Product Designer

Mindlance; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 73,012 - 79,900; Full time

Job summary

A leading design consultancy is seeking a Digital Product Designer– Advanced for a hybrid role in Toronto. This position emphasizes collaboration with client teams to design mobile native components utilizing Figma. Responsibilities include managing project timelines, conducting user feedback sessions, and staying updated on design best practices. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in mobile design conventions and effective communication skills. This is a full-time contract role lasting 12+ months with competitive pay rates.

Qualifications

• Mid-Senior level experience in design and collaboration.
• Effective communication skills in writing and speaking English.
• Proven ability to build relationships across teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to create component requirements and designs.
• Manage project scope and timelines independently.
• Participate in team activities and support design reviews.

Skills

System thinking

Understanding of mobile native platform design conventions (iOS and Android)

Strong technical skills in Figma

Fluent in English

Relationship building

Tools

Figma

Mural

Slack

Outlook

Job description

This range is provided by Mindlance. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$53.00/hr - $58.00/hr

Job Title: Digital Product Designer– Advanced (Mobile UI Design)

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid Onsite) | (4-days / Week)

Duration: 12+ Months

Type: Full Time Contract

Description:

RIG Team. We are a team of 18 designers and developers, organized into 2 squads: one for web components and one for mobile native components. The team that this role will be embedded in is the mobile native squad, where we do not have RIG developers. As such, the candidate will need excellent collaboration and organizational skills to collaborate with developers and designers across our client team, the Mobile Banking team (not RIG), to design and coordinate the development of the mobile native components. Within the RIG Mobile team, we’re a small, tight-knit group of 4 designers and a design manager. We collaborate closely with our client teams on Mobile Banking to ensure the right components are designed and developed. We also collaborate closely with the RIG Web team in order to ensure that the overall RIG design system is coherent.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with client teammates on Mobile Banking to determine whether components are needed
• If components are needed, collaborate and co-create the requirements, design and construct the component, create the documentation, test the component and documentation for usability with client teammates
• Create workshops and user feedback sessions to collaborate with client teammates and RIG teammates
• Collaborate with the RIG content designer to publish release notes once a month
• Support teammates with design reviews and critiques
• Stay up to date on design systems best practices and tooling
• Stay up to date on design best practices
• Build relationships with teammates on both the design and development sides within RIG and within client teams
• Manage your own project scope and timelines
• Participate in and contribute to the day-to-day activities of the team

What capabilities makes designers on your team successful?

• System thinking
• Understanding that change in a large complex enterprise needs to be planned and carefully managed
• Understanding that change includes both people and processes
• Strong technical skills in Figma
• Strong understanding of mobile native platform design conventions (iOS and Android)
• Strong foundation in design thinking

Future State of Success:

• Contributes to the team’s knowledge and design practices for mobile native design practices
• Active participant in the daily life of the RIG team
• Effective working relationships with our client team partners

What program/technology/software knowledge is essential for this role? Describe in what capacity the selected candidate will be using it?

• Figma – strong skills in building mobile native design system components
• Mural – effective skills in using the tool for collaboration and design thinking activities
• Slack – day-to-day communication with teammates
• Outlook – day-to-day communication and meeting bookings

Soft Skills:

• Fluent and effective writer and speaker in English
• Relationship building

Mindlance is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to inclusive, equitable, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes, and a work environment in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). We will be happy to work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Design and Art/Creative

Industries

Banking and Financial Services