UX Designer

Russell Tobin; Toronto; On-site; CAD 83,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Russell Tobin & Associates is seeking an Intermediate UX Designer for a public sector client in Toronto, onsite. You will design and improve user experiences for digital products, create wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and user flows, conduct research and usability testing, and collaborate in an Agile/Scrum environment.

The role emphasizes mobile-first, accessibility (WCAG), design systems, and service design, with a portfolio link required.

Qualifications

• Extensive UX design experience with mobile-first and responsive design.
• Ability to iterate designs efficiently within Agile (Scrum) environments.
• 3+ years in complex product projects with user-centered processes.
• Figma experience is a must.
• Proficiency in UX tools: JustInMind, InVision, Sketch, and more.

Responsibilities

• Create UI concepts and interactive prototypes for multiple projects.
• Design interfaces for digital displays, publications, and media.
• Apply user-centered design, rapid testing, and iteration.
• Conduct user research and translate findings into artifacts (journey maps, wireframes, etc.).
• Present design work to stakeholders and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

UX design

Mobile-first design

Responsive design

User research

Agile Scrum

Communication skills

Tools

Figma

JustInMind

InVision

Sketch

Adobe Creative Cloud

Axure

Zeplin

HTML5

CSS3

JS (React/Angular/NodeJS)

Azure DevOps

Job description

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

Job ID: 26-24821

Job Title: UX Designer

Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite)

Duration: 162 Business Days with possible extension

Client: Public Sector

Pay Rate: CAD $70 per hour

Role Overview

This is an Intermediate UX Designer role focused on designing and improving user experiences for public-facing digital products. You’d be responsible for creating wireframes, mockups, prototypes, user flows, journey maps, information architecture, and service blueprints, using tools like Figma and Miro, while conducting user research and usability testing to iterate on designs. The role also involves working closely with Product Owners, developers, business stakeholders, and other UX team members in an Agile/Scrum environment. A strong focus is placed on mobile-first/responsive design, accessibility (WCAG), established design systems, stakeholder presentations, and Service Design, with experience across the Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live phases being a strong advantage. A portfolio link is required with the resume.

Must Have

• 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-centered design processes and agile (scrum) methodologies.
• Must have Figma experience.
• Expertise in UX software such as JustInMind, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud, Axure, and Zeplin. HTML5, CSS3, and JS skills (React, Angular, NodeJS), Azure DevOps are a plus.
• Strong communication skills - lead meeting and present to stakeholders.
• Prior experience with Service Design framework and established design systems.

Role and 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

For workers in the United States, PrideGlobal and its affiliates offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

PrideGlobal and its affiliates are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment

PrideGlobal and its affiliates are a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates

Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.

Only applicable for Kentucky positions

For this type of employment, state law requires a criminal record check as a condition of employment. This applies to direct care staff (Examples: RN, LPN, Nurse Aides, Therapists) referred to Kentucky nursing facilities, assisted living communities, or long-term care facilities, in accordance with KRS 216.793.