Motion UX Designer at Thalmic Labs

Location: Kitchener, ON
Position: Motion UX Designer
Company: Thalmic Labs

About us

Thalmic is a hardware + software company building exciting technologies that will shape the future of human-computer interaction, backed by a world-class team of investors including Spark Capital and Intel Capital.

We announced our first product, the Myo gesture control armband, in 2013, and pre-sold over 10,000 units in the first 48 hours. Myo is now shipping worldwide, and has gone on to win numerous awards, such as Digital Trends’ “Best of CES 2014” Award for Cool Tech.

Day-to-day, we encourage unconventional thinking, thrive on great communication and debate, and know how to move quickly. We advocate a healthy lifestyle and promote continuous learning and improvement. Most of all, we set high standards and ambitious goals, and we’re passionate about building the best, most impactful products.

About You

You are a storyteller, weaving motion and movement into user interfaces to bring them to life in thoughtful, memorable, and engaging ways. You love the challenge of simplifying complexity and delighting users with the unexpected, while defining new paradigms of user interactions and experiences. You are looking to make an impact and see wearable technology as the industry to do just that.

What You’ll Do

• Create novel and engaging UI interactions, animations, and transitions for a variety of platforms that help establish a motion design language for Thalmic products.
• Deliver patterns, best practices and guidance on animation and transitions that help elevate interactions and reinforce brand personality.
• Contribute to the overall vision and user strategy for Thalmic products, from concept exploration through implementation, working closely with UX and software engineers to ensure designs are successfully brought to life.
• Collaborate on all aspects of visual design within the company (web, UI, print, etc.)

What you need

• An impressive portfolio that includes motion and interaction in game, film/video, web or mobile contexts.
• 3+ years of relevant industry experience
• Expertise in principles of animation for user interface design and for multi-platform solutions
• A strong acumen for user experience design and how motion design influences UI and interaction design (and vice versa).
• Degree in graphic / motion design / animation or a related field
• Master skills in industry-relevant tools such as Adobe After Effects, Adobe CSS, Core Composer, Flash, Origami and 3D software (Maya, Cinema 4D, etc.).

Bonus points for

• 3D modelling experience
• Visual design experience for web, mobile, and/or desktop interfaces
• Experience conducting user research
• Videography and editing experience

Apply via links at Thalmic Labs.

Mobile UX Designer at Thalmic Labs

Location: Kitchener, ON
Position: Mobile UX Designer
Company: Thalmic Labs

About us

Thalmic is a hardware + software company building exciting technologies that will shape the future of human-computer interaction, backed by a world-class team of investors including Spark Capital and Intel Capital.

We announced our first product, the Myo gesture control armband, in 2013, and pre-sold over 10,000 units in the first 48 hours. Myo is now shipping worldwide, and has gone on to win numerous awards, such as Digital Trends’ “Best of CES 2014” Award for Cool Tech.

Day-to-day, we encourage unconventional thinking, thrive on great communication and debate, and know how to move quickly. We advocate a healthy lifestyle and promote continuous learning and improvement. Most of all, we set high standards and ambitious goals, and we’re passionate about building the best, most impactful products.

About You

Joy for you comes from finding ways to reconcile a mix of user insights, product requirements, and technical capabilities into the most compelling and desirable mobile experiences. You craft interaction models, wireframes, and task flows, and know iOS and android mobile guidelines like the back of your hand. You advocate tirelessly on behalf of the user and never pass up an opportunity to solicit their feedback. You are looking to make an impact and see wearable technology as the industry to do just that.

What You’ll Do

• Transform market and end-user insights into intuitive, engaging, and thoughtful mobile experiences, in the form of wireframes, task flows, mockups, and prototypes.
• Help tackle complex and novel interaction design problems with the goal of defining new UX paradigms and interaction guidelines.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative user research to drive design decisions iteratively throughout the development lifecycle.
• Contribute to the overall vision and user strategy for Thalmic products, from concept exploration through implementation, working closely with UX, product management, and engineers to ensure designs are successfully brought to life.

What you need

• A strong portfolio demonstrating examples of interaction design for mobile experiences, such as annotated wireframes, storyboards, or prototypes, as well as user research activities. It should show a breadth of experience and illustrate the entire design process from ideation through to the final design and clearly state your individual contribution to the project/product.
• Degree in a relevant field (Interaction Design, Human Computer Interaction, etc.)
• 3+ years industry experience designing mobile applications. Experience designing desktop, web, and touch interfaces for consumer products is highly desirable
• Deep knowledge of a mobile best practices and guidelines, including the Apple Human Interface and Android Guidelines
• Demonstrated ability to plan and execute usability tests and other user research, showing how results were analyzed and translated into prioritized recommendations
• Proficiency with industry tools, such as Sketch, Invision, Adobe CSS, or equivalent

Bonus points for

• Being comfortable and open to working in other design areas as needed, including visual design and packaging, and on multiple platforms (web, desktop, etc.)
• Ability to create interactive design prototypes in Axure, Flash, AfterEffects, Maya, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, or other tools

Apply via links at Thalmic Labs.

July 2016: Informal Pub Meetup

In what is now a beloved summer tradition, it’s time to replace energizing presentations and deep UX thoughts with a lighter event befitting the season. Let’s savour that summer feeling with a July uxWaterloo session that features informal talk, some of it even UX-related, and drinks. As befits any self-respecting tradition, we do this every July and August and the laid-back atmosphere and conversations are a welcome addition to any summer schedule. Join us!

And, as has become a yearly tradition, count on hearing from Bob and Mark with an an update on Fluxible 2016, Canada’s UX Festival! You’ve been warned…

Please register for this free event

Thursday July 21, 2016
5:30 to 7:00 pm
Abe Erb Brewing
15 King Street South, Uptown Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario

UI / UX Designer at Dejero

Location: Waterloo, ON
Position: UI / UX Designer
Company: Dejero

Dejero simplifies the remote acquisition, cloud management, and multiscreen distribution of professional live video over IP. Many of the world’s top broadcasters rely on Dejero for their mobile newsgathering needs.

At Dejero, we like challenges. Solving them is what drives us. It’s what defines us. We listen to our customers. We learn from them. We collaborate with them. We cultivate ideas, test them, and improve upon them. That’s how we innovate. Our culture of collaboration and commitment to customer satisfaction is what sets us apart—and we know how to have fun too. We are privately held and ranked in the top fastest-growing technology companies in North America. If you are up for a rewarding challenge, then Dejero is the place for you.

We are seeking a skilled UI / UX Designer to create beautiful user experiences. The ideal candidate will have a strong sense of how to create engaging experiences, and a passion for bringing products to life. You will be responsible for UI design across web, mobile and touch screen interfaces. You will collaborate closely with product management, engineering, marketing and executive stakeholders.

Key Accountabilities

• Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
• Execute all visual design stages from concept through implementation with the engineering team.
• Present and defend designs to peers and executive level stakeholders.
• Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback.
• Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards.

Desired Characteristics & Requirements

• A strong portfolio showing excellent graphic/visual design capabilities including typography, composition, layout, colour, presentation of information.  It should illustrate the entire design process from ideation through to the final design.
• Excellent communication skills. Must be able to communicate your ideas throughout the design process to a wide variety of audiences.
• Proficiency in a variety of design software applications such as Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Invision or other wireframe and mockup software.
• Solid experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps.
• Experience with responsive web design principles and practices.
• The ability to bring simplicity and usability to data and workflows.
• Ability to creatively solve complex UI challenges.
• Ability to iterate quickly in an agile environment.
• Bachelor’s degree with 3 – 5 years of experience.
• An understanding of current front-end web technologies like HTML5, CSS3, etc. would be an asset.
• Understanding of common software development practices and common project management practices.

Thank you for your application and interest in joining Dejero. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Dejero is committed to providing a barrier free application and interview process for all candidates. Should you require accommodations due to a disability or medical condition at any point throughout the hiring process, please contact Human Resources by email at careers@dejero.com or by telephone at 519.772.4824.

Job: UX Designer at Innosphere

Location: Guelph, ON
Position: UX Designer
Company: Innosphere

Who we are?

Established in 1997, Innosphere has been providing superior software solutions for enterprise and small business in an industry that is constantly moving forward. As a member of our Agile Team, you will be part of a thriving, fast-paced, self-directed, collaborative environment where our goal is to achieve 100% client satisfaction. We are looking for talented, high-energy team members to help us create and innovate software solutions. Innosphere is committed to personal and professional development and growth within the organization.

Who we are looking for?

The desired UX Designer will work with product development teams by leading the design of beautiful and intuitive user experiences for software applications including online, mobile and installed. In this role you will provide wireframe mockups and storyboards of the user experience, take the lead role in the design review process, and work closely with users to incorporate feedback into your designs. In addition to the design of the user experience, you will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of a toolkit shared by multiple development teams to create a consistent user experience across multiple products. This position is a 6-month contract.

What are the Core Responsibilities?

• Responsible for the design of the user experience for products created by the Product Delivery team in the Software segment
• Participate in Product Delivery as a member of the cross-functional team and support ongoing work iterations month-to-month
• Create detailed storyboards, mockups, prototypes and communicate designs to product managers and the development team
• Produce and manage cross-browser compliant cascading stylesheets (CSS) for use by the development team
• Establish relationships with Product Managers to obtain client feedback and incorporate into designs
• Schedule meetings with stakeholders to learn both the needs of the business and clients as well as any constraints that may exist including technical ones from engineering
• Work closely with the QA team to ensure that your CSS files support the authorized browsers for the product you are working on
• You will help the team document the style guide as changes to the toolkit occur.

What skills and qualifications we are looking for?

• Degree in Human Computer Interaction, Interactive Media, Graphic Design (or related field) is a plus (not a requirement)
• 3+ years of experience in the design of web applications (SaaS)
• Experience working within an Agile software development team
• Experience designing for Mobile platforms including iPhone, iPad
• A well documented portfolio that showcases samples of design work
• Strong knowledge of web based technologies HTML5, Sass, Less, Modernizr, CSS3 and cross-browser compliance
• Experience with frameworks such as Boostrap or Foundation a plus
• Experience with jQuery is a must
• Experience TypeScript is a plus
• Knowledge of usability testing is an asset
• Excellent leadership, verbal and written communication skills

Apply by sending a resume and cover letter to Katie Paterson (kpaterson@innosphere.ca), or by using one of the links at this Tech & Design listing.

April 2016: A Spring gathering, take 2

Back in March, we wrote about how sometimes our plans get tripped up, and we need to go with an alternative plan. And, of course, that alternative plan for March was tripped up by weather! Everything goes meta…

For our April edition, let’s try again to celebrate Spring with conversation and debate over a beer or two (or whatever drinks you might prefer). And we’ll hope that the wild Spring weather that we’ve had stays a little manageable.

Welcome Spring!

Please register for this free event

Thursday April 21, 2016
5:30 to 7:00 pm
Abe Erb Brewing
15 King Street South, Uptown Waterloo
Waterloo, ON

Job: UI/UX Designer at Brock Solutions

Location: Kitchener, ON
Position: UI/UX Designer
Company: Brock Solutions

Brock Solutions is an engineering solutions and professional services company specializing in the design, build and implementation of real-time solutions for broad based industrial/manufacturing and transportation/logistics organizations globally. With approximately 400 employees in Canada and the U.S., Brock Solutions is a privately held, employee owned organization with over 30 years in the real-time solutions space.

As Brock Solutions continues to grow and respond to the on-going requirements of major clients, we need to add talent to our base of outstanding professionals. We are currently seeking a UI / UX Designer to join our team of experienced professionals located at our head office in Kitchener, ON.

As a UI / UX Designer, you will shape the future of Brock Solutions’ customer interface by creating compelling, effective, and innovative user experiences across all software-based customer touch points. All candidates under consideration must be able to present a comprehensive portfolio.

Duties Include:

• Envision and design the user experience for new products and feature enhancements
• Collaborate with teams to define customer needs and application screen flows for web, mobile, and desktop platforms
• Construct working prototypes, page designs, graphics, and mock-ups to support development of client projects
• Define analytics requirements to help monitor the customer user experience and use the metrics to drive suggestions for improvement
• Collaborate with the internal software teams to ensure applications are programmed to meet design guidelines and meet both the client needs and technical constraints/requirements
• Participate in the establishment and documentation of standards for the user experience

Requirements:

• 2+ years of relevant experience in application UI design
• Up to date knowledge on new trends in UI and accessibility design
• Strong knowledge of web based technologies (HTML5, Sass, Less, CSS3, Bootstrap)
• Experience with one or more prototyping and graphics tools (Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.)
• Knowledge of user experience testing and analysis
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to collaborate and influence effectively across all levels of an organization
• Organized, self-directed, efficient and able to manage complex projects in a timely manner
• Be comfortable interacting with client managers
• Degree or Certifications in Usability, Human Factors, Computer Science, Systems Design, or related discipline

Brock Solutions strives to create a respectful, accessible and inclusive work environment. Upon individual request, Brock Solutions will endeavour to remove barriers to the hiring process to accommodate those candidates with disabilities.

Sound interesting? Apply online at brocksolutions.com.

March 2016: A Spring gathering!

This event has been cancelled due to weather!

Sometimes our plans get tripped up, and we need to go with an alternate.

For our March edition, we’re moving out of our usual third-Thursday-of-the-month in deference to St. Patrick’s Day consuming so much mind share that March day this year. Instead, we’ll be meeting the fourth Thursday, which happens to be the first Thursday of Spring 2016! Let’s celebrate Spring with conversation and debate over a beer or two (or whatever drinks you might prefer).

Welcome Spring!

Please register for this free event

Thursday March 24, 2016
5:30 to 7:00 pm
Abe Erb Brewing
15 King Street South, Uptown Waterloo
Waterloo, ON

February 2016: Get hands-on with the award winning Palette

Join us this month to hear the story behind Palette Gear, a startup in the Velocity Garage that recently won top prize at the UX Design Awards in Berlin. Palette makes a very cool “personalized peripheral” system that augments mice and keyboards with physical buttons, sliders, and dials to provide fast and precise editing. Get hands on with the devices, which can be reconfigured in a snap thanks to their simple plug-and-play hardware design. Learn about some of the tough design challenges they’ve overcome in both hardware and software — and maybe even sketch some ideas for further improvements on the Palette team’s radar.

About Palette

Palette is a modular controller designed for creative professionals. You can snap together physical buttons, dials and sliders in any layout (they are magnetic!). The tactile and intuitive controller improves the efficiency for editing photos, videos or music. Palette can also be used to control any other applications and games using the keyboard and joystick mode.

Since the start in 2013, the team successfully participated in the HAX Accelerator (China), Velocity Garage (University of Waterloo) and the Creative Destruction Lab (University of Toronto). Palette has won several competition grants (e.g. Velocity Fund Finals, AC Jumpstart) and also placed 1st in the UX Design awards at IFA Berlin (2015). The company has also been funded by Extreme Venture Partners and SOSventures. Palette has been shipped to thousands of customers already and continue to sell more.

When and where

Thursday February 18, 2016
5:30 to 7:00 pm
Communitech Hub
Atlas/Matrix Room
[View on Google Maps]

Please register for this free event

Job: Lead UX Designer at TD Lab

Position: Lead UX Designer
Company: TD Canada Trust
Location: Waterloo, ON

About TD Bank Group

The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Group (“TD” or “the Bank”).

TD is the sixth largest bank in North America by branches and serves over 24 million customers in three key businesses operating in a number of locations in financial centres around the globe:

• Canadian Retail, including TD Canada Trust, TD Auto Finance Canada, TD Wealth, TD Direct Investing, and TD Insurance;
• U.S. Retail, including TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank, TD Auto Finance U.S., and an investment in TD Ameritrade; and
• Wholesale Banking, including TD Securities.

TD had CDN$1.1 trillion in assets on January 31, 2015. TD also ranks among the world’s leading online financial services firms, with approximately 9.7 million active online and mobile customers. The Toronto-Dominion Bank trades on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under the symbol “TD”.

Department Overview

Reporting to the AVP, TD Lab & Enterprise Innovation, the Senior UX Designer plays a key role leading solutions exploration, design, and development across the TD Lab and TD Lab Accelerator teams – rapidly bringing new solution concepts to customers as in-market betas, and acting on their feedback. This is a unique opportunity to work in a highly collaborative team, learn continuously, unleash your creativity, and move as quickly as your ability.

Lean, creative, and experimental, the TD Lab delivers exceptional experiences by understanding our customers. The TD Lab team explores new solutions and emerging technologies through ideation, design, prototyping, and tech partnerships – and delivers new solutions to test in market.

Job Description

• Lead and mentor two teams of designers and developers, including experienced engineers and co-op students, through all aspects of the design process. This role is both hands-on and instructive with the ability to deliver, and guide others.
• Continuously evolve TD Lab design processes, including experimentation and learning with emerging methodologies
• Design flows and experiences that are incredibly simple and elegant
• Work closely with other designers, engineers, and marketing to ship extraordinary products and experiences
• Design highly functional user interfaces using design research techniques, including in-field observations, customer interviews, usability testing, and other forms of user need-finding
• Build personas, storyboards, flowcharts, wireframes and prototypes
• Effectively communicate research findings, conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale both verbally and visually
• Work closely with development teams to ensure that design specifications are implemented
• Lead and mentor TD Lab Accelerator Designer

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or a related design discipline
• More than 5 years experience creating impactful and attractive products with multidisciplinary teams
• Knowledge of interaction design and user testing methodologies, across a wide variety of ecosystems and platforms.
• Love of collaboration, and enjoys teaching others
• A solid understanding of visual design principles across a range of digital platforms including web, mobile, social, tablet, kiosk, and whatever is next
• Proven ability to generate assets for build phases
• Good communication skills to articulate creative and aesthetic choices to team members
• Capable of taking design and performance feedback extremely well
• Ability to multitask, prioritize projects, and communicate progress and expected milestones
• Track record of maintaining the quality of your designs throughout all phases of the project
• Obsessed with finding the sweet spot between beauty and functionality
• Proficiency with design and prototyping tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Balsamiq, Axure, etc.
• You need to love what you do, have opinions, work well in a team, and get excited about design and UX.
• Have experience in guiding real products, for use by real people from concept to completion.

Inclusiveness

At TD, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and communities in which we live and serve, and creating an environment where every employee has the opportunity to reach her/his potential.

TD is committed to providing accommodations. if you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.

Apply now.