessible, and visually appealing digital experiences, conducting end-to-end user research, translating research findings into user flows and prototypes, and collaborating with stakeholders, developers, QA specialists, business users, and other cross-functional teams.
Role Snapshot Job Title: RQ11505 – UX Designer – Senior
Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement
Work Location: 40 St Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario – Onsite Estimated Start Date: September 21, 2026
Estimated End Date: March 31, 2027
Business Days: 135.00
Extension: Probable after the initial mandate
Hours: 7.25 hours per day
Security Level: No Clearance Required
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 stakeholders and business users.
- Managing end-to-end user research from recruiting to synthesis.
- Proficiency with design and prototyping tools.
- Experience with Figma, Canvas and similar tools.
- Ability to work with Ontario Design system.
- Knowledge of digital service standard.
Nice Have
- Prior OPS/public sector experience.
Description
- Create effective, user friendly and visually appealing interfaces.
- Design the overall functionality of the product in order to ensure a great user experience, iterate upon it in accordance with user-testing.
- Design user interfaces for various projects such as digital displays, publications, media, and other creative materials as required.
- Take a user-cantered design approach and rapidly test and iterate the designs.
- Conceive and conduct user research, interviews and surveys, and translating them into sitemaps, user flows, customer journey maps, wireframes, mock-ups and prototypes.
- 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.
- 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 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, mock-ups 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, mock-ups 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 transparent, 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.
Desirable Skills – 10%
- Knowledge of accessibility 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%
- Prior Public Service/OPS experience.
How To Apply If you are interested and believe your profile matches this opportunity, please send the following mandatory documents to
[email protected] by Monday, September 28, 2026, at 10:00 AM EST . Without the mandatory documents, we cannot submit a candidate.
- Updated Resume in Word format – Mandatory
- References – Mandatory
- Expected Hourly Rate – Mandatory
- Visa Status – Mandatory
- LinkedIn ID – Mandatory
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