User Experience Designer Job at DesignX Community (Toronto)

Job Description

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet. A place where bold ideas are welcomed, human connection is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape their future. A career at Equinix means being at the center of shaping what comes next and amplifying customer value through innovation and impact. You’ll work across teams, influence key decisions, and help shape the path forward. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work. Job Summary 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.

Job Responsibility

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

Requirements

5+ years experience preferred
Bachelor's degree preferred

What we offer

Employee Assistance Program
Insurance: You may enroll in health, life, disability and voluntary plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members
Retirement: You and Equinix may contribute to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future
Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: You will receive an accrued amount of PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge
Insurance: You may enroll in healthcare coverage that is designed to complement the provincial healthcare system, along with life, disability and optional benefit plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members
Retirement: You may also enroll in Equinix-sponsored retirement or savings plans: Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Group Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax-Free Savings Plan (TSFA)
Vacation and Paid Holidays: Equinix offers both vacation and personal time, along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge

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