Sr UX Designer #105589

Job Title:

Senior UX Designer (IT - UX Designer - Senior)

Position Title:

Senior UX Designer

Line of Business:
Public Website Design Team

Work Location:

downtown Toronto, near TTC and GO

Office

Location:

81 Bay Street

Start/End Dates: 8/17/2026 - 2/10/2027

Target

Start Date:

ASAP

Duration: 6 months

Target rate range: $75-80hr B2B

Potential for this contract to be extended or converted to FTE? Extension: yes / Conversion:
Possible

Hybrid: 1 to 2 days per week in office (currently Wednesdays plus third Friday of each month)

Work Schedule (hours per week, start time): 9-5/ 37.5 hours

Potential for OT? No

What does the LOB do:
Design and maintain unauthenticated public-facing websites for CIBC and its affiliates (, Simplii Financial, Investor’s Edge, Wealth, CIBC US Bank, Insurance, etc.). Focused on delivering high-quality UX, visual, and content design for enterprise-wide digital properties.

Reason the role is open:
Backfill a Sr UX designer that is leaving

What project will this contractor be working on? Public site projects across various lines of business (Deposit Products & CC, Wealth, US Bank, Simplii, Advice+)

Team Size? Team organized into 9 pods; each pod includes UX, Visual, and Content Designers, plus extended team members (SEO, Accessibility, Dev, etc.) Overall, close to 50 designers on the project team.

Selling points of the positions:
Work on high-visibility public-facing digital properties. Collaborative, high-caliber UX team culture. Opportunities for career growth and learning. Hybrid flexibility and strong work-life balance/ Exposure to enterprise-level design systems and tools

Years of experience: 5–7+ years of UX experience in digital space (responsive web design)

As a Sr UX Designer, you will join CIBC’s Public Website Design team, working on projects for CIBC’s customer-facing properties such as , Simplii Financial, Investor’s Edge, Wealth, and CIBC US Bank. You’ll leverage your UX expertise to lead design tasks from research to wireframes, workshops, testing, and polished presentations. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to design systems and frameworks.

You will be open to learning new technologies, such as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) CMS, Confluence/Jira, Office 365. In addition to leadership, you will have a good understanding of CSS and HTML, strong collaboration, communication, presentation, time-management and organization skills — able to work closely with your team on multiple initiatives at once and apply prioritization accordingly.

• 5–7+ years of UX experience in digital space (responsive web design)
• Formal UX training and strong portfolio
• Proficiency in Figma
• Experience running workshops and conducting UX research (Maze, )
• Familiarity with analytics tools (Adobe Analytics)

• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
• Worked for financial institutions or agencies
• Strong understanding of visual design principles

• Strong communication skills
• Can articulate their design decisions in an organized and concise manner
• Is a strong presenter (oral and visual)
• Has experience running workshops

NOTE Close on August 10th at 9AM