Senior UX Designer

Russell Tobin; Toronto; On-site; CAD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Russell Tobin & Associates is seeking a Senior UX Designer for a Toronto, ON onsite assignment with a Public Sector client. The contract runs for 283 business days with potential extension, paying CAD 70–80 per hour.

The role requires leading UX projects, facilitating workshops, and collaborating with developers, QA, and business stakeholders to deliver robust web and mobile experiences.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on experience creating GUI designs based on user interaction and performance.
• Experience as a UX designer, interactive designer, UI designer, or similar role for web and mobile apps.
• Ability to define and lead UX projects and design workshops with stakeholders and business users.
• Experience with Figma, Canva and similar tools.
• Proven ability to work with developers, QA and business stakeholders to achieve goals.

Skills

GUI design

UX/UI design

Lead UX projects

User research end-to-end

Design tools proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Figma

Canva

Job description

Russell Tobin & Associates is hiring on behalf of one of its esteemed clients.

Job Title: Senior UX Designer

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

Duration: 283 Business days with Possible Extension

Client: Public Sector

Pay Rate: $70 - $80/hr [CAD]

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

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

General Skills (55%):

• 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 (30%)

• 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 accessibility testing
• Ability to work with the Ontario Design System
• Knowledge of the 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

Prior Public Sector experience: (5%)