Intermediate-to-Senior Hybrid Interaction/Visual Designer

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Hybrid | Downtown, Toronto

Duration: 12 months

Our client a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto, is looking for an Intermediate-to-Senior Hybrid Interaction/Visual Designer to participate in Design Research and in data-led design approaches. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.

Typical Day in role:

  • Be the consistent day-to-day product designer dedicated to a squad that includes a content designer, researcher, and senior design leader who are shared across multiple squads.
  • The designer will be relied on for communicating and managing the day-to-day design needs of their dedicated squad (with support and leadership from their Design Lead), and will be a key partner to their Product and Technology teammates.
  • Depending on the complexity of the project, the designer will be responsible for leading or supporting the interaction and visual design deliverables of the squad, from early-stage concepting all the way to delivering final ready-for-dev design files
  • Be accountable for following accessible design requirements and visual brand guidelines, and for ensuring that designs leverage our design system
  • Collaborate with the Marketing team to ensure visual design consistency across our users’ journey
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners: product managers, project managers, business analysts, developers and quality assurance teams.
  • Participation in Agile ceremonies

Must-Have Skills:

  • At least 5 years of product design experience, or 7 years in a combination of Interaction Design and Visual Design roles
  • Experience designing within the loyalty, retail, or ecommerce space (both responsive web and native mobile app design)
  • Demonstrated expertise with design, prototyping, and collaboration tools such as Figma, Mural, and design systems
  • Demonstrated ability to articulate design strategy, and the rationale and logic behind design decisions
  • Experience working in Lean UX and with Agile dev teams
  • Usability research experience
  • Experience leveraging user behaviour data (ie, Google Analytics, data dashboards) to inform their design decisions
  • Great communication and facilitation skills
  • Portfolio that includes application design samples

Nice-To-Have Skills:

  • Experience working in the loyalty, retail, or e-commerce space
  • Experience working with product managers, BAs, project managers, developers and QE (as part of a larger organization)
  • Experience creating user journeys, wireframes, information architecture and visual brand design
  • Some experience with facilitating or supporting user research, with an understanding of various research methods and how/when they are applied
  • Strong understanding of strengths and shortcomings of different research methods, including when and how to apply them during each product phase
  • Appreciation for the potential of ‘design thinking’
  • Experience working within a large organization and within an agile environment

Soft Skills Required:

  •  Strong communication and presentation skills, ability to collaborate with other designers and cross-functional team members, ability to manage stakeholders and build relationships. Experience in facilitating workshops is a nice-to-have.

Education:

  • BA/BS degree in Design (e.g. interaction, graphic, visual communications, product, industrial), Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Science (CS), or a related field or equivalent practical experience
  • MA/MS degree or certification in Design (e.g. interaction, graphic, visual communications, product, industrial), Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Science (CS), or a related field

Finance professional is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. We advocate for you and welcome anyone regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.