- Location: Toronto, ON - Hybrid (4 days a week)
- Pay Rate: $72.44/hr - $85.55/hr
- Contract Length: 12 Months with possibility for extension
We at Raise are hiring a
Digital Product Designer (CWM - Expert level contractor role) 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
Artifact Creation & Execution (40%)
- Leads design initiatives of medium-to-high complexity requiring partnership across teams and business units
- Creates rich prototypes, and complex user flows demonstrating range across multiple touchpoints across web, mobile, and editorial experiences
- Provides thought leadership on content creation (iconography, information graphics, imagery, data visualization)
- Manages processes, governance, and sharing of design documentation throughout its lifecycle
- Takes ownership of developing brand-forward digital experiences that maintain consistency with Client's brand value proposition while pushing creative boundaries
- Ensures all interactive patterns and visual displays follow accessibility and inclusive design principles
- Conducts advanced design testing and validation informed by business objectives
Design Strategy & Business Alignment (30%)
- Connects design decisions to business objectives, market position, and organizational strategy
- Provides design direction and oversight to ensure craft excellence aligned to design systems
- Successfully presents design strategy to executive stakeholders and incorporates their feedback into design iterations
- Advocates for human-centric design process with Business and Product partners
- Identifies knowledge gaps, makes research recommendations, and facilitates application of research insights to design solutions
- Establishes and tracks metrics demonstrating design's contribution to business outcomes (conversion, engagement, customer satisfaction)
- Research UI behaviour and visual-spatial strategies in the competitive landscape
- Performs competitive design audits pertinent to specific design or business goals
Collaboration and Partnerships (15%)
- Breaks down complex topics and presents effectively to broad audiences and senior stakeholders through clear storytelling and compelling rationale
- Advocates for client needs while balancing business objectives, using conceptual thinking and marketing principles to inform design decisions
- Collaborates with Business, Product, and Research peers to create functional partnerships
- Empowers teams to succeed with shared vision and removes obstacles
AI Experimentation & Innovation (10%)
- Contributes new practice examples, innovations, and proofs-of-concept from research and experiments
- Actively experiments with AI tools and methodologies in design practice
- Identifies opportunities to unlock new creative possibilities and modernize workflows
- Research emerging design strategies and technologies in financial services
Design Practice Contribution (5%)
- Develops design patterns and standards that scale across products
- Contributes new approaches and insights to advance the design practice
- Shares insights and shows thought leadership via presentations and communications
- Aids in sourcing and recruiting high-performing talent
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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.
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