RQ11542 - UX Designer - Senior

Maarut; Toronto; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Maarut is seeking a UX/UI designer to craft intuitive interfaces for web and mobile apps, conducting user research and rapid iteration. You will translate insights into wireframes and prototypes, collaborating with developers and stakeholders to deliver a compelling user experience across devices.

The role emphasizes user-centric design, accessibility, and delivering polished designs for digital projects in a fast-paced environment in Toronto, Canada.

Qualifications

• Must have GUI design experience driven by user interaction and performance.
• Experience as UX/UI designer for web and mobile apps.
• Ability to lead UX projects and design workshops with stakeholders.
• Proficient in Figma, Canva and similar tools.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams incl. developers and QA.

Responsibilities

• Create effective, user friendly interfaces and visually appealing designs.
• Design overall product functionality to ensure great UX and iterate from user testing.
• Design interfaces for multiple projects, including digital displays and publications.
• Conduct user research, interviews and surveys to inform sitemaps and flows.
• Translate findings into wireframes, mockups and prototypes for diverse devices.

Skills

GUI design

UX design

UI design

Web and mobile

User research

Wireframes

Prototyping

Accessibility

Cross-functional teams

Design workshops

Tools

Figma

Canva

Canvas

Job description

• 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
  
• 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
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• 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
  
• Experience with Figma, Canva and similar tools
  
• Demonstrated effectiveness in working closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, QA specialists, and business stakeholders, to achieve common project 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:

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
  
• 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
  
• 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:

• 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.
  
• 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