Junior UX Designer - Toronto

Randstad Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 47,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Canada in Toronto is seeking a Junior UX Designer to craft user-friendly interfaces for web and mobile. You will apply user-centered methods to sketch, prototype, test, and refine designs, collaborating with cross-functional teams and product leads.

You’ll conduct end-to-end user research, facilitate design workshops, build responsive wireframes, and ensure alignment with established design systems and accessibility standards.

Qualifications

• Experience creating GUI designs as a UX/UI Designer or similar role.
• Ability to lead UX projects and design workshops with stakeholders.
• Experience managing full-lifecycle user research from recruitment to synthesis.
• Proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools, especially Figma and Canvas.
• Familiarity with design systems and service standards (Ontario Design System).

Responsibilities

• Create intuitive GUI designs for web and mobile across platforms.
• Lead end-to-end user research activities including interviews and surveys.
• Translate findings into sitemaps, flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes.
• Facilitate UX design workshops with business users and stakeholders.
• Ensure interfaces align with design systems and standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including developers and product leads.
• Iterate designs based on usability testing and feedback.

Skills

UX/UI Design

End-to-End User Research

Workshop Facilitation

Figma

Design Systems

Tools

Canvas

Figma

Job description

We are seeking a creative and detail-oriented Junior UX Designer to create effective, user-friendly, and visually appealing digital interfaces across web and mobile applications. In this role, you will apply a user-centered design approach to conceive, sketch, prototype, and user-test intuitive interfaces. Working closely with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and business users, you will conduct end-to-end user research, facilitate design workshops, build responsive wireframes and prototypes, and align solutions with established design systems and digital service standards.

Location: Toronto, ON (Fully Onsite – 5 days/week required)

Duration: 6-month contract.

Advantages

• End-to-End UX Scope: Ownership across user research, prototyping, and design system implementation.
• Modern Tooling: Hands-on experience leveraging Figma, Canvas, and industry-standard prototyping tools.
• Standards-Driven Design: Exposure to enterprise design systems and digital service standards.
• Dedicated Onsite Collaboration: Work directly alongside senior designers, developers, and product leads in a focused 5-day per week workspace.

Responsibilities

• User-Centered Interface Design: Create intuitive, effective, and visually appealing graphical user interfaces (GUI) for web and mobile applications, optimizing performance and overall product functionality.
• User Research & Synthesis: Manage end-to-end user research—from participant recruitment to synthesis—including conducting interviews and surveys to gather actionable insights.
• Prototyping & Mapping: Translate research findings into sitemaps, user flows, customer journey maps, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes using tools such as Figma and Canvas.
• Workshop Facilitation & Collaboration: Define and lead UX design workshops and alignment sessions with business users and stakeholders to translate vision into concrete design solutions.
• Design System & Standards Alignment: Ensure all digital interfaces adhere to established design systems, digital service standards, and web development guidelines.
• Usability Testing & Iteration: Gather user feedback, conduct rapid usability testing, and iteratively refine designs to resolve UI/UX challenges.
• Cross-Functional Communication: Prepare clear design documentation and present design concepts effectively to developers, QA specialists, and business teams.

Qualifications

• UX/UI Design Experience: Relevant experience creating GUI designs and working as a UX Designer, UI Designer, or Interactive Designer for web and mobile applications (Strictly Required).
• UX Workshops & Stakeholder Alignment: Proven ability to define and lead UX projects, design workshops, and alignment sessions with stakeholders and business users (Strictly Required).
• End-to-End User Research: Experience managing full-lifecycle user research, from participant recruitment through data synthesis (Strictly Required).
• Design & Prototyping Tooling: Proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools, specifically Figma, Canvas, and related applications (Strictly Required).
• Design Systems & Service Standards: Ability to work with established design systems (such as the Ontario Design System) and working knowledge of digital service standards (Strictly Required).

Nice-to-Have Assets:

• Experience in public sector or enterprise digital environments.
• Knowledge of web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA compliance) and accessibility testing.
• Experience navigating complex design challenges when modernizing legacy systems.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada.

As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees.

In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle.

We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [e-mail] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.