Overview
UX Designer Jobs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at Global Technical Talent, an Inc. 5000 Company
Title: UX Designer
Company: Global Technical Talent, an Inc. 5000 Company
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
UX Designer III
Location: Toronto, ON
Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid – 3 days on-site (increasing to 4 days in September)
Contract Details
Position Type: Contract
Contract Duration: 6 months (May 11, 2026 – November 6, 2026), with extension possible based on performance (can extend to a year in total)
Start: May 11, 2026
Pay Rate: $65.00–$75.00 / Hour (USD)
Shift / Schedule: Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (20–30% time spent in meetings per week)
Travel Requirements: Not required
Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Job Summary
As a UX Designer at a top 10 North American bank, you will be a strong advocate for the customer. Formally trained in design and passionate about customer-centric innovation, you will take pride in your work and obsess over details, insisting on iterating until you have gotten it right. You see feedback as a good thing and are a great storyteller who is at ease presenting and discussing your work with clients and stakeholders. You challenge old ways of thinking and put the customer at the center of everything you do. User-Centered Design methodologies are second nature to you. This is a mat leave coverage position based on multiple projects with a team of 5–7 members. You will work in a niche space focused on commercial banking and business banking (serving large clients like the Walmarts of the world with multi-million-dollar transactions), gaining exposure to fast-paced, high-value banking operations. Training will include shadowing. Conversion to permanent is possible.
Key Responsibilities
- Transform complex problems into elegant experiences
- Ideation, concept development and experience innovation
- Creation of sketches, wireframes, specifications, prototypes, scenarios and storyboards
- Close collaboration with development teams to ensure that design intent is achieved
- Advocate for the user throughout the project lifecycle
- Stay abreast of current design methodologies, practices and trends
- Participation in observational studies, usability testing and other customer research
- Effective communication of conceptual ideas, detailed designs, and design approaches/rationales
Required Skills
- Proficiency in Figma
- Organization, logic, and analytical skills
- Ability to communicate ideas to a diverse audience and constructively integrate feedback
- Creation of sketches, wireframes, specifications, prototypes, scenarios and storyboards
- Ability to conceptualize, design and plan future-state and near-term cross channel experiences
- Strong user-centric problem solving and prioritizing skills in a multi-task environment
- Creative and visually compelling design portfolio with a keen eye for detail
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Effective communication of conceptual ideas, detailed designs, and design approaches/rationales
- Advocate for the user throughout the project lifecycle
- Close collaboration with development teams to ensure that design intent is achieved
- Expertise using AI-driven tools to generate or transform assets
- Ability to work with and simplify complicated flows
- Ability to translate conceptual ideas into compelling customer experiences
- Contributes to shaping the strategic experience design approach for projects and initiatives
- Strong prototyping skills demonstrated through various techniques: sketch, paper, wireframe, video, or interactive prototypes
- Expert with design tools such as Figma, Axure and Adobe's Creative Suite
- Understanding of web and mobile technologies
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to ask good questions and communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate well in a team environment
- Proven experience designing personalized dashboards that adapt to user roles, behaviors, and preferences, creating interfaces that feel tailored, purposeful, and easy to navigate
- Strong capability in data visualization design, turning complex datasets into clear, meaningful, and aesthetically compelling visual stories
Preferred Skills
- Financial services (FI) experience
- Participation in observational studies, usability testing and other customer research
- No ego, flexibility and being adaptable
- Stakeholder management
Education Requirements
- A degree in design or a design-related discipline (industrial design, user-centred design, design strategy, design management, human factors, human-computer interaction, or equivalent)
Required Experience
- 3–5 years of experience as a UX designer
Performance Measurement
- Deliverables and quality of work
Benefits
- Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
- 401k Retirement Fund
Work Environment / Physical Requirements
- Work location: TD Terrace, Toronto, Ontario (hybrid model with 3 days on-site currently, increasing to 4 days in September)
- No overtime required
- No rotation required
- Contractor will not have access to customer data
- Interactions: Internal stakeholders only
- Meetings: 20–30% per week
About the Client
Top 10 North American bank providing comprehensive retail, commercial, and wealth solutions.
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
26-04715
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