Senior Product Designer
Location: Toronto, ON, Hybrid – (2 to 3 days in office Days are flexible)
Contract Length: 12 Months with possibility of extension.
We at Raise are hiring an Senior Product Designer 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:
- Challenge the status quo through critical, analytical, and creative thinking.
- Produce the most applicable artifacts at each stage of the UX design process whether it be low, medium, or high fidelity.
- Partner with UX Research team to gain the optimal understanding of the users and their problems.
- Present work with clarity. Always aligning to experience objectives and outcomes.
- Facilitate or co-facilitate discovery, ideation, or co-creation workshops.
Must-have Skills:
- BA/BS Degree or Diploma 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.
- Portfolio or case studies that focuses on how you delivered high quality applications with cross-discipline teams.
- Soft skills – Quick thinker and proactive
- UX – higher end and UI – lower end. both are important.
- Proficient in Figma
- Experience in an applied research setting including experience integrating user research into design.
- Demonstrated ability to articulate design strategy, rational and logic; describing benefits and highlighting risks associated with design decisions.
- Experience in leading design in a product environment.
- Demonstrated expertise with design, prototyping, and research tools.
- Experience in Figma
- Experience in UX – higher end and UI – lower end.
Nice-to-have Skills:
- 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.
- Experience working within enterprise agile environments.
- Diverse skillset/experience outside of UX Design. I.e. Development, Product, etc.
- Experience in Adobe.
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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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