Product Designer

Reporting to the UX Design Manager, the Continuous Delivery Product Designer will be responsible for creating and designing elements that optimize user interaction and experience for on both web and mobile for Canadian Tire Financial Services. The ideal candidate will have a creative, yet organized approach to bringing requirements, wireframes and prototypes to life with visual design.

What you’ll do:

Collaboration

• Work closely with product managers, development leads, and other stakeholders to understand the business process and requirements, to design effective user interfaces

• Collaborate with business analysts, designers, copywriters, legal, and product owners on scenarios, end-to-end experiences, and screen designs

• Contribute to the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of efficient and effective usability processes, documentation and workflow

Design

• Define visual design & product elements for user interfaces, taking into consideration user research, human centered design principles, and industry & design best practices

• Create process flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity mocks to effectively communicate design strategies and detailed interaction behaviors

• Ability to create interactive prototypes for user testing and stakeholder engagement

• Initiate and review user interface designs with teams to obtain feedback and sign-off

• Participate in Agile development activities including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives and demos

• Adhere to design standards by following a digital style guide for all elements, such as buttons, fonts, forms, tables, colors, icons, navigation etc.

• Drive the development and communication of design guidelines and patterns, with focus on providing a consistent and intuitive experience across our product suite

Research

• Initiate & collaborate with UX Research team on user acceptance testing

• Customer-obsessed, detail-oriented and comfortable working on technical teams

• Demonstrated history of acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) is a big plus.

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in UX/UI Design, Interaction Design, or a related field/academic stream

• Expertise with Figma, Adobe XD, and proficiency with other tools of the design trade

• 3-5 years of UX/UI design

• Banking or Fintech experience preferred

• Passionate about the intersection of digital design and interactive technology, especially in the banking space

• Proficient in the theory and application of Mobile First, Lean UX and responsive design principles

• Deep knowledge of interaction design patterns and responsive design best practices

• Comfortable with complexity and ambiguity, with a passion for the challenges around ideating and organizing content and functionality

• Comfortable using AI tools

• Experience with atomic design and pattern libraries

• Able to think creatively while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail

• Deep knowledge of accessibility design requirements and best practices

• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is an asset

• Knowledge of Agile and Scrum processes

• Up-to-date with the latest UX and visual design trends, techniques, and technologies

• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently in a fast-paced, corporate environment

• Able to work independently and as an active member of a team

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong portfolio of client work that demonstrates tactical experience with user-centered design patterns and interface design

Broadband Salary Range: $64,000 – $106,000.
Our typical hiring range is between $64,000 and $90,000. Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements. For critical roles, the compensation offering will be reviewed to ensure alignment with market rate and conditions and the unique value you bring to the role.

This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.

We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.

About Us

At Canadian Tire Services Limited/Canadian Tire Bank, it is our mandate to continue to create innovative and rewarding financial solutions for our customers. Our growing suite of products and services showcase the dynamic contributions from our employees and our success is driven by a strong vision, loyal customers, and our ability to build teams that reflect the diverse customers and communities in which we live and work. Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better..

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.