UX Designer
- Pay Rate: $98.00/hour, depending on experience
- Contract Length: 1 Year
- Location: Calgary, Alberta ( Open to Fully Remote candidates willing to work MST hours)
Raise is currently hiring an UX Designer on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader. Our Client is a market leading financial institution
Note: The primary pay rate is based on T4 classification; however, we will also consider applications from candidates interested in an INC classification, where applicable.
Description
We are seeking a talented and experienced UX Designer to join our UX design team. As the UX Designer, you will be instrumental in shaping the user experience of our clients Business, ensuring it is intuitive, engaging, and meets the needs of our users. You will champion user-centered design principles, drive design excellence, and collaborate closely with product management, engineering, and other stakeholders to deliver exceptional products.
Responsibilities
- Design Exceptional Experiences: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of UX designers, fostering their growth and ensuring high-quality design output.
- Collaborate with partners in UX, Product & Design: Work closely with Managed Services partners, including UX designers, copywriters and researchers.
- Design Process and Standards: Establish and maintain UX design processes, guidelines, and best practices to ensure consistency and efficiency.
- Collaboration and Communication: Effectively communicate design concepts and rationale to cross-functional teams and stakeholders, building strong working relationships.
- User Research and Testing: Plan, conduct, and analyze user research and usability testing to gather insights and inform design decisions
Qualifications
- 4 years of experience in UX design, with a strong portfolio showcasing user-centered design solutions for web and/or mobile applications.
- Proven ability to design exceptional experiences, and deliver designs that can be delivered by engineering teams.
- Deep understanding of user-centered design principles, methodologies, and best practices.
- Proficiency in industry-standard design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, etc.
- Experience planning and conducting various types of user research and usability testing.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate design rationale clearly and persuasively.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Experience working in an Agile development environment.
- Familiarity with accessibility standards WCAG.
- Bonus Points:
- Experience designing for Canadian Banks and/or FIs, specifically Business Banking applications.
- Experience with data visualization.
- Experience contributing to and maintaining a design system.
- Education and Certifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field
- Nice to have certifications Google UX Design Professional Certificate, Agile Certifications, Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or Scrum Master (PSM), ect
Additional Information
- A requirement for candidates to be considered for this role will be to complete a criminal and credit check (including Canadian Credit Risk Score)
Looking for meaningful work? We can help!
Raise is an established hiring firm with over 65 years of experience. We believe strongly in making the world a better place through work, which is why we’re a certified B Corporation and donate 10% of our profits to charity.
We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.
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