LawDepot.com is currently expanding and looking to recruit a UX Designer in Edmonton, Alberta. Working with the Design and Product teams, you will be responsible for designing web content and delivering an excellent user experience for LawDepot products and websites. This is a full-time permanent position, working 37.5 hours per week with opportunities for a hybrid work schedule.
Primary Responsibilities
- Refine and redesign our website(s) to create simple, beautiful user experiences for all screen types
- Create wireframes, storyboards, and prototypes, then turn them into fully realized mockups
- Create specs and implementation plans for our web developers. Clearly communicate design ideas and prototypes to developers
- Deliver user-centric designs that improve key business metrics
- Prepare and integrate written content for finalized concepts
- Work with cross functional team members to define design objectives and business requirements
- Investigate user experience design requirements for our suite of digital properties
- Generate project specifications and collaborate on technical implementation plans with our developers
- Design products through their entire project lifecycle and ensure deliverables are met
- Review user research / quantitative data to create user personas and identify opportunities
- Adhere and contribute to design standards on creating detailed specifications, branding, patterns, iconography, typography etc.
- Create surveys for research through various media platforms to gather feedback on user's ease of use and satisfaction interfacing on company websites and products
- Follow creative direction and execute project plans set out by Senior UX Designers and the UX Design Manager
- Participate in design reviews and provide feedback
Knowledge and Skill Requirements
- Post-secondary education in Design or a related program
- Experience in a User Experience (UX) Designer, User Interface (UI) Designer, Web Designer, Graphic Designer, or Visual Communications role
- Expert level proficiency with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD)
- Impressive Design/UX portfolio showcasing work for a variety of screen types
- Familiarity with the following UX disciplines: interaction design, information architecture, human centered design, user research, storyboarding, wireframe creation, concept design and prototyping
- Understanding of product specifications and user psychology
- Experience designing for responsive websites
- Extensive, up-to-date knowledge of web and mobile design best practices
- Problem-solving aptitude individually and collaboratively within a team dynamic
- Ability to collaborate, ideate, explore solutions, give and receive feedback
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate design decisions and present demos
- Familiarity with agile processes would be an asset
Why You Should Join the LawDepot Team
- Excellent total compensation package
- Comprehensive health and dental benefits, plus an additional Health Care Spending Account
- Great work life balance (37.5 hour work weeks, flexible schedules, ability to bank hours)
- Three weeks paid vacation, plus bonus personal days
- Continuous learning opportunities, including LinkedIn Learning subscriptions and training budgets
- Company share plan
- Free catered lunches for the entire office
- Monthly social events for team members to enjoy (think axe throwing, rock climbing, board games, food trucks, trivia contests, and charitable activities)
- Casual work environment
- Personal offices for focused work and to have your individual space (plus collaborative workspaces for when you want to meet with the team)
- Free and easily accessible parking
- Southgate Mall, Whyte Ave, and Calgary Trail restaurants are only minutes away
- Hybrid working arrangements for that balance between getting work done at home and engaging with others in the office
