Senior Product Designer
Botsford Associates
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
$100K-$120K a year (estimated)
Full-time
About Botsford Associates
Botsford Associates is a boutique consulting firm dedicated to supporting major financial institutions. We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Designer to join our team and contribute to the continued build-out of a major trading and wealth management product offering.
Team / Program Overview
- Partnering with a leader in custody, trade execution, and brokerage solutions.
- Collaborating with a diverse group of Portfolio Managers, Investment Dealers, and Investment Fund Managers.
Role Overview
As a Senior Product Designer, you will :
- Lead the design process from concept to implementation in a dynamic, start-up-like environment.
- Conduct user research and apply insights to your designs, confidently presenting and defending your concepts to senior stakeholders.
- Create high-fidelity prototypes or mock-ups and effectively communicate your designs.
- Design intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces.
- Develop and implement design strategies aligned with product goals, standards, and architecture.
- Develop, maintain, and scale design systems for use across product modules.
- Conduct usability testing, ensure accessibility, and mentor junior designers.
Required Skills :
- 3+ years of experience designing web-based software applications; B2B and Fintech experience is a plus.
- Experience working with cross-functional product, design, and engineering teams in an Agile / Lean environment.
- Must be able to do Journey Mapping, Pain-Point Identification and be Analytical
- Should be comfortable working with Vendors and providing them with detailed design documents / specifications for some aspects of the system build
- Expertise in design thinking and human-centered design methodologies.
- Proficiency in specifying design interactions and attributes such as spacing, color, and typography.
- Strong prototyping and interaction design skills, using graphic tools or working with HTML / CSS / JS.
- Preferably experience using Figma but other similar tools are also okay
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Self-starter with the ability to thrive in ambiguity.
- Familiarity with accessibility guidelines and techniques for making web-based software accessible is a plus.
28 days ago