UX Designer

Responsibilities:
Work with product management and lines of business to gather and analyze customer requirements and translate them into engaging and effective UI experiences
Ideate and conceptualize innovative UI solutions to solve complex end-user challenges.
Produce, personas and customer journey maps, wireframes, and prototypes
Lead design review sessions with internal stakeholders, reaching consensus and getting approvals on designs
Work closely with front-end developer’s other product team members to successfully build, test and deploy cutting-edge user interfaces and UI components
Establish product specific UI/UX vision and standards while adhering to branding and accessibility guidelines
Lead customer experience and usability studies
Perform other duties as assigned by management
Must haves:
3+ years' hands-on experience using Figma to design web application features and assets.
3+ years' experience providing UX/UI leadership and defining best practices and methodologies: user-centered design, design thinking, and design sprints.
8+ years' UX experience designing web applications, preferably enterprise portals and websites, mobile, and responsive experience
Must have strong facilitation skills and experience leading client workshops remotely
Work within a fast-paced and Agile environment
Proven UI design skills and experience
Desired Skills:
A degree in design or a design-related discipline (user-centred design, visual design, human factors, human-computer interaction, etc.) or equivalent experience
10+ years of experience designing web enabled digital solutions
Experience with UX design for Web Portals (5 years+) 
Expert knowledge of information architecture and interaction design, user-centered design process, and user experience principles and techniques
Demonstrated knowledge of branding, layout, color theory, typography, and photography
Experience in Agile, Scrum, user stories, user flows, low and high-fidelity designs, and prototyping.
Experience with UI design.
Proficiency with design tools such as Adobe XD, Figma, Axure - 3 years
Experience in usability testing and accessibility compliance (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA))
Understanding of current and emerging technologies, design patterns, industry trends and standards, device, and browser capabilities
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions clearly and effectively to team members
Comfortable working within tight timeframes and with working creatively within specific constraints.
An impressive portfolio of recent work demonstrating UI/UX expertise in designing web and mobile applications
CRITERIA DETAILS
Digital Portfolio of recent work - 25 points
Leading and facilitating virtual UX/UI discovery and design sessions - 25 points
Experience with Figma as a design tool - 20 points
Experience with UX/UI design for web application portals (incl. admin) - 20 points
Experience with creating design systems - 10 points

Desired Skills and Experience
UX DESIGNER