RQ11618 UX Designer Junior I Toronto ON Onsite I 1+ year

Job Title: RQ11618 - UX Designer - Junior

Organization: Government Services Integration Cluster

Location: Toronto ON Onsite 5 days a week

Pay Rate:50-55/hr incorp

Title: UX Designer

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

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 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

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

General Skills (55%):

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 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

Communications Skills (30%)

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: (10%)

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: (5%)

Must Have:

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

Experience with Figma Canvas and similar tools

Ability to work with Ontario Design system

Knowledge of digital service standard.

OPS or public sector exp.