Job Title : Senior UI Designer
Job ID : 83846
Location : Vancouver, British Columbia - Hybrid
Overview :
Our enterprise applications have a substantial footprint in the messaging and archiving space for compliance. This role provides an excellent opportunity to help solve challenging problems and create incredible experiences that significantly impact high-profile customers. The UI Designer focuses on visually guiding the user through a product’s interface via interactive elements across multiple platforms (web, desktop, and mobile). This will involve creating high-fidelity mock-ups, iconography, UI illustrations, and other graphic assets for a range of products and services. The UI Designer will be responsible for elevating the Design System by delivering pixel-perfect designs that bring clarity and unity to the visual language. Working with other UI and UX Designers, Product Managers, and Engineering teams in a highly customer-focused agile environment, you will be involved in the product development lifecycle from concept to delivery to help define the vision for our products.
What you will be doing :
- Design and evolve the look and feel of the organization’s visual language
- Follow a Human-Centred Design approach and adhere to UX best practices
- Apply the best principles of layout composition, typography, visual hierarchy, and motion design
- Deliver pixel-perfect graphic assets that are aesthetically vibrant
- Lead and create user interfaces that are sleek and easy to use
- Translate high-level requirements and interaction flows into intuitive and functional user interfaces
- Communicate design ideas with conviction within the UX team and to non-creative stakeholders
- Develop storyboards, wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes to communicate design ideas and solutions effectively
- Design and document new components and interaction patterns for the Design System
- Ensure new components and designs meet WCAG and WAI-ARIA accessibility standards
- Adhere to existing patterns and apply consistency accordingly
- Identify opportunities for UI improvement or differentiation
- Facilitate workshops to achieve cross-team alignment on new standards
- Support engineers focused on building the design system
- Measure and monitor the performance of the components you work on
- Champion and establish a solid UI practice and be accountable for UI output
- Work alongside engineering teams to test and iterate on interface design
- Guide engineering teams through the build and QA process
- Collaborate closely with other UI and UX Designers to find practical solutions to challenging workflows
- Coach and support junior UI designers in the team
What you must have :
We’re looking for a UI Designer with true artistic talent and a clean, strong visual aesthetic. Relevant training and work experience are important, but we’re really looking for your talent to shine through in the work you’ve done.
5+ years of experience doing visual / UI design for web, desktop, and mobile applicationsPortfolio of relevant UI design work from shipped products, apps, or servicesBachelor’s degree in a design-related discipline is preferableSolid understanding of user-centred design best practicesStrong typographic and colour theory knowledgeAbility to create icons, illustrations, and other graphic assets for the webAbility to create and quickly iterate on high-fidelity mock-upsAbility to create high-fidelity prototypes to communicate motion and screen transitionsAbility to communicate UI ideas verbally and visually in an efficient and clear mannerAbility to take ownership and solve problems creativelyExperience working with and contributing to design systems and component librariesKnowledge of responsive design and mobile design guidelinesKnowledge of accessibility best practices and approachesProficiency in design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and SketchExcellent verbal and written communication skillsAbility to multitask and stay organized in a dynamic environmentMotion design experience is an assetExperience in an enterprise business environment and Agile is an assetSalary / Rate Range : $90,000 - $110,000 CAD
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