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Senior UX Designer

Hybrid
Senior Level
CONTRACTOR

About the role

Senior UX Designer Location: Toronto, ON

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid – 1 to 2 days per week in office (currently Wednesdays and third Friday of each month)

Contract Details Position Type: Contract Contract Duration: 6 months (with potential for extension in 6-month increments) Pay Rate: C$70.00–C$75.00 / Hour (CAD) Shift / Schedule: 37.5 hrs/week

Job Summary As a Senior UX Designer, you will join the Public Website Design team, working on projects for customer-facing properties such as CIBC.com, Simplii Financial, Investor's Edge, Wealth, and CIBC Client. You'll leverage your UX expertise to lead design tasks from research to wireframes, workshops, testing, and polished presentations. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to design systems and frameworks. You will be open to learning new technologies, such as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) CMS, Confluence/Jira, and Office 365. In addition to leadership, you will have a good understanding of CSS and HTML, strong collaboration, communication, presentation, time-management, and organization skills — able to work closely with your team on multiple initiatives at once and apply prioritization accordingly.

Key Responsibilities Lead design tasks from research to wireframes, workshops, testing, and polished presentations Collaborate with cross-functional teams on public site projects across various lines of business (Deposit Products & CC, Wealth, Client, Simplii, Advice) Contribute to design systems and frameworks Work within a team organized into pods; each pod includes UX, Visual, and Content Designers, plus extended team members (SEO, Accessibility, Dev, etc.) Apply a good understanding of CSS and HTML in design work Manage multiple initiatives at once and apply prioritization accordingly Learn and work with new technologies including Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) CMS, Confluence/Jira, and Office 365

Required Skills 5–7 years of UX experience in the digital space (responsive web design) Formal UX training and strong portfolio Proficiency in Figma Experience running workshops and conducting UX research (Maze, Usertesting.com) Familiarity with analytics tools (Adobe Analytics) Strong communication skills Ability to articulate design decisions in an organized and concise manner Strong presenter (oral and visual) Experience running workshops

Preferred Skills Experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Experience working for financial institutions or agencies Strong understanding of visual design principles

Education Requirements Formal UX training required Strong portfolio required

Required Experience 5–7 years of UX experience in the digital space (responsive web design)

Work Environment / Physical Requirements Hybrid work arrangement: 1 to 2 days per week in office (currently Wednesdays and third Friday of each month) 37.5 hours per week Overtime potential: rare to none

About the Client This client is a leading multinational financial institution serving millions of clients across Canada and international markets, with significant commercial and investment banking presence in the United States and other global markets. The organization offers a comprehensive range of banking, wealth management, and capital markets products and services to individuals, businesses, and institutional clients, and employs close to 50 designers on this project team alone — including UX designers, visual designers, content designers, and extended team members spanning SEO, accessibility, and development. Known for a collaborative, purpose-driven culture with meaningful commitments to inclusion and diversity, structured career development frameworks, and competitive compensation and benefits, this institution is a strong fit for professionals seeking stability and growth in a major financial services environment.

About GTT GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-10781

About Global Technical Talent, an Inc. 5000 Company

Staffing and Recruiting

Global Technical Talent is a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation (www.Chenega.com) with over 1.3 billion US$ in revenue and 5800 US employees. We provide Total Talent Solutions, Global staffing, SOW, RPO, Direct Sourcing, and Global Payroll with physical offices in US, Canada, and India. GTT Digital headquartered in Toronto specializes in providing high-tech digital and banking talent to some of the nation’s largest financial institutions. As a leader in the staffing industry for over 22 years, we have become one of the largest staffing firms in the New England region, working with Fortune 500 clients and cutting-edge, technology-driven recruiting infrastructure.

We are a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation that highly values diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients and partners are among the most successful and innovative organizations in the world. Our top clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, and financial services firms, some of the nation’s largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies, and prestigious educational institutions in the Ivy League tier.

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Awards

SIA’s Fastest Growing Staffing Firm: 2023 and 2015 SIA’s Best Staffing Firm to Work for: 2019 -2023 Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Private Company: 2023, 2022, 2016, 2015 Randstad Preferred Supplier: 2020 - 2023 TechServe Alliance Excellence Award. 2019 NH Business Magazines Fast 5 fastest growing companies Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist: 2015

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