Job: Mobile UI Designer, Genesys, Kitchener-Waterloo (Remote)

Role

Reporting to the Director of Product Management, this a 2-month contract position focused on developing a material system design for a mobile application. Working within a small innovation team, this role will work closely with product and engineering in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment. The candidate should be an expert in Android mobile UI design.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, document and uphold visual style across all product UI components
• Develop clear, functional UI wireframe prototypes
• Collaborate with product and engineering to achieve the desired functionality and visual design of the UI
• Visualize, propose, and present creative design concepts in a variety of visual styles
• Generate UI assets and work with programmers to implement to required specifications
• Constantly move the design forward and maintain an awareness of feedback from user testing
• Participate in user interviews and user testing
• Work remotely with a distributed team

Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ experience designing high-quality mobile applications
• Expert understanding of UI/UX design trends, concepts, techniques, and implementation
• Experience working directly with a development team, ideally in a startup or early stage company
• Excellent graphic design and illustration skills
• Proficient in Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, and other relevant tools
• Ability to quickly conceptualize, present, execute and iterate on ideas and designs
• Experience with user testing and user research
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organization skills

Apply directly to: james.hvezda[at]genesys.com

Senior Product Designer, RouteThis, Kitchener

We’re looking for a passionate and experienced Senior Product Designer to join our Product Team. Reporting to the Director of Product, you possess extensive product design and user research experience.

Working with both internal stakeholders as well as our customers you will formulate and execute the end-to-end research, design and testing processes that will redefine the technical support agent experience within the ISP and Smart Home industries. You will seek out, synthesize and implement designs that delight users and drive adoption through digital experiences. You will drive accountability within the product and engineering teams to apply the design lens throughout the product development lifecycle.

If the thought of doing all of the above for an innovative technical support platform interests you, we definitely want to chat.

Click here to apply

As a Senior Product Designer, you will…:

• Articulate clear design principles back to product and development stakeholders to demonstrate fit between your design and customer requirements
• Independently envision solutions to design challenges
• Organize and design usability tests within the target persona groups in order to evaluate and iterate the design
• Work with the Director of Product to understand platform features, user stories and personas to create mobile-based and browser-based wireframes, mockups and prototypes that accomplish product goals
• Own and manage mock-up templates for all white-labeled applications
• Post-deployment, ensure that appropriate processes are in place to rigorously track and measure design success

To be successful in this role, you should have…:

• 3+ years of work experience in product design, UX research, or other relevant roles
• Prior experience with designing for both mobile and web platforms
• Prior experience with Adobe XD or equivalent (Sketch, Invision)
• Prior experience working in an agile-oriented organization

Bonus points for:

• Prior experience working at a technical support or call centre
• Demonstrated understanding of networking principles

If you can provide us with examples of previous work (i.e. wireframes, mock-ups), please send them our way as well!

Do you feel like you’re able to tackle this role? Show us what you got! We absolutely don’t expect applicants to check off every box for any of our positions, and welcome you to apply if you feel like you’re an excellent fit.

Why RouteThis?

• Growth: As a rapidly growing startup, we’re constantly facing new challenges and prefer to promote from within. By working with us, you can jumpstart and shape your career.
• Team: At RouteThis you’ll be working on a highly-motivated team full of the best talent you can find. We’re carefully selective on who we hire as we’re a close team.
• Fun: Monthly team social events, delicious pour over coffee and espresso in the office, or just grabbing a drink at a nearby coffee shop with a coworker. We never forget that work should also be fun.
• Perks & Benefits: We cater lunch every Friday and offer snacks in the office on top of competitive salaries and a generous benefits package.
• Location: Located in downtown Kitchener, near a bus stop and the future home of the LRT and transit hub, RouteThis has a prime location if you want to live downtown.