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Lead User Experience Designer

Requisition ID : 10171

Location :

Mississauga, ON, CA, L4V 1S7

Pay Type : Salary

About The Role

The successful adoption of ConcreteDirect in North America and Mexico has necessitated the expansion to a global scale.

This high-autonomy role requires a user-centric mind-set and natural curiosity to effectively enhance the experiences of construction project stakeholders. Beyond the user research effort a key component of the role is to translate visions into high performance mobile and web application design specifications.

Responsibilities Gathering and evaluating user requirements, including collaboration with managers and developers.

Illustrating design ideas / UI mockups using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps.

Designing graphic user interface elements (e.g. menus, tabs and widgets) and documenting specifications.

Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders.

Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness).

Work firsthand with the product development team.

Lead and document user feedback sessions.

Conduct user surveys and analyze results.

Interview stakeholders at their location of work as required (i.e. construction job site).

Perform product demonstrations for internal and external stakeholders (virtual and in-person).

Involvement in the administrative duties of the digital team (vendor management / evaluation, purchase order generation and payment management).

Demonstrates a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to safety policies in all work environments and areas.

Requirements Education : Bachelor's degree

Additional Education Preferred :

Field of Study Preferred : A Bachelor of Science in Computer Science graduate or a related discipline

Required Work Experience : 5 years of experience as an UI-UX Designer or similar role & a professional design designation.

Required Computer and Software Skills : MS Office, Google suite, graphical design software tools, SAP, user survey software, agile product development software experience an asset (e.g. Jira).

Travel Requirements : Up to 25% International travel

Additional Requirements Strong skills with designer tools for mocking UI

Strong ability to make UI communicate the path laid out by UX principles

Experience with development collaboration tools – Git

Experience with language specific UI frameworks in Java / JavaScript / .Net

Understanding of Cloud Native services on AWS.

Excellent written and verbal communication, problem solving and organizational skills.

Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects / priorities.

Strong customer focus and sense of urgency to business needs.

Demonstrate a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to health, safety and environmental policies in all work environments and areas. Promote a culture of safety and exhibit these behaviors.

Successful candidates must adhere to all safety protocols and proper use of Holcim approved Personal Protection Equipment ("PPE"), including but not limited to respirators. Subject to applicable law, employees that are required to wear respirators must be clean shaven where the respirator seal meets the face in order to pass the qualitative and quantitative fit tests.

We thank you for your interest. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Lafarge is committed to the principles of employment equity and encourages the applications from women, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities.