Junior UX Designer

We are seeking a creative and detail-oriented Junior UX Designer to create effective, user-friendly, and visually appealing digital interfaces across web and mobile applications. In this role, you will apply a user-centered design approach to conceive, sketch, prototype, and user-test intuitive interfaces. Working closely with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and business users, you will conduct end-to-end user research, facilitate design workshops, build responsive wireframes and prototypes, and align solutions with established design systems and digital service standards.

Location: Toronto, ON (Fully Onsite – 5 days/week required)

Duration: 6-month contract.



Advantages
End-to-End UX Scope: Ownership across user research, prototyping, and design system implementation.

Modern Tooling: Hands-on experience leveraging Figma, Canvas, and industry-standard prototyping tools.

Standards-Driven Design: Exposure to enterprise design systems and digital service standards.

Dedicated Onsite Collaboration: Work directly alongside senior designers, developers, and product leads in a focused 5-day per week workspace.



Responsibilities
User-Centered Interface Design: Create intuitive, effective, and visually appealing graphical user interfaces (GUI) for web and mobile applications, optimizing performance and overall product functionality.

User Research & Synthesis: Manage end-to-end user research—from participant recruitment to synthesis—including conducting interviews and surveys to gather actionable insights.

Prototyping & Mapping: Translate research findings into sitemaps, user flows, customer journey maps, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes using tools such as Figma and Canvas.

Workshop Facilitation & Collaboration: Define and lead UX design workshops and alignment sessions with business users and stakeholders to translate vision into concrete design solutions.

Design System & Standards Alignment: Ensure all digital interfaces adhere to established design systems, digital service standards, and web development guidelines.

Usability Testing & Iteration: Gather user feedback, conduct rapid usability testing, and iteratively refine designs to resolve UI/UX challenges.

Cross-Functional Communication: Prepare clear design documentation and present design concepts effectively to developers, QA specialists, and business teams.



Qualifications
UX/UI Design Experience: Relevant experience creating GUI designs and working as a UX Designer, UI Designer, or Interactive Designer for web and mobile applications (Strictly Required).

UX Workshops & Stakeholder Alignment: Proven ability to define and lead UX projects, design workshops, and alignment sessions with stakeholders and business users (Strictly Required).

End-to-End User Research: Experience managing full-lifecycle user research, from participant recruitment through data synthesis (Strictly Required).

Design & Prototyping Tooling: Proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools, specifically Figma, Canvas, and related applications (Strictly Required).

Design Systems & Service Standards: Ability to work with established design systems (such as the Ontario Design System) and working knowledge of digital service standards (Strictly Required).

Nice-to-Have Assets:
Experience in public sector or enterprise digital environments.

Knowledge of web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA compliance) and accessibility testing.

Experience navigating complex design challenges when modernizing legacy systems.



Summary
If you're interested in the "Junior UX Designer" role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!

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