Senior Product Designer – RBC Ventures (Ownr)

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RBC Ventures is a new kind of business - one that marries the strength of one of the world’s most trusted and successful financial institutions with a mission to reimagine the role we play in people’s lives - to move RBC ‘beyond banking’. We’re building a world-class organization focused on designing exceptional experiences, exploring new business models, and creating exponential value. In 2020, we were named by Fast Company as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators and we’re looking for team members with the curiosity to explore, the capabilities to build, and the capacity to help us deliver our mission.

What is the opportunity?
We are looking for a talented and passionate team player to join the Ownr family as a Senior Product Designer. You'll be playing a big part in building the next evolution of our platform as we move to provide extensive new capabilities to business owners, working alongside a close-knit group of fun and ambitious designers, marketers, and engineers. The ideal candidate is collaborative, pushes design boundaries, and can marry design to business and technical innovation.

About Ownr
At Ownr, we have helped thousands of Canadians establish their businesses. As we redefine the entrepreneurship landscape, we take pride in simplifying what it takes to be a business owner. We're on a mission to become the leading platform for entrepreneurship in Canada, and it takes an entire team to build something big. So join our team and discover how we can help entrepreneurs make their dreams a reality. Visit ownr.co

What will you do?

• Independently produce, deliver, and validate high-quality end-to-end designs, with a focus on ideating short to medium-term design strategies and features with your product team
• Manage design requirements and prioritization together with your product and engineering partners
• Support and mentor junior designers through day-to-day design challenges
• Drive a high-performing product design skillset and the ability to leverage design thinking practices to build UI/ UX flows that balance strategic business goals with the needs of users
• Understand the capabilities, strengths, and limitations of a technology stack to best align design and development to optimize efficiency, performance, and user value
• Rationalize solutions and effectively communicate ideas and designs
• Collaborate with core team members to introduce new product features and create a better user experience based on user feedback
• Lead usability testing alongside other Product Design and UX Researchers
• Ensure adherence to Accessibility guidelines while keeping Inclusivity top-of-mind

What do you need to succeed?
Must-haves

• 5+ years of experience working in digital on design teams
• Have built and launched at least one large feature and/or app that has gone from discovery through launch and optimization
• An exceptional eye for detail and passion for quality
• Experience designing Responsive Web platforms
• Experience with a wide range of design and Prototyping Tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Principle, ProtoPie)
• Deep knowledge in 2-3 key areas: UX/Interaction Design, UI/Visual Design, Understanding Human Behaviour, Business and Product Strategy, Design Thinking, UX Copywriting, Accessibility and Inclusive Design, Strategic Thinking, Systems Thinking, UX Research, Analytics, Usability Testing, Prototyping, Storytelling, Information Design, Information Architecture, Design Systems, Growth Design
• BA/BS degree in Design (e.g., Interaction, Graphic, Visual Communications, Product, Industrial Design) or a related field or equivalent experience
• Portfolio / Case Studies with recent work samples

Nice-to-haves

• Experience using various analytics platforms.
• Experience working in start-up environments.
• Knowledge and/or experience in rapid product development / agile process.
• Experience creating marketing assets/illustrations.
• Experience in web and mobile accessibility and WCAG 2.0

What's in it for you?
We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• The opportunity to shape Owner’ design strategy within a high-growth business.
• The opportunity to coach and mentor design professionals.
• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits.
• RBC paid time off and benefits package.
• Remote/hybrid work environment.
• The opportunity to work with a collaborative, creative, and high-performing team.
• The opportunity to interface with members.

RBC requires as a condition of employment that all successful candidates in the United States and Canada be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their start date, and may require proof of the same. Reasonable accommodation is available where required by law.

RBC exige, à titre de condition d'emploi, que tous les candidats retenus aux États-Unis ou au Canada soient entièrement vaccinés contre la COVID-19 avant leur date d'entrée en fonction. Il est possible qu'ils aient à présenter une preuve vaccinale. Des mesures raisonnables d'adaptation sont offertes lorsque la loi l'exige

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Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

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