11791 in Toronto

• Create effective, user friendly and visually appealinginterfaces.
• Design the overall functionality of the product in order toensure a great user experience, iterate upon it in accordance withuser-testing.
• Design user interfaces for various projects such as digitaldisplays, publications, media, and other creative materials as required.
• Take a user-centered design approach and rapidly test anditerate 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 userinteraction and performance
• Experience as a UX designer, interactive designer, UIdesigner, or similar role, designing for web and mobile applications
• Proficiency with design and prototyping tools
• Thorough understanding of the limitations and appropriateuse of web development technologies
• Experience in designing online programs with emphasis in theemotional aspects of human experience
• Experience conceiving and conducting user research, interviews and surveys, and translating them into sitemaps, user flows, userjourney maps, wireframes, mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive userexperiences
• Experience designing the overall functionality of theproduct, and in order to ensure a great user experience, iterate upon it inaccordance with user-testing
• Experience designing and delivering wireframes, userstories, user flows, user journeys, mockups and prototypes optimized for a widerange of devices and interfaces
• Experience facilitating the client's product vision byresearching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping and user-testing experiencesfor digital products and optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces
• Experience identifying design problems and devising elegantsolutions
• Experience making strategic design and user-experiencedecisions related to core, and new, functions and features
• Experience gathering user feedback to configure existinginterfaces
• 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

• 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
• Experiencewith Figma, Canvas and similar tools
• Abilityto work with Ontario Design system
• Knowledgeof digital service standard.

Nice to have

• OPS or public sector exp.

Skill Set Requirements

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, and translating 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, user journeys, 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 products and 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

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.
• 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
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