Position: UX Designer - Senior
Duration: 6 months
Client Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite Opportunity): 7.25 hours/day between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday)
Engagement Model: Professional Services Engagement – B2B (Incorporated Entities Only)
Note on Assignment Type
This position is provisionally Onsite, requiring 7.25 hours per calendar day between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday (excluding breaks). Conditions may change based on organizational requirements and at the discretion of the Hiring Manager.
Must Haves:
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.
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, Canva 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.
Desirable Skills: (10%)
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
•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
How to Apply
Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their resumes in confidence to Himanshu.Kumar3@akkodisgroup.com or through LinkedIn directly.
Accessibility:
At Akkodis, part of The Adecco Group, our purpose is simple: to make the future work for everyone. We live our values, Passion, Collaboration, Inclusion, Courage, and Customers at Heart, by fostering a workplace where diversity is celebrated and every voice matter. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities. Together, we’re making the future work for everyone.
