Senior UX Designer

We are seeking an experienced Senior UX Designer to define, lead, and execute user-centered product design initiatives across complex enterprise web and mobile applications. In this role, you will be responsible for creating intuitive, accessible, and visually appealing graphical user interfaces based on user interaction performance and empirical feedback. Working closely with cross-functional delivery teams—including developers, QA specialists, and business stakeholders—you will facilitate co-design workshops, conduct end-to-end user research, build interactive prototypes, and rapidly iterate designs based on user testing to optimize digital service delivery.

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

Duration: 12-month contract.



Advantages
12-Month Enterprise Impact: Drive long-term, end-to-end UX transformation across complex digital products.

Full-Lifecycle Ownership: Lead the complete UX process from discovery research and journey mapping to prototyping and usability testing.

Cross-Functional Leadership: Direct co-design workshops and alignment sessions with senior stakeholders, product leads, and engineering teams.

Modern Tooling Stack: Leverage industry-standard platforms including Figma and Canva to rapidly prototype and iterate design concepts.

Dedicated Onsite Collaboration: Work alongside cross-functional delivery teams in a focused, 5-day per week Toronto workspace.



Responsibilities
User-Centered Interface Design: Create intuitive, responsive, and visually compelling graphical user interfaces (GUIs) optimized across web and mobile platforms.

UX Strategy & Workshop Facilitation: Define and lead end-to-end UX projects, facilitating co-design workshops, visioning sessions, and alignment meetings with business users and key stakeholders.

End-to-End User Research: Conceive, plan, and manage user research activities from participant recruitment to synthesis, including interviews, surveys, and usability testing.

Information Architecture & Prototyping: Translate user insights and business requirements into comprehensive sitemaps, user flows, customer journey maps, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes.

Usability Testing & Rapid Iteration: Test interactive prototypes with target users, gather continuous feedback, and rapidly iterate designs to refine functionality and optimize user experience.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with software developers, QA analysts, and product leads to ensure technical feasibility, clear design specification handover, and consistent implementation.

Accessibility & Design System Compliance: Ensure digital interfaces adhere to modern web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 Level AA) and align with applicable design systems and digital service standards.

Design Documentation & Communication: Produce clear technical design documentation, user stories, design rationale briefs, and UI specifications for development teams and diverse stakeholders.



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

UX Project & Workshop Leadership: Demonstrated ability to define, lead, and manage UX projects, including facilitating design workshops and alignment sessions with stakeholders (Strictly Required).

Design & Prototyping Software: Proficient hands-on experience using modern design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Canva, or similar platforms (Strictly Required).

End-to-End User Research: Hands-on experience planning, conducting, and synthesizing user research, surveys, and usability testing into wireframes, journey maps, and prototypes (Strictly Required).

Cross-Functional Delivery: Proven track record collaborating closely with developers, QA specialists, and business leads to achieve common project goals (Strictly Required).

Nice-to-Have Assets:
Prior public sector or broader public sector experience.

Experience working with the Ontario Service Design system or digital service standards.

Knowledge of web accessibility compliance testing and meeting WCAG 2.1 AA requirements.

Experience navigating complex design challenges within legacy systems or multi-stakeholder approval frameworks.



Summary
If you're interested in the "Senior 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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