UX Designer

About the Position

Are you looking to thrive in a stimulating work environment? Join the leader in digital transformation and boost your career at Levio. We offer you a unique opportunity to develop your expertise within a high-caliber team. The variety of challenges presented by our clients will give you the opportunity to excel and keep your expertise at its peak. Experience the daily life of our clients and be a significant player in the most ambitious projects in technology and software solutions.

We are seeking a Senior User Experience (UX) Designer for Canadian public sector projects.

Responsibilities

• Producing products and services that are user-friendly and accessible for end users.
• Participating in all phases of the UX design process, including:
  • Designing wireframes and prototypes.
  • Continuously iterating on solutions.
• Designing all the screens a user might interact with and creating the visual and interactive elements that make this interaction possible, such as designing the following features:
  • Icons
  • Buttons
  • Menu bars
  • Typography
  • Colors, etc.
• Documenting design specifications by creating annotations for effective hand-off to the development team.
• Contributing to and maintaining the design system.
• Creating reusable design components and optimizing the user interface for performance.
• Ensuring compliance with style guides such as the Canada.ca design system and the Canada.ca Content Style Guide.
• Working in an open, iterative, and collaborative way with the Chief Digital Officer (CDO).
• Working within a strategic context and communicating how activities meet strategic goals.
• Participating in or running design critiques to receive and integrate feedback from stakeholders throughout the design process.

Requirements

• Post-secondary education mandatory.
• More than ten (10) years' experience as a UX Designer.
• Experience in artificial intelligence (AI), specifically with Claude Code.
• Experience in conducting all the following activities:
  • Supporting user research
  • Creating user personas
  • Developing prototypes
  • Performing usability tests
  • Ensuring compliance with visual brand guidelines
  • Continuously iterating on solutions with feedback collected through various mechanisms
  • Complying with accessibility standards
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate cross-functionally including:
  • Communicating with project stakeholders
  • Collaborating with Agile cross-functional teams
  • Aligning design with strategic business objectives
  • Presenting design work with evidence-based justifications to various project stakeholders
• Documentation, insights, and presentation of actionable recommendations.
• Applying research ethics, data privacy, accessibility, and inclusive lenses to all stages of activities.
• Experience working in Agile product team environments.
• Spoken and written English required.
• Government of Canada security clearance (Reliability) and former public sector work experience are an asset.

We Offer

• Permanent, full-time position.
• Ability to commute to Ottawa, ON one (1) day a week.

About the Company

Levio subscribes to the principle of employment equity and applies an equal access employment program for women, Indigenous peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities. Levio values diversity and inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible, and rewarding work environment that highlights the unique contribution of our employees to the success of our company. As an employer committed to respecting employment equity, we encourage applications from diverse candidates. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates participating in all aspects of the selection process. No AI is being used to evaluate applications for this role.