Hybrid Interaction/Visual Designer – Expert
- Location: Toronto, ON – Hybrid (4 days on site)
- Pay Rate: $72.47/hr – $85.57/hr
- Contract Length: 12 Months
We at Raise are hiring a Hybrid Interaction/Visual Designer – Expert for one of our top clients. After establishing themselves as an industry leader, they’re now expanding their team to meet rising demand. We’re hiring right now; if you’re interested, apply below for your chance to join a great place to work
Responsibilities:
- Be the consistent day-to-day product designer on a squad that includes a content designer and researcher who are shared across multiple squads.
- With support and leadership from their Design Manager, they communicate and manage the day-to-day design needs of the squad and will be a key partner to the Product Owner.
- Deliver the interaction and visual design deliverables of the team, from early-stage design thinking and concepting all the way to delivering final ready-for-dev design files
- Presentation of work-in-progress and final designs to product partners and cross-functional partners. Clearly explain design decisions (by referencing data, research, or design best practices) and receive feedback and collaborative input.
- Be accountable for including accessible design requirements and visual brand guidelines, and for ensuring that designs leverage our design system
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners, including developers, BAs, and QA teams to support efficient delivery of a high quality digital experience
- Support a consistent experience across our user journeys, through collaboration with marketing and brand teams
- Participation in Agile ceremonies, as the representative of the squad
Must have skills:
- At least 7 years of product design experience, or at least 10 years in a combination of Interaction Design and Visual design roles
- Strong interest and some hands-on ability in User Research, Data Analysis, or Accessibility.
- Superb soft skills/ Professional communication and facilitation skills
- Experience working in agile, and with product managers, BA’s, project managers, developers and QE (as part of a larger organization)
- Informal leadership as senior designer strong visual brand design, illustration, integration with other brands, colour pallets etc.
- Experience designing within retail, ecommerce or loyalty. (This role DOES NOT require banking experience)
- Experience with 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
Nice to have skills:
- Experience creating user journeys, wireframes, and information architecture
- Experience with facilitating or supporting user research, with an understanding of various research methods and how/when they are applied
- Experience with Google Analytics
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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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