UI/UX Designer
AssistIQ
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Montreal • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Conduct user research (interviews, surveys, usability testing) to understand customer needs and pain points.
- Translate research insights into user journeys, personas, and workflows.
- Create wireframes, prototypes, and polished UI designs that balance usability, aesthetics, and technical feasibility.
- Define design patterns and contribute to building a scalable design system.
- Work with Product to explore concepts, iterate quickly, and validate solutions before development.
- Partner with Engineering to ensure designs are implementable, responsive, and consistent across platforms.
- Support Sales and Marketing by creating product collateral (sales decks, sheets, clickable demos) that communicate value to customers and prospects.
- Design intuitive ways to present complex datasets, dashboards, and analytics.
- Focus on clarity, interactivity, and storytelling in data-heavy contexts.
- Introduce and champion best practices in UI/UX design (design systems, accessibility standards, usability testing frameworks).
- Educate and guide internal stakeholders on user-centered design principles.
- Lay the foundation for future designers to join and thrive as the team grows.
Requirements
- 3–6+ years of professional experience as a UI/UX designer (startup or enterprise).
- Strong portfolio showcasing end-to-end design process: research → wireframes → prototypes → final UI.
- Proven experience in mobile and responsive web applications.
- Hands-on experience with data visualization, dashboards, or analytics tools.
- Proficiency in design tools like Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills — able to bridge product, engineering, and business teams.
- Comfortable taking initiative, making design decisions, and being the voice of design in the company.
- Experience in healthcare, enterprise SaaS, or regulated industries (Nice to Have).
- Familiarity with design systems, accessibility standards (WCAG), and responsive frameworks (Nice to Have).
- Motion design or micro-interactions expertise to enhance user delight (Nice to Have).
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Business travel when needed
- 3 weeks of vacation
- 10 sick days
- Flexible work hours
- Hybrid in Toronto or Montreal
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
user researchwireframesprototypesUI designdesign patternsdata visualizationdashboardsanalyticsdesign systemsusability testing
Soft skills
communicationfacilitationinitiativedesign decision makinguser-centered designstorytellingclarityinteractivity