5-7 years of relevant experience in creating GUI designs focused on user interactions and performance.
Proven background as a UX/UI designer for web and mobile applications.
Ability to lead UX projects, facilitating design workshops and alignment sessions with stakeholders.
Experience conducting user research, interviews, and surveys to create sitemaps, user flows, and prototypes.
Proficiency in using Figma, Canvas, and similar design tools.
Thorough understanding of web development technologies and their limitations.
Responsibilities
Create user-friendly and visually appealing interfaces for various digital projects.
Design product functionality to enhance user experience and iterate based on user testing.
Develop user interfaces for a range of creative materials, including digital displays and publications.
Employ a user-centered design approach to test and refine design concepts rapidly.
Conduct user research and translate findings into user experience documentation like wireframes and journey maps.
Benefits
Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
Opportunity to work on diverse projects with a focus on innovation.
Flexibility in work arrangements to promote work-life balance.
Full Job Description
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 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:
Relevantexperience creating GUI designs based on user interaction and performance
Experienceas a UX designer, interactive designer, UI designer, or similar role,designing for web and mobile applications
abilityto define and lead UX projects and design workshops and alignment sessionswith stakeholder, business users
Managingend-to-end user research from recruiting to synthesis.
Proficiencywith design and prototyping tools
Thoroughunderstanding of the limitations and appropriate use of web developmenttechnologies
Experiencein designing online programs with emphasis in the emotional aspects ofhuman experience
Experienceconceiving and conducting user research, interviews and surveys, andtranslating them into sitemaps, user flows, user journey maps, wireframes,mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences
Experiencedesigning the overall functionality of the product, and in order to ensurea great user experience, iterate upon it in accordance with user-testing
Experiencedesigning and delivering wireframes, user stories, user flows, userjourneys, mockups and prototypes optimized for a wide range of devices andinterfaces
Experiencefacilitating the client's product vision by researching, conceiving,sketching, prototyping and user-testing experiences for digital productsand optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces
Experienceidentifying design problems and devising elegant solutions
Experiencemaking strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, andnew, functions and features
Experiencegathering user feedback to configure existing interfaces
Ateam player with a track record for meeting deadlines, managing competingpriorities and client relationship management experience
Experiencewith Figma, Canvas and similar tools
Desirable Skills:
Knowledgeof accessability testing
Abilityto work with Ontario Design system
Knowledgeof digital service standard.
Experiencewith complex design challenges, especially in dealing with legacy systemsand nuanced stakeholder/approval relationships
Proficientin designing with accessibility in mind, and meeting WCAG 2.1 AArequirements
Requirements
Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
Must Haves:
Relevantexperience creating GUI designs based on user interaction and performance
Experienceas a UX designer, interactive designer, UI designer, or similar role,designing for web and mobile applications
abilityto define and lead UX projects and design workshops and alignment sessionswith stakeholder, business users
Experienceconceiving and conducting user research, interviews and surveys, andtranslating them into sitemaps, user flows, user journey maps, wireframes,mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences
Skilledin conveying design concepts and development processes in a clear,understandable manner to diverse stakeholders.
Abilityto work with Ontario Design system or other similar Design systems.
Nice to have:
Prior OPS or Public sector exp
Skill Set Requirements:
Communications Skills:
Demonstratedability to prepare clear, concise, and comprehensive documentation,including reports, reviews, and assessments.
Skilledin conveying design concepts and development processes in a clear,understandable manner to diverse stakeholders.
Demonstratedeffectiveness in working closely with cross-functional teams, includingdevelopers, QA specialists, and business stakeholders, to achieve commonproject goals.
Demonstratedexperience within a collaborative team working at different levels.
