UX Designer
Thales
- Ottawa, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Make fundamental decisions on the design of a product using information gathered through research and business requirements.
- Improve the UX of multiple products by owning projects from start to finish.
- Present concepts and prototypes to executives and stakeholders while understanding the principles behind each design.
- Work closely with UX researcher on an ongoing basis to monitor client metrics and update feature designs accordingly.
- Create user journeys and service blueprint diagrams that combine and balance business goals with UX; and create sketches, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes for product features.
- Work together with engineering, and product management to iterate on designs, as well as lead workshops, design sprints, design studios with Thales' stakeholders and customers.
- Bachelor's degree and/ or diploma in product design related disciplines such as Product Design, UX, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Human Interface Technologies, User Experience and Customer-Centered Design, Other design or front-end-development-related education.
- 5 years of design industry experience.
- Working experience in all major product design areas:
+ Ideation workshops
+ Solution design
+ Prototyping
+ UX testing
- Proficient in industry leading design tools such as: Figma, Axure, Miro, Adobe XD, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign.
- Proficient in building user journey maps and service maps.
- Prior experience in providing design direction using user centered principles.
- Based on the global nature of the business the position may require semi-regular interaction with international colleagues at unconventional hours
- Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
- Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
- Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
- Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
- Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.
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