RQ11539 - UX Designer - Senior

About this role

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.

Nice to have:
Prior OPS/Public sector exp
Exp with Ontario Service Design
Exp with UI/UX would be ideal (wireframing, Surveys, Questionaires, consultation, research)
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, Canvas 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%)

• Knowledge of accessability testing

• Ability to work with Ontario Design system

• Knowledge of digital service standard.

• Experience with complex design challenges, especially in dealing with legacy systems and nuanced stakeholder/approval relationships

• Proficient in designing with accessibility in mind, and meeting WCAG 2.1 AA requirements

Prior Public Service/OPS experience: (5%)
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