Interaction/Visual Designer - Advanced [AQ-25680]
- Montreal, QC, Canada
$50 to $53 CAD / hour · Contract
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Job details
- Pay
- $50 to $53 CAD / hour
- Job type
- Contract
- Apply by
- Experience
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in designing usable interfaces across multiple channels and platforms.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Aquent is proud to partner with a pioneering leader in the financial services sector dedicated to revolutionizing digital experiences. In this dynamic role, you will have the unique opportunity to transform complex financial concepts into intuitive, engaging, and visually stunning digital solutions, leaving a lasting mark on how millions of users interact with critical financial services every single day.
The Opportunity and Your Impact
We are seeking an exceptional, forward-thinking designer to join a collaborative, interdisciplinary team at the forefront of user experience evolution. In this pivotal role, you will lead ideation, provide expert guidance, and apply your deep design expertise to shape the future of digital offerings. By collaborating closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, you will navigate an iterative design process from initial concept to successful implementation, directly contributing to strategic innovation and driving enhanced user comprehension.
What You Will Do
Are you ready to join a distinguished financial institution that is committed to empowering clients and communities? Our client is a leading provider of banking and financial services, renowned for its customer-centric approach and innovative solutions. With a rich history of success and a strong focus on diversity and inclusion, our client is dedicated to building a better future for all. Join us in our mission to make a positive impact and drive meaningful change.
The Opportunity and Your Impact
We are seeking an exceptional, forward-thinking designer to join a collaborative, interdisciplinary team at the forefront of user experience evolution. In this pivotal role, you will lead ideation, provide expert guidance, and apply your deep design expertise to shape the future of digital offerings. By collaborating closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, you will navigate an iterative design process from initial concept to successful implementation, directly contributing to strategic innovation and driving enhanced user comprehension.
What You Will Do
- Drive enhanced user comprehension and task performance by expertly applying user interface patterns and behaviors.
- Leverage powerful visualizations and interactions to facilitate analytic thinking, especially when working with large and complex data sets.
- Lead impactful design critiques, champion inclusivity in interactions, and offer expert guidance to diverse cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Orchestrate dynamic ideation sessions and collaborative workshops to spark and nurture innovation.
- Serve as the go-to subject-matter expert for interaction design, guiding the product design team with your deep knowledge.
- Apply a comprehensive mastery of interaction design theory, visual design principles, research insights, and industry best practices to shape critical design decisions.
- Craft complex low-fidelity sketches, wireframes, and prototypes to effectively explore, communicate, and validate innovative design concepts.
- Develop sophisticated prototypes that serve as detailed delivery specifications, ensuring seamless execution by development teams.
- Articulate and present your interaction design work and strategic rationale compellingly to senior stakeholders.
- Facilitate robust usability testing sessions to gather invaluable user feedback that drives iterative improvements.
- Actively participate in and initiate diverse research activities to cultivate a profound understanding of user needs and behaviors.
- Conduct in-depth research into interaction design strategies within the financial services sector and perform competitive audits aligned with specific design or business objectives.
- Execute thorough audits of design patterns, micro-interactions, and components to maintain consistency and excellence.
- 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.
- A compelling portfolio that includes application design samples.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in designing usable interfaces across multiple channels and platforms.
- Experience in an applied research setting, including integrating user research into product designs and design practices.
- Demonstrated ability to articulate design strategy, rationale, and logic, clearly describing benefits and highlighting risks associated with design decisions.
- Demonstrated expertise with leading design, prototyping, and research tools such as Figma, Mural, and UserTesting.com.
- 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.
- Strong understanding of the strengths and shortcomings of different research methods, including when and how to apply them during each product phase.
- An appreciation for the potential of ‘design thinking’.
- Experience working within a large organization and within an agile environment.
Are you ready to join a distinguished financial institution that is committed to empowering clients and communities? Our client is a leading provider of banking and financial services, renowned for its customer-centric approach and innovative solutions. With a rich history of success and a strong focus on diversity and inclusion, our client is dedicated to building a better future for all. Join us in our mission to make a positive impact and drive meaningful change.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead interaction and visual design from ideation through implementation, creating and validating interfaces, visualizations, wireframes, and prototypes for complex financial services experiences. Guide cross-functional teams, facilitate critiques and workshops, conduct research and usability testing, and present design decisions to senior stakeholders.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant design, HCI, computer science, or related field, or equivalent practical experience; a portfolio with application design samples; and at least five years designing usable interfaces across channels and platforms. Candidates must have applied research experience, strong design strategy communication skills, and expertise with tools such as Figma, Mural, and UserTesting.com.
Skills
- Interaction Design
- Visual Design
- User Interface Design
- Prototyping
- User Research
- Usability Testing
- Data Visualization
- Design Critiques
- Workshop Facilitation
- Design Strategy
- Wireframing
- Competitive Audits
- Design Systems
- Figma
- Mural
- UserTesting.com
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Categories
- Art & Design
- Creative & Media
- Finance & Accounting
- Data & Analytics
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Interaction Design
- Visual Design
- User Interface Patterns
- Data Visualization
- Complex Data Sets
- Inclusive Design
- Design Critiques
- Ideation
- Collaborative Workshops
- Design Theory
- Visual Design Principles
- User Research
- Low-Fidelity Sketches
- Wireframes
- Prototypes
- Usability Testing
- Competitive Audits
- Design Patterns
- Micro-Interactions
- Figma
- Mural
- UserTesting.com
- Financial Services
- Banking
- Agile
- Design Thinking