Native Mobile Visual Designer (12 Month Contract)

Job Description

About Mobile Design at RBC

Our goal is to become our industry’s leader in exceptional digital experiences. To get there, we’re putting strategy, research, design principles, and technical innovation at the centre of everything we do. But we need exceptional mobile designers, like you, to bring our process to life.

What will you do?

As a mobile designer on our team, you are an expert at native mobile design particularly iOS and Android platforms. You are also an expert with design systems and can leverage platforms from iOS and Android to extend and refine RBC’s mobile design system. You can instinctively weave iconography, typography, colour, space and texture together to simplify and improve how our customers navigate our products and services. You’ll use your expertise to delight users with designs that inspire, engage and excite.

You have a familiarity with research methodologies to identify and conduct ongoing research to gather feedback that can be incorporated into designs in order to make data driven decisions. Comfortable within agile team environments and an iterative process, you’ll be collaborating with interdisciplinary team members and stakeholders as you analyze, design and convey your mobile design vision. A natural problem solver, communicator and facilitator, you’ll be involved in every step of the process from idea generation to implementation.

What you would work on

Mobile Design Strategy

• Understand visual-spatial displays, and use that understanding to improve user comprehension, and improve task performance
• Create visual components considering the broader context, to be used in multiple situations, to bring about efficiency and consistency
• Use dynamic visualizations to support analytic thinking with large data sets
• Facilitate ideation sessions and collaborative work activities
• Presents visual design work to more senior stakeholders

Mobile Artifact Creation

• Use a comprehensive understanding of visual design theory, research data and best practices to inform design decisions
• Create complex low-fidelity sketches, hi-fidelity mock-ups and prototypes to communicate intent, or delivery specifications for development
• Facilitates design critique, evaluate visual designs for inclusivity and provide expert advice and guidance to cross-functional teams
• Contribute practical direction to the larger design team on RBC’s visual communication standards, tools, channels, and processes

Research and Testing

• Facilitate usability testing
• Participate in or initiate research activities
• Research visual design and communication strategies in the financial services sector and perform competitive audits pertinent to specific design or business goals
• Perform visual design audits where appropriate

What’s in it for you

• You’ll find yourself in a culture where designers feel included, valued, and heard; in a supportive environment surrounded by peers who exceed in their area of expertise.
• You will work on solutions used by millions of people and contribute to a company that truly values customer experience and remains a Global Digital leader.
• Work/life balance is important to us; you will be part of a company that values your time.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• 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
• A minimum of 4 years of experience in designing mobile applications
• Strong technical understanding of mobile platforms iOS and Android
• Strong understanding of design systems
• Demonstrated expertise with design, prototyping, and research tools such as Figma, Sketch, InVision and UserTesting.com
• Portfolio that includes mobile design samples

Nice to have

• 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

About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is Canada’s largest bank, and one of the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We are one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management, insurance, investor services and capital markets products and services on a global basis. We have over 80,000 full- and part-time employees who serve more than 16 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 37 other countries. For more information, please visit rbc.com.

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment
RBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected factors. Disability-related accommodations during the application process are available upon request.

JOB SUMMARY

City: Toronto
Address: 88 Queens Quay West
Work Hours/Week: 37.5
Work Environment: Office
Employment Type: Contract
Career Level: Experienced Hire/Professional
Pay Type: Hourly
Position Level: PL08
Required Travel(%): 0
Exempt/Non-Exempt: N/A
People Manager: No
Application Deadline: 07/17/2020
Req ID: 216456