11675

Zohorecruit; Toronto; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit in Toronto seeks a seasoned UX designer to craft intuitive interfaces and lead the product UX across web and mobile. You will rapidly test ideas, translate insights into wireframes, mockups, and prototypes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape engaging digital experiences.

Applicants should have strong experience in user research, journey maps, and design workshops, with proficiency in Figma and Canva and a focus on accessibility and performance across devices.

Qualifications

• Experience creating GUI designs based on user interaction and performance.
• Experience as a UX/UI designer for web and mobile applications.
• Ability to lead UX projects and design workshops with stakeholders.
• Demonstrated effectiveness working with cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency with Figma, Canva and similar tools.
• Managing end-to-end user research from recruitment to synthesis.

Responsibilities

• Create effective, user friendly and visually appealing interfaces.
• Design product functionality to ensure great UX and iterate via user testing.
• Design interfaces for digital displays, publications and other media.
• Conduct user research, interviews, surveys and translate into wireframes and prototypes.
• Lead UX projects and design workshops with stakeholders.
• Develop sitemaps, user flows, journey maps and wireframes for multiple devices.

Skills

GUI design

UX design

Web & mobile

User research

Prototyping

Wireframes

User flows

Stakeholder collaboration

Design workshops

Accessibility

Tools

Figma

Canva

Job description

• 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
• Experiencewith Figma, Canva and similar tools
• Demonstratedeffectiveness in working closely with cross-functional teams, includingdevelopers, QA specialists, and business stakeholders, to achieve commonproject goals.

Nice to have:

• Prior OPS/Public sector exp
• Exp with Ontario Service Design
• Exp with UI/UX would be ideal (wireframing, Surveys,Questionaires, consultation, research)

Skill Set Requirements:

• 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, 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 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, Canva 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