Senior UX Designer

Wirehead; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in government administration is seeking a Senior UX Designer for a 6-month contract in Toronto. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in UX design, strong communication skills, and a collaborative approach to design solutions. This role involves working on complex projects, ensuring alignment with user-centered design processes, and participating in Agile methodologies. Interested candidates should apply via LinkedIn or email.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in complex projects.
• Extensive experience in UX design best practices.
• Ability to communicate design processes effectively.

Responsibilities

• Design solutions using UX best practices.
• Facilitate user research and usability testing.
• Collaborate closely with teams and stakeholders.

Skills

User Experience Design

Communication

Problem Solving

Negotiation

Education

Degree or diploma in graphic design

Degree or certification in usability

Tools

JustInMind

InVision

Sketch

Adobe Creative Cloud

Axure

Figma

HTML5

CSS3

JavaScript

Job description

This range is provided by Wirehead. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

CA$70.00/hr - CA$80.00/hr

Client: Government

Type: Contract

Role: Senior UX Designer

Term: 6 months + extension option

Pay Rate: Negotiable

Requirements: What you'll need

Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications:

User Experience Design:

• Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.
• Ability to iterate your designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in participating in complex projects (products) of different sizes, ensuring alignment to plans, best practices and incorporating user-centred design processes and agile (scrum) methodologies.
• Degree or diploma in graphic design; degree or certification in usability, human-computer interaction, and technical writing a plus
• Experience in facilitate User Research and Usability testing. Accessibility compliance testing is a plus.
• Experience in facilitate User Research and Usability testing activities to produce such outputs as:
• User Interview Topic Maps
• User Interview Scripts
• User Interview Synthesis (collection, aggregation and analysis) of written observations recorded during each interview
• User Research Findings Report

Relationship Management:

• Demonstrated experience in communication and mediation skills with business teams and core team members to ensure Client projects (products) are progressing according to schedule
• Experience with strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of projects – Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live or similar delivery methodologies
• Ability to deliver on a (project) product with a balanced team (product owner, user experience designers, developers) by participating in Agile (SCRUM) delivery methodologies

Technical Skills:

• Expertise in UX software such as JustInMind, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud, Axure, Figma, and Zeplin. HTML5, CSS3, and JS skills (React, Angular, NodeJS), are a plus.
• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.
• Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model to regularly deliver design solutions for approval.
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills

Must haves:

• Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in participating in complex projects (products) of different sizes, ensuring alignment to plans, best practices and incorporating user-centred design processes and agile (scrum) methodologies
• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.

HOW TO APPLY

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Design, Information Technology, and Art/Creative

• Industries

  Government Administration

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