Hybrid UX Designer

at Medavie

• Job title: UX Designer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Android, iOS
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Canada

About the role

• UX Designer responsible for creating user-centered designs for digital products at Medavie. Collaborating with diverse teams to enhance user engagement and meet business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with a wide cross-section of colleagues to understand business objectives for digital products, assess user wants and needs, and influence user-focused solutions, with a focus on driving continuous improvement
• Working hand-in-hand with Content Designers and UX Researchers to shape user experiences through collaborative planning, research, and content strategy that aligns with user needs and business goals
• Translating ideas and concepts into user flow diagrams, site maps, sketches, wireframes, interactive prototypes, styleguides, and other UX design deliverables, and rapidly testing/iterating your work
• Working with front-end developers to bring your ideas to life and fine-tune the finished product
• Collaborate with UX colleagues to identify opportunities across digital properties for A/B testing, usability research, and user feedback—while continuously reviewing product usage and success to inform a user-centric roadmap
• Presenting your work to colleagues and senior management in meetings and demos, and confidently explaining decisions using UX best practice rationale, user testing or research data.

Requirements

• Proven experience in UX design for software, websites and web/mobile applications (portfolio required)
• Post-secondary degree in applicable field
• High proficiency with wireframing tools (e.g. Figma), as well as associated design apps
• Solid grasp of user-centered design methodologies, other standard UX principles and practices
• Understanding of responsive design, designing for accessibility, and standard iOS/Android design patterns
• Collaborative approach, openness to feedback, and deadline-oriented mindset.
• Well-honed interpersonal skills to negotiate priorities and deliverables, resolve conflicts, and communicate clearly and professionally—all remotely
• Solid organizational skills and a cool head to cope with rapidly changing information, coordinate multiple projects at once, and meet deadlines.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, vision and dental plan that is 100% employer paid effective on your first day
• Paid vacation
• Flexible work arrangements and emphasis on work-life balance
• Remote and hybrid work options