Product Designer
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Contract Length: 12 Months
About Product Design:
Our goal is to become our industry’s leader in exceptional digital experiences. To get there, we’re putting strategy, research, design principles, and technical innovation at the centre of everything we do. But we need exceptional digital professionals, like you, to bring our process to life.
What will you do?
As a Product designer, you can instinctively weave iconography, typography, colour, space and texture together to simplify and improve how our customers navigate our products and services. You’ll use your expertise to delight users with designs that inspire, engage and excite.
You’ll be comfortable within agile team environments and an iterative process, you’ll collaborate with interdisciplinary team members and stakeholders as you analyze, design and convey your mobile and responsive design vision. A natural problem solver, communicator and facilitator, you’ll be involved in every step of the process from idea generation to implementation.
What you would work on
Visual Design Strategy
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Understand visual-spatial displays, and use that understanding to improve user comprehension, and improve task performance
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Create visual components considering the broader context, to be used in multiple situations, to bring about efficiency and consistency
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Use dynamic visualizations to support analytic thinking with large data sets
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Facilitate ideation sessions and collaborative work activities
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Presents visual design work to more senior stakeholders
Visual Design Creation
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Use a comprehensive understanding of visual design theory, research data and best practices to inform design decisions
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Design high complexity visual artifacts for digital media (web or native app) to exchange information, elicit emotion and facilitate interaction
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Create complex low-fidelity sketches, hi-fidelity mock-ups and prototypes to communicate intent, or delivery specifications for development
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Facilitates design critique, evaluate visual designs for inclusivity and provide expert advice and guidance to cross-functional teams
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Contribute practical direction to the larger design team on visual communication standards, tools, channels, and processes
Research and Testing
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Facilitate usability testing
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Participate in or initiate research activities
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Research visual design and communication strategies in the financial services sector and perform competitive audits pertinent to specific design or business goals
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Perform visual design audits where appropriate
What’s in it for you
You’ll find yourself in a culture where designers feel included, valued, and heard; in a supportive environment surrounded by peers who exceed in their area of expertise.
You’ll work on solutions used by millions of people and contribute to a company that truly values customer experience and remains a Global Digital leader.
You’ll work with a team that’s pushing the boundaries of digital product design as we strive to improve the lives of the people and communities we serve.
What you need to succeed
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BA/BS degree in Design (e.g. interaction, graphic, visual communications, product, industrial), HCI, CS, or a related field or equivalent experience
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Portfolio that includes web and/or mobile design samples
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Solid knowledge of design tools (Figma, Mural, UserTesting.com) and principles (typography, grid systems, visual hierarchy, colour, white space, etc.)
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Understanding of responsive design
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Experience in the agile process
Nice to have
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Experience designing outstanding digital products and experiences
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Proven ability to communicate conceptual ideas and design rationale, all within a user-centered design process
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Excellent problem-solving skills
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Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build good working relationships
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Knowledge and/or experience in the agile process
Looking for meaningful work? We can help!
Raise is an established hiring firm with over 65 years of experience. We believe strongly in making the world a better place through work, which is why we’re a certified B Corporation and donate 10% of our profits to charity.
We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.
We have a dedicated webpage for accommodations where you can learn more about what we offer, and request accommodation: https://raise.jobs/accommodations/
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