UX Designer - Senior

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Toronto, ON, CAN
In-Office
Senior level
Information Technology • Professional Services • Software • Consulting
The Role
Design and iterate user-centered interfaces for web and mobile. Lead UX projects, user research (recruiting to synthesis), workshops, and stakeholder alignment. Produce wireframes, prototypes, journeys, service blueprints, and accessibility-compliant designs. Gather user feedback, solve complex design problems, and ensure product functionality and usability across devices.
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We do have a job opening for UX Designer - Senior for our direct client Province of Ontario. The position details are given below:


Job Details:

Job ID: RQ11197 - UX Designer - Senior

Client : Government Services Integration Cluster
Location : 222 Jarvis St, Toronto, Ontario
Duration:  09 months + Extension

Type: Onsite



Job 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 v 

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


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 requirement.

  • Prior Public Service/OPS experience


Must Haves:

  • Excellent understanding of user research methods and their application in service design. 

  • Strong proficiency in service design tools and techniques (e.g., journey mapping, service blueprinting, personas).

  • Expertise in creating and interpreting customer journey maps and service blueprints to visualize service interactions. 

Nice to have:

  • Certification in Design Thinking, Lean Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.

 





Skills Required

  • Relevant experience creating GUI designs based on user interaction and performance
  • Experience as a UX/interactive/UI designer for web and mobile and ability to define and lead UX projects and workshops
  • Managing end-to-end user research from recruiting to synthesis
  • Proficiency with design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Canvas)
  • Thorough understanding of limitations and appropriate use of web development technologies
  • Experience conceiving and conducting user research, interviews and surveys and translating findings into sitemaps, flows, wireframes and prototypes
  • Experience designing, iterating and testing product functionality to ensure great UX across devices
  • Experience producing wireframes, user stories, user flows, user journeys, mockups and prototypes optimized for multiple devices
  • Ability to facilitate product vision through research, sketching, prototyping and user-testing
  • Experience making strategic UX decisions and identifying design problems with elegant solutions
  • Team player with deadline management, prioritization and client relationship skills
  • Excellent understanding of user research methods and application in service design
  • Strong proficiency in service design tools and techniques (journey mapping, service blueprinting, personas)
  • Expertise creating and interpreting customer journey maps and service blueprints
  • Knowledge of accessibility testing and designing to WCAG 2.1 AA
  • Ability to work with the Ontario Design System
  • Knowledge of the Digital Service Standard
  • Experience with complex design challenges involving legacy systems and stakeholder approvals
  • Prior Public Service/OPS experience
  • Certification in Design Thinking, Lean Six Sigma, or similar methodologies
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