UX Designer / Hybrid

Overview

UX Designer
Toronto, Hybrid
Contract

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Submission requirements
· Please submit your digital portfolio as part of the application with resume

General Skills:
Experience design expertise
Human-centered design experience and expertise in developing and executing strategies that improve overall user interactions with digital products and services, resulting in measurable enhancements and positive user feedback.
Ability to lead the design of complex digital services from concept to production, including experience designing information architecture, UI and UX optimized for a wide range of devices (e.g., web responsive)
Demonstrated experience creating research and design deliverables such as empathy maps, site maps, journey maps, user flows, wireframes, mock-ups, clickable prototypes, presentations, and reports.
A solid understanding of generative and evaluative user research methods and how user research can be incorporated continuously in the digital product lifecycle.
Firsthand experience creating user research plans, recruiting participants, facilitating user research, analyzing findings, and delivering insights.
Experience researching and applying industry best practices to support your design deliverables.
The ability to incorporate web analytics, visitor feedback, performance metrics and other data to inform design decisions.
Practice providing rationale for design decisions in group settings with multiple stakeholders.
Proficient with design and prototyping software, digital collaboration, and web conferencing tools
Communication, negotiation, and partnership skills
Demonstrated experience using communication skills to discuss issues, seek common ground between parties, lead development of solutions and user experience development requirements.
Ability to communicate visually as well as in verbal and written formats.
Strong plain language skills to draft or edit web content.
Strong facilitation skills to lead design discussions and negotiations, present recommendations, and advice to stakeholders on web/content design and strategy.
Ability to collaborate and provide leadership and advice on digital product development.
Proven experience building relationships consulting with external partners and vendors to coordinate projects and share information.
Initiative-taker and a collaborator with a history for meeting deadlines and managing competing priorities.
Desirable Skills:
Familiar with using Axure for creating realistic prototype.
Knowledge of how to design to meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA standards.
Experience working in an agile environment.
·Experience designing for government or comparable solutions involving complex navigation and interactions.

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