Digital Product Designer (CWM - Expert level contractor role)

Ian Martin Group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 207,570,000 - 245,136,000; Full time

Job summary

Raise is seeking a Digital Product Designer (CWM - Expert level contractor role) in Toronto, hybrid (4 days per week). The pay rate ranges from CAD 72.44/hr to CAD 85.55/hr, with a 12-month contract and potential extension.

The role leads design initiatives across web, mobile, and editorial experiences, creates rich prototypes, and drives inclusive, brand-forward digital solutions that meet business goals. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and designing within a design system, you’ll

Qualifications

• Experience leading design initiatives of medium-to-high complexity.
• Ability to create rich prototypes and interactive flows for web and mobile.
• Knowledge of accessibility and inclusive design principles.

Responsibilities

• Leads design initiatives of medium-to-high complexity requiring partnership across teams and business units.
• Creates rich prototypes, and complex user flows across web, mobile, and editorial experiences.
• Provides thought leadership on content creation and data visualization.
• Manages design documentation governance throughout its lifecycle.
• Develops brand-forward digital experiences aligned with the brand value proposition.
• Ensures interactive patterns follow accessibility and inclusive design principles.
• Conducts advanced design testing aligned with business objectives.

Job description

Digital Product Designer (CWM - Expert level contractor role)

• Location: Toronto, ON - Hybrid (4 days a week)
• Pay Rate: $72.44/hr - $85.55/hr
• Contract Length: 12 Months with possibility for extension

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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