User Experience Designer

Equinix • Toronto, ON

4d

About The Position

Architects and executes interaction and visual design, as a part of a multi-disciplinary team, drawing on results from user research, content strategy and workflow analysis. Applies contemporary user experience methodologies to the design and development of engaging user interfaces for websites and applications. UX design provides highly analytical and journey-driven paths to fuel creative UI/visual design for a complete end-user experience. Develops prototypes, mockups, wireframes, task flows and other visuals. Conducts user research and usability testing to measure quality of user's experience when interacting with digital websites or applications.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience preferred
• Bachelor's degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Plans and administers quantitative and qualitative user research projects
• Assists in selection of user research methodologies to optimize data collection
• Interacts with stakeholders to determine requirements and set expectations
• Creates user scenarios and stories to coordinate with other teams
• Leads user research sessions
• Analyzes research results to inform design and development
• Produces UX deliverables for user focus groups and data collection
• Leverages and consumes user research data in the creation of UX deliverables
• Designs organization and categorization of schemas within an information system
• Develops navigation structures to support proper wayfinding
• Ensures navigational consistency across multiple complementary sites and/or applications
• Structures and classifies sites and applications to help people find and manage information
• Designs an information space to facilitate task completion and intuitive access to content
• Develops a range of UX deliverables, including task flows, information architecture (IA) diagrams, design studies, wireframes, and high-fidelity interface mockups
• Leads, presents, defends and articulates design work in design reviews with colleagues and stakeholders
• Executes interaction design as a part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Researches interaction design trends
• Works cross-functionally to develop design language consistent with user needs and brand identity
• Designs and delivers visual mockups, layouts, and specifications for a site/application's look and feel (color, shape, typography, etc.)
• Contributes to design specifications and style guides, and produces new sections when necessary
• Collaborates with development teams to ensure specifications are understood and implemented
• Applies critical thinking to a variety of complex user problems, taking into account user needs, business objectives and technical constraints
• Determines need for prototyping efforts, based on functional complexity and requirement specifics
• Designs and produces visual and/or interaction design components for use in clickable UI walkthroughs or code prototypes
• Socializes prototypes via design reviews or 1:1 usability

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program
• Insurance: healthcare coverage, life, disability and optional benefit plans
• Retirement: Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Group Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax-Free Savings Plan (TSFA)
• Vacation and Paid Holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees