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Job Title

Senior Product Designer - RBC Ventures (Prepped)

Job Description

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?

Prepped is looking for a Product Design professional with a track record of building and shipping successful consumer digital products. This individual will be a key member of the Prepped Product Design team and collaborate closely with the RBC Ventures Design team/centre of excellence to ensure best-practice design.

The ideal candidate is comfortable contributing to product and brand strategy at a high level and working with a variety of stakeholders to continuously push the perspective of design across the team.

About Prepped

Prepped – your digital career coach that supports Canadians in their job search. Prepped takes a science-based approach by providing the tools and resources that are proven to increase your chances of landing the job, focusing on career planning, applying for the job, interviewing, networking, and much more.

In this role, you will act as the voice of the user. You’ll pursue ways to keep users engaged and make the job search process easier for all Canadians. As the primary Designer, you will have the opportunity to drive the design and processes forward, giving you full ownership of the Prepped experience.

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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

3-5 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, Webflow, etc).

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 Prepped’s 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 Ventures Inc., a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada, is going beyond banking to create meaningful solutions that touch every Canadian. We are building new ventures, acquiring growing firms, making investments, and partnering with organizations that share our vision. The results are products and services that solve problems and make lives better. For more information, visit RBCVentures.ca

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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Job Summary

Address:

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada

City:

CAN-ON-TORONTO

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

Ventures and Corporate Development

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2022-03-24-07:00

Application Deadline:

2022-03-25-07:00

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work. We are taking actions to tackle issues of inequity and systemic bias to support our diverse talent, clients and communities.

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We also strive to provide an accessible candidate experience for our prospective employees with different abilities. Please let us know if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process.

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