UX UI Designer

At Conexus, we are focused on supporting our members with their needs of today, while also helping them work towards their goals for the future. It's more than conducting a banking transaction, it's about providing our members with insightful content, tools, expert advice, and a full suite of products to empower them and inspire confidence in their financial decision-making. We prioritize growth and efficiency and are champions of every members success for a thriving Saskatchewan. We do this by lending an ear to each member's unique needs throughout Saskatchewan, ensuring personalized solutions.

Our employees are curious, courageous, confident and committed. They are the reason we consistently deliver outstanding member experiences. They're more than just individuals who come to work each day, each employee is a vital part of Conexus.

We acknowledge that our Conexus offices and facilities are located on Treaty 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 lands. These are the traditional lands of the Cree, Dakota, Dene, Lakota, Nakota and Saulteaux peoples, as well as the homeland of the Métis.

The bigger picture

We're looking for a detail-oriented and motivated individual to come on board as our temporary UX UI Designer for up to a 6-month term. In this role you'll work closely with a collaborative cross-functional team, helping us deliver on our purpose to champion every member's success for a thriving Saskatchewan.

As our UX UI Designer, your work will directly impact how our digital products and services are designed and experienced. Whether supporting our internal teams or creating seamless interactions for our members, this role is key to ensuring we remain competitive, innovative, and accessible. Together, we'll create user-friendly, efficient solutions that reflect our commitment to exceptional service.

How you'll be spending your time

• Collaborating with designers, product owners, developers, users, and other internal and external stakeholders to develop results aligned to the desired outcomes.
• Facilitating and engaging in UX/UI activities, including user setup, user research/user interviews, and workshops. Subsequently, translating these findings into journey maps, useful statistics, and actionable data.
• Delivering UX research, information architecture, UX flow design, rapid prototyping and ideation.
• Communicating concepts, ideas, and strategies using rapid visual design techniques.
• Creating wireframes, mockups, and prototypes that effectively communicate design ideas and interaction concepts.
• Creating surveys to assist with user testing and collection of data correlation.
• Developing and maintaining design systems, UI kits, and pattern libraries to ensure consistency across all platforms, including color palettes, typography, iconography, and user interface elements.

The way people describe you

Your communication skills are excellent, and you have a natural talent for making thoughtful and sound judgments. You are curious and enjoy diving into ambiguous situations, viewing them as exciting challenges. You're always coming up with innovative and optimistic ideas, and you approach your work with creativity and enthusiasm.

The experience you bring

• 3-5 years of professional experience designing responsive web applications (Agile environment experience is an asset)
• Understanding of Human-centered design practices, including design thinking methodologies, research, and user testing protocols, as well as Agile frameworks.
• General experience in the financial services, insurance, or retail industries would be an asset.
• Experience in the use of Figma or equivalent for digital design and prototyping.
• Understanding of design principles related to web services, Android, iOS, etc., user centered design, mobile and responsive design, design systems, and accessibility standards and practices in alignment with the WCAG standards.
• Understanding of analytic tools such as, Google Analytics, Pendo, Crashlytics.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Design Thinking, Lean Startup.)

Salary Range:

$75,630 - $94,540 with 10% Short Term Incentive Target

Benefits and Perks

The success of our members relies heavily on the performance and accomplishments of our employees. That's why we prioritize offering our team a variety of perks and benefits designed to support their success and well-being both at work and in their personal lives. Some of these additional benefits may include, but are not limited to:

• Preferred rates for all your banking needs helping to make life more affordable.
• Generous vacation benefits with additional paid days off giving you time to spend on what's most important to you.
• Competitive benefit package options covering off all aspects of personal wellness.
• 7% pension matching after one year of employment to support you towards retirement.

We are excited to welcome candidates who bring a blend of academic, professional and volunteer experience that sets them apart. Research shows that many applicants tend to apply only when they meet every qualification of the role. However, we encourage you to explore opportunities that closely match your skillset and experience. We truly value diverse backgrounds and varied experiences, as we are dedicated to creating inclusive and diverse workplaces. You might just be the ideal addition to our team that we've been searching for! This opportunity closes on December 1, 2024 so apply now! If you have questions about this position, please contact Aubrie Houk at jobs@conexus.ca.