Sr. User Experience Designer

Avanciers Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanciers Inc. in Toronto is seeking an experienced UX Designer to craft mobile-first and responsive interfaces, guiding projects from discovery through live product. You will lead user research, usability testing, and rapid iterations to ensure user-centered outcomes.

You will collaborate with product owners, designers, and developers in an Agile environment, employing tools like Figma, Sketch, and InVision to deliver compelling experiences.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in graphic design; usability/HCI certification is a plus.
• Experience facilitating user research and usability testing.
• 3+ years in complex product projects using agile (scrum) methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and development teams to ensure UX aligns with plans.
• Facilitate user research and usability testing to inform design decisions.
• Create user interview artifacts and synthesize findings for stakeholders.
• Design and iterate mobile-first, responsive interfaces using industry tools.

Skills

UX design

Mobile-first

Responsive design

Iteration

User research

Usability testing

Agile (Scrum)

Education

Graphic design degree

Usability/HCI certification

Technical writing certification

Tools

JustInMind

InVision

Sketch

Adobe Creative Cloud

Axure

Figma

Zeplin

HTML5

CSS3

React

Angular

NodeJS

Job description

• 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.