Senior UX Product Designer

Nectar Technologies; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Nectar Technologies is seeking an experienced Product Designer with strong visual skills to enhance their digital hive management system, BeeTrack. Collaborate with a dedicated team and be involved in user research to create impactful designs for the beekeeping sector. This is a full-time role that offers competitive benefits and the unique opportunity to learn about beekeeping while making a difference in agricultural technology.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Group health insurance

Annual well-being budget of $500

Opportunity to learn beekeeping

A minimum of 3 weeks vacation

Endless supply of honey

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in product design.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating design processes and user-centered design.
• Proficiency in key design tools like Sketch, Figma, and Adobe Suite.

Responsibilities

• Own and design key parts of the platform's user experience.
• Conduct user research and analyze findings.
• Collaborate closely with the engineering team.

Skills

User Research

Visual Design

Prototyping

Problem-Solving

Empathy

Education

Degree in Interaction Design

Degree in Industrial Design

Degree in Graphic Design

Tools

Sketch

Figma

Adobe Suite

Job description

A third of the world's crop production depends on honeybee pollination, yet beekeepers lose 40% of their hives each year. To be part of the solution, our team's mission is to provide beekeepers and growers with the data-driven tools needed to raise thriving honeybee colonies.We believe that the technology being built by our team - including AI models - will lead to a future where pollinators are considered an essential factor in feeding our planet.With our digital hive management system BeeTrack, Nectar’s goal is to equip commercial migratory beekeepers with technologies that enable them to make data-driven decisions to raise healthier bees to secure our food supply.

You will work closely with

Maximilian Cherney

Co-Founder, CEO

Principal Data Scientist

Design products that matter

As both agriculture and the beekeeping industry are migrating towards digital, building engaging products that truly answer our customer needs is critical for our success. At Nectar, our design team is central to making this happen.

We are looking for an experienced product designer with strong visual skills - someone willing to learn the business, to go in the field, and be excited to take part in all steps of product discovery and delivery.

You will work closely with a talented team of developers, hardware engineers, and data-scientists, but also our field operations team, beekeepers and growers. Furthermore, as bees are our first client, expect field visits to our rooftop hives! Nectar provides all the necessary equipment.

Your responsibilities

• Own, map, and design key parts of our platform's user experience.
• Spend time conducting user research, analyzing and presenting findings.
• Improve the effectiveness of Nectar’s design practice by sharing insights, new tools, and best practices.
• Design with the intent to make a tangible impact on beekeepers’ daily lives.
• Convey your vision with the best suited level of formalization (workflows, wireframes, screen design, visual details, prototypes and animation).
• Work hand in hand with our engineering team and be responsible for the form and function of the final product.
• Work closely with product direction to establish priorities.
• Facilitate problem solving work sessions and develop your colleagues’ ideas as well as your own.

About you

You're a hands-on digital UX product designer with a genuine desire to build great products for a non-typical industry. Also, you :

• Have a solid knowledge of design processes and understand when to divert from it.
• Are curious and you're empathetic with both users and your team.
• Have a strong desire to learn everything about commercial beekeeping and how to improve our users livelihood.
• Have a solid portfolio of products with case studies demonstrating creative problem-solving.
• Have good visual design skills with an attention to detail.
• Have a minimum of 5 years of experience.
• Have a degree in Interaction Design, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, HMI or a related field.
• Can adjust quickly to shifting approaches, situations, and priorities.
• Demonstrate proficiency in key design tools : Sketch, Figma, Adobe Suite, paper and pen.

Assets

• Significant experience in a product-oriented company.
• Good knowledge of user research methods.
• Interest in data visualization and digital cartography.
• Illustration and / or iconography skills.
• Interest in sustainable development and agriculture
• Knowledge of best practices building product interfaces with HTML and CSS on one end, native mobile frameworks on another end.
• Creative side projects, whether related to digital design or not.
• Actively engaged in the design community.
• Proficiency in Spanish.

Benefits & conditions

• Permanent and full-time role with flexible work hours.
• To be performed in Canada : from home or from Nectar's office in Montreal.
• The opportunity to learn beekeeping and participate in maintaining Nectar's hives at its farm.
• Remuneration according to experience.
• Group insurances including health, dental, vision care and virtual healthcare.
• Group RRSP from day 1.
• A minimum of 3 weeks of vacation.
• Annual well-being budget of $500.
• An endless supply of honey.

Be sure to include a link to your portfolio with your resume when applying.

You need a valid work visa in Canada or the US to apply. Unfortunately, as we're still a very small team, Nectar does not sponsor visas at the moment.

For many roles you have the choice to work remotely from Canada or the US, and / or our offices in Montreal, QC. Some roles specify specific location requirements, check the job listing for details.

In Outremont, near the Mile End, Montreal, close to restaurants and coffee shops. You're free to come work at the office or work from home anytime you want!

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