RQ11395 - UX Designer - Intermediate

Client: Government Services Integration Cluster

Location: Toronto ON Onsite

Pay rate: 60-65/hr incorp

Title
UX Designer (*Portfolio link must be on the resume - must be accessible without password or attached along with the resume*)
Description
Responsibilities

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-centered 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, mockups and prototypes

Must Have:

Portfolio link must be on the resume - must be accessible without password or attached along with the resume*

Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.

Ability to iterate your designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently.

3+ years of relevant experience in participating in complex projects (products) of different sizes, ensuring alignment to plans, best practices and incorporating user-centred design processes and agile (scrum) methodologie

Must have Figma experience.

Expertise in UX software such as JustInMind, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud, Axure, and Zeplin. HTML5, CSS3, and JS skills (React, Angular, NodeJS), Azure DevOps are a plus.

Strong communication skills - lead meeting and present to stakeholders.

Prior experience with Service Design framework and established design systems.

OPS or Public experience

Knowledge of DABL (discovery, alpha, beta, Live)

General Skills

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
User Experience Design 40%

Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.

Ability to iterate your designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently.





3+ years of relevant experience in participating in complex projects (products) of different sizes, ensuring alignment to plans, best practices and incorporating user-centred design processes and agile (scrum) methodologies.

Degree or diploma in graphic design; degree or certification in usability, human-computer interaction, and technical writing a plus

Experience in facilitate User Research and Usability testing. Accessibility compliance testing is a plus.

Experience in facilitate User Research and Usability testing activities to produce such outputs as:

User Interview Topic Maps

User Interview Scripts

User Interview Synthesis (collection, aggregation and analysis) of written observations recorded during each interview

User Research Findings Report

Relationship Management - 20%

Demonstrated experience in communication and mediation skills with business teams and core team members to ensure Client projects (products) are progressing according to schedule

Experience with strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of projects – Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live or similar delivery methodologies

Ability to deliver on a (project) product with a balanced team (product owner, user experience designers, developers) by participating in Agile (SCRUM) delivery methodologies

T echnical Skills - 30%
Expertise in UX software such as JustInMind, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud, Axure, Figma, and Zeplin. HTML5, CSS3, and JS skills (React, Angular, NodeJS), are a plus.

Soft skills - 10%

Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.

Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model to regularly deliver design solutions for approval.

Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills

Robust presentation, verbal and written communication skills

Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills

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📌 UX Designer - Intermediate I 1+ year I Toronto ON - Onsite (Ontario)
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