Job Title: UX Designer
Location: Toronto, ON
Type: Contract
Work Model: Onsite
Experience: 3+ Years
Work Hours: 36.25 hrs/week
Job Description:
We are seeking a UX Designer with 3+ years of relevant experience working on complex digital products and projects. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in user-centred design, mobile-first and responsive design, user research, usability testing, and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
Key Responsibilities & Requirements:
- Apply UX design best practices to develop effective, user-centred solutions.
- Strong understanding of mobile-first and responsive design principles.
- Ability to efficiently iterate and refine designs based on user feedback and testing.
- Participate in complex projects of different sizes while following UX best practices, project plans, and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Facilitate user research and usability testing activities.
- Develop User Interview Topic Maps, Interview Scripts, Interview Synthesis, and User Research Findings Reports.
- Experience with accessibility compliance testing is an asset.
- Work closely with Product Owners, developers, business teams, and other stakeholders to support successful product delivery.
- Demonstrated communication, mediation, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience supporting projects through Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live (DABL) or similar delivery methodologies.
- Ability to work effectively within balanced Agile/Scrum teams.
- Strong hands-on experience with UX and design tools including Figma, Axure, Sketch, InVision, Adobe Creative Cloud, Zeplin, and/or JustInMind.
- HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React, Angular, and Node.js experience is an asset.
- Strong presentation, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
- Comfortable collaborating with distributed teams and communicating closely with clients and stakeholders.
- Degree or diploma in Graphic Design, UX Design, or a related field.
- Certification or education in Usability, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or Technical Writing is an asset.
- Strong knowledge of DABL (Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live) is preferred.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees
