Senior UI/UX designer

Job Title: Senior UI/UX designer

Duration: 6 months

Location: Toronto

 

** Please send Portfolio of work samples for web and mobile applications (send portfolio or link to their work samples with resume)

 

 

Story Behind the Need

Business Group: Product Management – PLATO is seeking a Senior UI/UX Designer to define the experience and visual design (utilizing our global design system) of our existing website as well as our next generation site build. The Senior UI/UX Designer will be leading the UX research, communicating with customers, collaborating with Content Writers and Developers, while having the opportunity to work in a fast paced environment with robust tools such as the Canvas Design System.

 

 

Typical Day in Role

–              Working closely with project team, including digital designer, development leads and content writers

–              Liaising with product managers, business leads and IT teams to obtain and understand design and business requirements.

–              Creates the design of user interface specifications, by applying client research, design standards, industry best practices, taking into account strategic business objectives, user needs, systems constraints.

–              Executes business acceptance test cases and user testing

–              Works with design and product experience managers to ensure that usability deliverables accommodate project timelines, technical and scope constraints.

–              Contributes to the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of efficient and effective usability methodology/process, documentation, workflow, ROI, metrics and design standards.

–              Participating in Agile team process, including project review sessions, daily stand ups, weekly sprint cycles, and iterative workflow

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Candidate Requirements/Must-Have Skills:

1) Proficiency in Sketch (2+ years of experience

2) Adobe Creative Suite (7+)

3) Experience creating, conducting and analyzing user studies (7+)

4) Experience coordinating and collaborating closely with developers

5) Experience working in the Agile environment with fast-paced workflow (5+)

6) Proven understanding of user-centered design techniques & demonstrated ability to incorporate UCD principles into the architecture and design of user interfaces.

7)Experience applying usability testing techniques and principles.

8) Knowledge of web client technologies (browsers, HTML, CSS).

 

Qualifications:

•             Bachelor's degree in a design related field

•             7+ years of overall related experience