About the role
Digital Product Designer
Location : Hybrid | 4 days a week in office| Montreal, QC
Duration : 12 months
Daily Responsibilities :
Collaborate closely within a cross-functional squad of designers, a product owner, and developers Work with a team to deliver exceptional features for our clients and advisors – they will see features through from discovery to release.
Partner with other designers and our product & technology peers to apply systematic thinking in their designs.
Must-have Skills:
- Strong communication, collaboration and influence skills
- Has a Product Mindset
- Has worked in an Agile setting and a proven track record of working closely with product owners and developers
- Comfortable ‘working in the abstract’ before moving into screen designs
- Experience with Design Systems
- Proficient in Figma
- 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
- Portfolio that includes application design samples
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in designing usable interfaces across multiple channels 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, UserTesting.com.
Nice-to-have Skills:
- Experience using data/analytics to make design decisions
- Experience with Design Research and/or content writing
- Experience with Content Design
- Understands front-end development and its constraints
- Experience building platforms or reusable components
- 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
- French: Nice to have
About Finance Professionals Inc.
WHO WE ARE
We are a specialist FinTech and Financial Services recruitment consultancy. We have been helping clients attract, hire and retain staff across all areas from technology to finance. By being specialists in our sectors, we are able to use our deep and active network of professionals to quickly match the best people with great permanent and contract job opportunities.
WHAT WE DO:
We deliberately work on a small number of assignments allowing us the time to deeply search for talent for your business. By partnering with an excellent client base including Banks, Financial Services Firms, FinTech companies at various stages and established multinationals, we are able to present compelling career opportunities to industry professionals.
SECTORS WE WORK IN: -FinTech -Infrastructure -Financial Systems -Banking & Securities -Wealth Management & Advisory -Fund Management -Fund Services -Payment Services -Financial Services -Insurance -Real Estate Investment Trusts -Real Estate Development -Construction Finance and Private Equity
SKILLS WE PLACE: -Accounting & Finance -Banking Operations & Middle Office -Risk & Compliance -Fund Accounting -PMO -Business Analysts -IT Manager -Cloud Professionals -DBA -Data Specialists -Design -QA & Testing -Developers
About the role
Digital Product Designer
Location : Hybrid | 4 days a week in office| Montreal, QC
Duration : 12 months
Daily Responsibilities :
Collaborate closely within a cross-functional squad of designers, a product owner, and developers Work with a team to deliver exceptional features for our clients and advisors – they will see features through from discovery to release.
Partner with other designers and our product & technology peers to apply systematic thinking in their designs.
Must-have Skills:
- Strong communication, collaboration and influence skills
- Has a Product Mindset
- Has worked in an Agile setting and a proven track record of working closely with product owners and developers
- Comfortable ‘working in the abstract’ before moving into screen designs
- Experience with Design Systems
- Proficient in Figma
- 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
- Portfolio that includes application design samples
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in designing usable interfaces across multiple channels 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, UserTesting.com.
Nice-to-have Skills:
- Experience using data/analytics to make design decisions
- Experience with Design Research and/or content writing
- Experience with Content Design
- Understands front-end development and its constraints
- Experience building platforms or reusable components
- 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
- French: Nice to have
About Finance Professionals Inc.
WHO WE ARE
We are a specialist FinTech and Financial Services recruitment consultancy. We have been helping clients attract, hire and retain staff across all areas from technology to finance. By being specialists in our sectors, we are able to use our deep and active network of professionals to quickly match the best people with great permanent and contract job opportunities.
WHAT WE DO:
We deliberately work on a small number of assignments allowing us the time to deeply search for talent for your business. By partnering with an excellent client base including Banks, Financial Services Firms, FinTech companies at various stages and established multinationals, we are able to present compelling career opportunities to industry professionals.
SECTORS WE WORK IN: -FinTech -Infrastructure -Financial Systems -Banking & Securities -Wealth Management & Advisory -Fund Management -Fund Services -Payment Services -Financial Services -Insurance -Real Estate Investment Trusts -Real Estate Development -Construction Finance and Private Equity
SKILLS WE PLACE: -Accounting & Finance -Banking Operations & Middle Office -Risk & Compliance -Fund Accounting -PMO -Business Analysts -IT Manager -Cloud Professionals -DBA -Data Specialists -Design -QA & Testing -Developers