RQ- Sr. UX Designer

RQ11229 - Sr. UX Designer 9+ month contract (187 business days) - possible extension ONSITE 5 days
-222 Jarvis St., Toronto Security Level: CRJMC Must Have:

The UX/UI Designer and User Research Specialist is responsible for designing and delivering intuitive, accessible, and user-centered digital experiences. This role involves creating visually appealing interfaces and conducting user research to ensure products meet the needs of users across web and mobile platforms.

Design and develop user interfaces for digital services, applications, and online platforms that enhance usability and overall user satisfaction. Define and iterate on product functionality through user-centered design practices, ensuring solutions are informed by usability testing, user feedback, and business requirements.

Plan, conduct, and analyze user research using qualitative and quantitative methods, including interviews, surveys, usability testing, and behavioral analysis. Translate research findings into actionable insights and design artifacts such as user flows, journey maps, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes.

Apply an iterative design approach, rapidly testing and refining solutions to improve the user experience. Identify design challenges and develop effective, elegant solutions that align with both technical constraints and user expectations.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, stakeholders, and business leads, to support product vision and ensure alignment with project goals and timelines. Deliver high-quality outputs while managing multiple priorities and maintaining strong attention to detail.

Ensure digital experiences are inclusive, accessible, and aligned with relevant standards and best practices. Continuously evaluate and optimize interfaces using analytics, user feedback, and research findings.

• User-centered design, UX/UI principles, and designing high-quality digital experiences across web and mobile platforms.
• Conducting user research, including interviews, surveys, usability testing, A/B testing, and behavioral analysis.
• Creating design artifacts such as wireframes, prototypes, user flows, journey maps, and sitemaps.
• Design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Miro, Adobe XD, or similar).
• Translating complex user needs and business requirements into intuitive design solutions.
• Web development technologies and their limitations in designing functional interfaces.
• Accessibility and inclusive design standards (e.g., WCAG, AODA).
• Analyzing analytics, user feedback, and research findings to continuously improve digital products.
• Collaborating within multidisciplinary teams using agile methodologies and tools.
• Managing multiple projects, competing priorities, and delivering within tight timelines.