Senior UX Designer

  • Toronto, ON
  • Posted 20 hours ago | Updated moments ago

Overview

On Site
$CAD $90 / hr
Contract - W2
Contract - 5 month(s)

Skills

UX Designer

Job Details

Job Description:
Deliverables:
  • Continue to facilitate user research activities to produce such outputs as.
  • User interview topic maps, a summary of interrelated topics for the user interview.
  • User interview scripts to plan and guide user discussion.
  • User interview synthesis (collection, aggregation and analysis) of written observations recorded during each interview.
  • User research findings report.
  • Conduct regular accessibility compliance testing of the live build as improvements are released.
  • Conduct regular usability testing sessions on the live build.
  • Analyze usage analytics and user behaviour patterns to track and measure key performance indicators.
  • Participates in deciding which priority to tackle.
  • Sketching workshop to create visual representation of ideas or user flows.
  • Create designs.
  • Enhancements made to designs.
  • User Interviews (for validation).
  • Synthesising individual and overall interview findings.
  • Enhancements to designs made from synthesis.
  • Get product owner sign off and input story into backlog for future iteration planning.
  • Rinse and repeat for each feature, function within a given iteration.
  • Conduct accessibility compliance testing of the solution within each iteration.
  • Conduct regular usability testing sessions on the MVP built as part of the Beta phase.
  • Optionally conduct Google Ventures five (5) Day XXgn Sprint (or variation).
  • This sprint is a five (5) day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.
  • Produce clickable prototypes of multiple possible solutions.
  • Validate clickable prototypes with users through usability testing sessions and produce research findings report.
  • IteXX (improve) on clickable prototypes with insights garnered from research findings report.
  • Identify and document existing processes or policies that will need to change to support the new product or service.
  • Produce a business proposal to justify funding for the next phase (Beta).
  • Define a clear vision for the solution that will be built in Beta.
  • Create a plan and prioritized list of features to be completed in the Beta phase.
  • Define user solution, and delivery of KPIs.
Evaluation Criteria:

User Experience XXgn 40%:
  • Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.
  • Ability to iteXX candidate designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently.
  • 3+ years of relevant experience in participating in complex projects (products) of different sizes, ensuring alignment to plans, best practices and incorporating user-centred design processes and agile (scrum) methodologies.
  • Degree or diploma in graphic design; degree or certification in usability, human-computer interaction, and technical writing a plus.
  • Experience in facilitate User Research and Usability testing.
  • Accessibility compliance testing is a plus.
  • Experience in facilitate User Research and Usability testing activities to produce such outputs as.
  • User Interview Topic Maps.
  • User Interview Scripts.
  • User Interview Synthesis (collection, aggregation and analysis) of written. observations recorded during each interview.
  • User Research Findings Report.
Relationship Candidateagement - 20%:
  • DemonstXXd experience in communication and mediation skills with business teams and core team members to ensure Client projects (products) are progressing according to schedule.
  • Experience with strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of projects.
  • Client, Alpha, Beta, Live or similar delivery methodologies.
  • Ability to deliver on a (project) product with a balanced team (product owner, user experience designers, developers) by participating in Agile (ClientRUM) delivery methodologies.
Technical Skills - 30%:
  • Expertise in UX software such as JustInMind, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud, Axure, Figma, and Zeplin. HTML5, CSS3, and JS skills (React, Angular, NodeJS), are a plus.
Soft Skills - 10%:
  • Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.
  • Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model to regularly deliver design solutions for approval.
  • Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
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