UX Designer

🚨HIRING:  UX Designer | RQ11541

💼Job Title: RQ11541 - UX Designer – Senior
🏢Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement
📍Location: Toronto, Ontario (Onsite)
🗓️Estimated Start Date: 21 September 2026
🗓️Estimated End Date: 01 October 2027
📅Business Days: 283.00
⏰Hours: 7.25 hours/day  
⌛ Application Deadline Date: Friday, Oct 9, 10:00 AM EST

✅Must Have
🔹Relevant experience creating GUI designs based on user interaction and performance.
🔹Experience as a UX designer, interactive designer, UI designer, or similar role, designing for web and mobile applications. 
🔹Ability to define and lead UX projects and design workshops and alignment sessions with stakeholder, business users. 
🔹Experience with Figma, Canva and similar tools  
🔹Demonstrated effectiveness in working closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, QA specialists, and business stakeholders, to achieve common project goals.

⭐Nice Have
- Prior OPS/Public sector exp  
- Exp with Ontario Service Design  
- Exp with UI/UX would be ideal (wireframing, Surveys, Questionnaires, consultation, research) 

✅General Skills (55%)
- End-to-end user research (recruiting, interviews, surveys, synthesis, sitemaps, user journeys, wireframes, prototypes).
- Proficiency with design & prototyping tools, with understanding of web development technology limitations.  
- Designing intuitive, accessible, and emotional-centered online programs across multiple devices. 
- Strategic UX decision-making, identifying problems, iterative user-testing, and configuring existing interfaces based on feedback.  
- Team player adept at meeting deadlines, managing competing priorities, and handling client relationships 
 
🗣️Communications Skills:
- Clear, concise, and comprehensive documentation (reports, reviews, assessments).
- Effective at conveying design concepts and dev processes to diverse stakeholders.
- Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams (developers, QA, business leads) at all levels 

⭐Desirable Skills:
- Knowledge of accessibility testing and WCAG 2.1 AA compliance. 
- Experience with Ontario Design system and digital service standards.
- Navigating complex design challenges, legacy systems, and nuanced stakeholder approvals.
- Prior Public Service/OPS experience.