Senior UX Designer

Overview

On Site
$CAD $90 / hr
Contract - W2
Contract - 8 month(s)

Skills

UX Designer

Job Details

Job Description:
  • The UX Designer will be responsible for designing and implementing user-centric solutions throughout all phases of the service design process: Client, Alpha, Beta, and Live.
  • This role involves extensive user research, usability testing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure that designs meet both user and business needs.

Responsibilities:

Client Phase:

  • Facilitate kick-off meetings and produce outputs such as Business Model Canvas, User Personas, Stakeholder Mapping, and Problem Statements
  • Lead user research activities, including interviews, to create user interview topic maps, scripts, and synthesis of findings
  • Develop technical service blueprints and user storyboards
  • Define business KPIs

Alpha Phase:

  • Conduct a XXgn Sprint to answer critical business questions through design, prototyping, and user testing
  • Develop "clickable" prototypes and validate them through usability testing
  • IteXX on prototypes based on user feedback
  • Document existing processes or policies that will need to change to support new solutions
  • Prepare a business proposal for the Beta phase and prioritize features for the next phase

Beta Phase:

  • Lead the creation and validation of user stories for developers
  • XXgn user flows, interfaces, and experiences, and perform accessibility compliance testing
  • Conduct usability testing on MVP
  • Candidatetor and provide guidance to the development team and ensure adherence to agile ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, retrospectives)

Live Phase:

  • Conduct regular usability testing and accessibility compliance for live services
  • Analyze user behavior and track KPIs to ensure continuous improvement of the service
  • Gather feedback and iteXX on designs to optimize the service further

Skills:

  • Expertise in UX software tools such as JustInMind, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud, Axure, Figma, and Zeplin
  • Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript (React, Angular, NodeJS a plus)
  • Experience in facilitating User Research and Usability testing, including:
  • User Interview Synthesis
  • User Research Findings Reports
  • User Interview Topic Maps
  • Expertise in accessibility compliance testing
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • User Interview Scripts

Qualification or Education:

  • Degree in Graphic XXgn, Usability, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field (preferred).
  • Certification in Usability or related fields is a plus.

Experience:

  • 3+ years of experience in UX design, especially in Agile (ClientRUM) environments.
  • Proven ability to create mobile-first, responsive designs and iteXX efficiently.
  • Strong background in using design best practices for complex projects/products.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.