This position resides in Markham, ON and is a 12 month work term commencing in January 2025. It is mandatory that all applicants are enrolled in full-time studies at a post-secondary institution and returning to full-time studies upon completion of the work-term.
Responsibilities:
Translate Insights into Designs:
Create Visual Assets: Develop high-fidelity mock-ups, graphics, design patterns, prototypes, and demos to enhance user interfaces.
Pattern Collaboration: Participate in discussions regarding common patterns, assets, and efficiencies within the product space.
Collaborative Development: Work closely with design team members and developers to build, update, and modernize software product user interfaces using agile methodologies.
Scenario Design: Design business process scenarios and flows for user interfaces and demonstrations.
Feedback Loop: Share work-in-progress designs and actively engage in giving and receiving constructive critique.
Business Context: Understand business problems across our customer base to provide context for deliverables.
Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate with various stakeholders such as design researchers, content designers, developers, product owners, etc., across worldwide teams.
Design Thinking Workshops: Plan, lead, and moderate virtual and in-person design thinking workshops.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
UI Problem Solving: Ability to solve complex user problems through user interface design, creating mock-ups, prototypes, and documenting interaction patterns.
Design Tools Proficiency: Demonstrated experience with design tools such as Sketch, InVision, Adobe Creative Cloud, etc.
Visual Design Skills: Proficient in creating visually compelling artifacts, icons, high fidelity mock-ups, and other graphical elements for user interfaces.
Design Principles: Knowledge of design principles including typography, layout, imagery, colour theory, and creating efficiencies in visual design workflows.
Communication Skills: Proven communication skills and the ability to understand and address customer requirements effectively.
Dynamic Environment: Comfortable working in a dynamic, team-based environment.
Portfolio Presentation: Must have a portfolio showcasing previous design work.
Must be eligible to work 12 months starting in January
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Design Trends Awareness: Understanding of modern design thinking and design trends, including responsiveness and accessibility.
Attention to Detail: Appreciation for detail, ensuring every pixel and interaction is meticulously crafted.
Workshop Facilitation: Knowledge in planning and moderating design thinking workshops.