RQ11521 UX Designer Senior

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
  
• 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
  
• Facilitating user experience design research through a number of methods such as user interviews diary studies usability testing tracking usability metrics A/B testing card sorting etc.
  
• 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 clients 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
  
• Facilitating user experience design research through a number of methods such as user interviews diary studies usability testing tracking usability metrics A/B testing card sorting etc.
  
• Proficient in designing with accessibility in mind and meeting WCAG 2.1 AA requirements
  

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Facilitating user experience design research through a number of methods such as user interviews diary studies usability testing tracking usability metrics A/B testing card sorting etc.
  
• Synthesize research findings into insightful and concise user research documents such as user journey maps personas service blueprints and affinity maps.
  
• Lead design ideation and deliver design deliverables to-be service design blueprints information architecture wireframes mockups and interactive prototypes.
  
• Experience working in an agile sprint-based development environment
  
• Understanding and working knowledge of iterative product development cycles (Discovery Agile Beta Live)
  
• Experience with Figma user interface design software
  
• Experience designing interfaces with a design system
  
• Ability to work with Ontario Design system
  

Skill Set Requirements:

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.
  

Prior Public Service/OPS experience