User Experience Designer

Russell Tobin; Toronto; On-site; CAD 69,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Russell Tobin & Associates is hiring on behalf of one of its esteemed clients. The role is a Junior UX Designer based in Toronto, onsite, with a pay rate of CAD $50-$60 per hour.

The successful candidate will design user interfaces for web and mobile applications, lead UX projects and workshops, and ensure accessibility and alignment with the Ontario Design System and digital service standards.

Qualifications

• Experience creating GUI designs based on user interaction and performance.
• Experience as UX/UI designer for web and mobile apps.
• Ability to lead UX projects and run workshops with stakeholders and business users.
• Knowledge of accessibility testing.
• Experience with Ontario Design System and digital service standards.
• Experience with Figma and Canvas.
• Experience researching, sketching, prototyping and testing experiences for digital products.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

UX design

User research

Stakeholder workshops

Accessibility testing

Design systems

Tools

Figma

Canvas

Ontario Design System

Job description

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

Job Title: UX Designer - Junior

Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite)

Client: Public Sector

Pay Rate: $50 - $60/hr [CAD]

Must Have 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 stakeholders and business users.
• Knowledge of accessibility testing.
• Ability to work with Ontario Design system.
• Knowledge of digital service standard.
• Experience with Figma, Canvas and similar tools.
• 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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