UX Designer

Job Description

Job Description:

Must haves:
* Hands-On experience using Figma to design web application features and assets.
* Provide UX/UI leadership and defining best practices and methodologies: user-centered design, design thinking, and design sprints.
* Proficient in UX design for web applications, preferably enterprise portals and websites, mobile, and responsive experiences (8 years+)
* Must have strong facilitation skills and experience leading client workshops remotely
* Work within a fast-paced and Agile environment
* Proven UI design skills and experience

Deliverables include, but are not limited to:
* Using Figma, design mockups and assets for a custom Web Application (Enterprise BI Platform).
* Supporting product management and delivery with mockups, and design solutions.
* Leading and facilitating product discovery and design sessions.
* Establish a Design System and framework

Responsibilities:
* Work with product management and lines of business to gather and analyze customer requirements and translate them into engaging and effective UI experiences
* Ideate and conceptualize innovative UI solutions to solve complex end-user challenges.
* Produce, personas and customer journey maps, wireframes and prototypes
* Lead design review sessions with internal stakeholders, reaching consensus and getting approvals on designs
* Work closely with front-end developers other product team members to successfully build, test and deploy cutting-edge user interfaces and UI components
* Establish product specific UI/UX vision and standards while adhering to branding and accessibility guidelines
* Lead customer experience and usability studies
* Perform other duties as assigned by management

Desired Skills:
* A degree in design or a design-related discipline (user-centred design, visual design, human factors, human-computer interaction, etc.) or equivalent experience
* 10+ years of experience designing web enabled digital solutions
* Experience with UX design for Web Portals (5 years+)
* Expert knowledge of information architecture and interaction design, user-centered design process, and user experience principles and techniques
* Demonstrated knowledge of branding, layout, color theory, typography and photography
* Experience in Agile, Scrum, user stories, user flows, low and high-fidelity designs and prototyping.
* Experience with UI design.
* Proficiency with design tools such as Adobe XD, Figma, Axure – 3 years
* Experience in usability testing and accessibility compliance (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA))
* Understanding of current and emerging technologies, design patterns, industry trends and standards, device and browser capabilities
* Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas and solutions to team members
* Comfortable working within tight timeframes and with working creatively within specific constraints.
* An impressive portfolio of recent work demonstrating UI/UX expertise in designing web and mobile applications

Experience and Skill Set Requirements
CRITERIA:
* Digital Portfolio of recent work: 25
* Leading and facilitating virtual UX/UI discovery and design sessions: 25
* Experience with Figma as a design tool: 20
* Experience with UX/UI design for web application portals (incl. admin): 20
* Experience with creating design systems: 10

TOTAL: 100