The Role
Design user-centered interfaces and digital experiences across web, mobile, and other platforms. Lead UX projects, workshops, research, interviews, surveys, usability testing, and iterative design. Produce sitemaps, user flows, journey maps, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes while collaborating with developers, QA specialists, stakeholders, and business users. Apply accessibility standards, communicate design concepts clearly, and address complex design challenges involving legacy systems.
Summary Generated by Built In
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
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
Requirements
Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
Must Haves:
- 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
- Experience
with Figma, Canva and similar tools
- Demonstrated
effectiveness in working closely with cross-functional teams, including
developers, QA specialists, and business stakeholders, to achieve common
project goals.
Nice to have:
- Prior OPS/Public sector exp
- Exp with Ontario Service Design
- Exp with UI/UX would be ideal (wireframing, Surveys,
Questionaires, consultation, research)
Skill Set Requirements:
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
- 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:
- 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.
Desirable Skills:
- 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:
Skills Required
- Relevant experience creating GUI designs based on user interaction and performance
- Experience as a UX designer, interactive designer, UI designer, or similar role designing web and mobile applications
- Ability to define and lead UX projects, design workshops, and stakeholder alignment sessions
- Experience with Figma, Canva, or similar design and prototyping tools
- Experience working with cross-functional teams including developers, QA specialists, and business stakeholders
- Experience managing end-to-end user research from recruiting through synthesis
- Understanding of web development technology limitations and appropriate use
- Experience creating wireframes, user flows, journey maps, mockups, prototypes, and user stories
- Experience with user testing, usability research, interviews, surveys, and gathering user feedback
- Ability to identify design problems and develop effective solutions
- Ability to make strategic UX decisions for core and new product functions
- Clear documentation and communication skills for diverse stakeholders
- Knowledge of accessibility testing and designing to WCAG 2.1 AA requirements
- Ability to work with the Ontario Design System
- Knowledge of the Digital Service Standard
- Experience with Ontario Service Design
- Prior OPS or public-sector experience
- Experience addressing complex design challenges involving legacy systems and stakeholder approval relationships
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The Company
What We Do
Maarut Inc. is a Canadian company specializing in IT services, technology staffing, and software development, dedicated to assisting businesses with digital transformation and solving business challenges through technology.
