Website UI/UX Designer
Role summary
Pet Valu is seeking a Website UI/UX Designer to enhance the online experience for their Devoted Pet Lovers (DPL) customer base. This hybrid role, reporting to the Director of Product Management, focuses on creating mobile-first, intuitive website designs. The designer will collaborate cross-functionally with web experience, product management, marketing, brand, and creative teams to translate customer journeys into seamless digital interactions across Pet Valu's properties. Key responsibilities include creating wireframes, mockups, and prototypes, ensuring brand consistency, maintaining legal compliance (including AODA), considering SEO, and staying current with UI/UX best practices. The role requires strong presentation skills and a minimum of 3 years of web UI/UX design experience, with a preference for e-commerce backgrounds and familiarity with tools like Figma, Asana, and JIRA.
Location: Markham, Ontario
Job Description
Reporting to the Director of Product Management, the Website UI/UX Designer shape Pet Valu’s Devoted Pet Lovers’ (the DPL = our customer) online experience by designing mobile first, intuitive website experiences. Working cross functionally with the web experience team, the product management team, marketing, brand and creative teams, the Web UI/UX Designer will gain a thorough understanding of the Pet Valu DPL and translate those journeys into a seamless online experience. This role is a hybrid-office role. Most of your time will be remote, requiring occasional office attendance for specific business meetings or workshops.
Salary - $65,000 - $85,000
The Website UI/UX Designer Will
- Create wireframes, design mock ups and other prototypes as required by above mentioned business stakeholders
- Design with a mobile first (responsive) experience in mind
- You will be asked to work on experiences that cross all Pet Valu’s digital properties, including but not limited to petvalu.ca
- Work closely with marketing to uphold corporate branding, style guides and ongoing visual refreshes and updates in conjunction with marketing campaign focus
- Maintain compliance with relevant laws (e.g., copyright and data protection and AODA compliance)
- Liaise with the product management team, content writers and the marketing team to ensure timely execution of planned initiatives or time-sensitive ad hoc updates
- Ensure all work considers SEO implications
- Be the subject matter expert for and keep up to date on industry best UI/UX practices
- Liaise with other web professionals, including developers, customer experience (CX) experts, and product and project managers as required
- Facilitate sessions to gain insight into Pet Valu’s unique offering and receive feedback on proposed designs
Essential Responsibilities
- Safety – Operate in a way that builds trust with our customers, pets, and ACEs.
- Compassion – Communicate and act from the heart with genuine care and courtesy.
- Expertise – Provide knowledge in an understanding and informative way.
- Efficiency – Use time and resources responsibly.
Qualifications
- 3 years+ experience in a web UI/UX design role
- Preference given to ecommerce design experience
- Post-secondary education in Graphic Design/Marketing or related digital experience
- Strong understanding of digital concepts (e.g. user interfaces, databases, data feeds)
- Strong presentation skills
- Preference given to those with prior knowledge of Figma, Asana and JIRA applications
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
As part of the application process, AI may be used to assist with screening, or assessing job applicants.
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