Lead Product Designer

Location: Toronto- hybrid, 3 days/week onsite

Duration: 12 months strong likelihood for an extension, or conversion to full time employee

Daily Responsibilities:

• The designer will be responsible leading initiatives with product and business partners
• Provide their direction and expertise with their cross-functional team members
• Understand the problem/opportunity and use 'design thinking' methods to formulate solutions.
• Inform their designs and validate their hypothesis/solutions through testing
• Create designs in various fidelities relative to the phase of the project to communicate accordingly to the team and stakeholders

Must-have Skills:

• Ability to lead and take projects end-to-end
• Applied strong interaction and visual design skills
• Product mindset that can discern for value and trade-offs
• Strong technical skills (Figma, design system)
• Strong communication & collaboration skills
• 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 minimum of 5 years of experience in designing usable interfaces across multiplechannels and platforms
• Experience in an applied research setting including experience integrating user research into product designs and design practices
• Demonstrated ability to articulate design strategy, rational and logic; describing benefits and highlighting risks associated with design decisions
• Demonstrated expertise with design, prototyping, and research tools such as Figma, Mural,

Nice-to-have Skills:

• Maintaining a design system
• Workshop facilitation skills
• Has worked with large design teams and multiple stakeholders (Product/Business/Technical partners)
• Research and user testing
• 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 strengths and shortcomings of different research methods, including when and how to apply them during each product phase
• Appreciation for the potential of 'design thinking'
• Experience working within a large organization and within an agile environment