Product Designer, Scotiabank

 
 
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Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.
Is this role right for you? In this role you will:
-Participate and influence the design decisions for banking digital experiences that touch millions of our clients every day.
-Understand our clients’ motivations and needs, leveraging research and usability principles along with your intuitive design sense.
-Consider client interactions and journeys and act as an advocate for their constant improvement through accessible and inclusive design principles and implementation.
-Partner and collaborate with Product management, Engineering, Marketing, Analytics, and other key players to envision and build products that make our client’s experience useful, engaging, and effective while supporting our business goals.
-Support and communicate with your squad partners (product managers, developers, quality analysts, delivery leads and business associates) through the conception, build and release of software features.
-Engage with your squad to understand our mobile platform's capabilities, communicate design specifications, and verify implemented designs.
-Produce compelling visual deliverables to illustrate desired client experiences and provide detailed specifications for developers.
-Active participant in our design community by engaging in craft-building activities with your fellow Designers.
-Practice empathy and the ability to actively listen and consider other people’s points of view.
-Help to synthesize research outcomes into viable product experiences by supporting senior designers and the research team on client testing and insights into your design work.
-Self-driven and strive to build collaboration and communication skills with your colleagues.
-Provide feedback and coaching to Associate product Designers.
-Perform in an open environment, striving to be persuasive and engaging while being self-driven.
Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:
-3+ years of professional experience designing responsive web and/or native mobile software applications.
-Bachelor’s degree in design, Humanities, Systems engineering or related fields.
-Ability to communicate concepts, ideas and strategies using rapid visual design techniques.
-Ability to work within the constraints of a Design System with flexibility, and a desire to push existing standards to the next level by contributing back to our Design System library.
-A positive and resilient personality with a growth mentality. You must be able to embrace feedback and have a desire for continuous improvement.
-A demonstrable history of applying design thinking tenets and user centered design principles to design problems for at least 3 years.
-A portfolio of work (professional and/or personal) from your last 2-3 years that presents the story of projects you have worked on, your role, and examples of your problem-solving methods from low-fidelity sketches to detailed designs.
-We are looking for a fast learner who has an appetite to uncover what’s behind both, simple and complex financial solutions.
-Proficiency in the use of Figma (other tolls like Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, In vision, Axure or others are a plus).
-Strong understanding of Human-centred Design practices, including Design thinking methodologies, research, and user testing protocols, as well as Agile frameworks.
-A basic level of technical acuity on understanding front-end technologies, factoring it into your work limitations and constraints to understand when boundaries can be pushed.
 
What's in it for you?
-Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
-Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.  
-Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.  
-Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
-Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!
 
 
Working location condition: Hybrid
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Location(s):  Canada : Ontario : Toronto 
Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  
At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.