UX Designer - Junior

The Code Crackers; Toronto; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Code Crackers in Toronto is seeking a UX Designer to create user-friendly interfaces across digital displays, publications, media, and other creative materials. You will take a user-centered approach, test iteratively with users, and translate research into sitemaps, user flows and wireframes.

You'll work with cross-functional teams, use Figma and other prototyping tools, and contribute to the overall product function and user experience across web and mobile applications.

Qualifications

• Experience as a UX designer, interactive designer, UI designer, or similar role, designing for web and mobile applications
• Proficiency with design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Canvas)
• Thorough understanding of the limitations and appropriate use of web development technologies
• Experience conceiving and conducting user research, interviews and surveys, and translating them into sitemaps, user flows, user journeys, wireframes, mockups and prototypes
• Experience designing the overall functionality of the product and iterating based on user testing
• Experience delivering wireframes, user stories, flows, journeys, mockups, and prototypes for multiple devices

Responsibilities

• Create effective, user friendly and visually appealing interfaces.
• Design the overall functionality of the product to ensure great user experience and iterate based on 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, translating them into sitemaps, user flows, customer journey maps, wireframes, mockups and prototypes

Job description

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

General Skills

• 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
• 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

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