RQ11618 - UX Designer - Junior
Junior UX Designer on a 6+ month contract (plus one extension), fully onsite in Toronto for a public-sector client. Day to day involves designing web/mobile interfaces, leading UX workshops, running end-to-end user research, and producing wireframes and prototypes using tools like Figma and the Ontario Design System.
- Compensation
- CA$55–CA$59 / hr
- Location
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Junior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Design
- Posted
Skills
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, design workshops and alignment sessions with stakeholders and 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
Nice to have
- OPS or public sector experience
Full description
RQ11618 - UX Designer - Junior6+ Months contract (135 Business Days) + 1 Extension
**Onsite-TorontoNo Clearance Required
**Must Have 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
- Experience with Figma, Canvas and similar tools
- Ability to work with Ontario Design system
- Knowledge of digital service standard.
Nice to have skills:
- OPS or public sector exp.
DescriptionResponsibilities:
- 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 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