UX/UI Designer Senior

We are seeking a Senior UX Designer to lead high-impact design initiatives, focusing on creating effective, user-friendly, and visually appealing interfaces for complex web and mobile applications. In this role, you will take a user-centered design approach, managing projects from initial research through to high-fidelity prototyping and user testing. You will be a key facilitator, leading design workshops and alignment sessions with diverse stakeholders and business users. The ideal candidate excels at solving complex design challenges, particularly within legacy systems, and can deliver intuitive experiences that align with modern design standards and accessibility requirements.

Contract Duration: 6-month contract with potential for extension

Strategic Influence: Lead the UX direction for essential public-facing and internal digital services.

Collaborative Impact: Work directly with business users and technical teams in a dedicated onsite environment in downtown Toronto.

Stability: 6-month initial term with a high likelihood of extension based on performance and project needs.

End-to-End Design Leadership: Define and lead UX projects, facilitating design workshops, stakeholder alignment sessions, and product visioning exercises.

Conduct interviews and surveys to translate insights into sitemaps, user flows, and journey maps.

Interface Design: Create visually appealing and functional GUI designs optimized for various devices and interfaces, including digital displays and creative media.

Design and deliver wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes using tools like Figma and Canvas. Rapidly test and iterate designs based on user feedback.

Strategic Decision Making: Make core design decisions related to product features and functionality, ensuring they address identified design problems with elegant solutions.

System Integration: Work within established design systems, such as the Ontario Design System, to ensure consistency and compliance with digital service standards.

Design with a focus on accessibility, ensuring all deliverables meet WCAG 2.1 AA requirements.

Partner with cross-functional teams, including developers, QA specialists, and business leads, to ensure technical feasibility and project success.

Experience: 8+ years as a UX Designer, UI Designer, or Interactive Designer, with a portfolio showcasing web and mobile application design.

Technical Proficiency: Proven ability to translate user interaction and performance data into intuitive user experiences.

Communication: Exceptional ability to convey complex design concepts and development processes to non-technical stakeholders through documentation and presentations.

Demonstrated experience navigating complex design challenges, particularly those involving legacy systems and nuanced approval relationships.

Design Systems: Direct experience working with the Ontario Design System or similar comprehensive design frameworks.

Prior experience in the Ontario Public Service (OPS) or the broader public sector.

Knowledge of accessibility testing and the Digital Service Standard.

If you are a seasoned UX professional who thrives on leading workshops and turning deep research into intuitive digital products, we encourage you to apply online at Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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