Senior UX Designer

Cella by Randstad Digital is excited to partner with a leading client in Technology Development and Client Services to find a highly talented and motivated Senior UX / UI Designer. This is a fantastic 14-month contract opportunity to join a team focused on designing, developing, and implementing innovative short and long-term solutions within their information technology landscape. This role is hybrid in Toronto. You'll play a critical role in shaping the user experience for both consumer-facing (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) applications, working at the intersection of product, engineering, and business needs.

As a Senior UX / UI Designer, you will be responsible for the end-to-end design process—from initial research and discovery through final design implementation. Your work will focus on creating intuitive, visually compelling, and user-centered interfaces that adhere to modern design standards and accessibility guidelines. This role involves active participation in strategic planning, contributing to a robust design system, and articulating complex design decisions to a broad set of stakeholders.

Advantages

This is a 14-month contract opportunity, providing a significant duration for impact and professional growth.

The chance to influence product strategy and feature prioritization for high-impact applications.

Work on both B2C and B2B products, providing diverse design challenges and growth opportunities.

Be a key contributor to maintaining and evolving a scalable design system.

Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering) in an agile environment.

Utilize your storytelling skills to lead, present, and gain buy-in for complex design initiatives.

Responsibilities

Collaboration : Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Business teams to transform concepts into executable product designs.

Research and Discovery : Conduct qualitative and quantitative research, including user interviews, flows, and usability testing, leveraging insights to drive and justify design decisions.

Planning and Strategy : Strategically plan and prioritize design features for product sprints, ensuring alignment with overall business and user needs.

Design Execution : Create and deliver clean, simplified, mobile-first designs via high-quality wireframes, mockups, user journeys, and interactive prototypes.

Innovation and Iteration : Focus on continuous iteration and improvement for consumer and business-facing applications.

Storytelling : Articulate design rationale clearly and lead presentations for high-complexity projects to various stakeholders.

Design System : Actively contribute to, refine, and maintain the design system to ensure product consistency and scalability across platforms.

User Experience Design : Design intuitive and user-centered interfaces based on a deep understanding of user needs and behaviors, utilizing research and testing for refinement.

User Interface Design : Create visually appealing designs (layout, color, typography, iconography) for digital products, ensuring a compelling aesthetic.

Qualifications

A minimum of 7 years of practical experience in UX and UI Design, demonstrated through a strong professional portfolio.

Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or a related field, or equivalent relevant practical experience.

Exceptional communication, collaboration, and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate and defend design decisions and rationale.

High proficiency in Figma and experience with other modern design tools (e.g., Sketch, Adobe XD).

Knowledge of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and guidelines.

Familiarity with front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is beneficial.

Experience working with design systems and component libraries is highly desirable.

Summary

This is a dynamic and time-sensitive 14-month contract opportunity, with a hybrid work setup in Toronto, for a motivated designer to make a significant impact on our client’s digital products. If you are a designer who thrives in a collaborative environment, excels at transforming complex problems into elegant solutions, and is passionate about creating exceptional user experiences, we want to hear from you.

To be considered promptly for this contract role, please apply today! Share your resume and a link to your portfolio showcasing your best UX / UI design work and process.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary / gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.