03 Aug
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Aquent
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Toronto
Join our client, a global leader committed to delivering exceptional digital experiences that impact millions of users daily. They are at the forefront of their industry, driven by strategy, research, design principles, and technical innovation. They are seeking exceptional digital professionals to bring their vision to life.
Are you a visionary Visual Designer ready to shape the future of digital products for millions? In this pivotal role, you will instinctively weave iconography, typography, color, space, and texture to simplify and enhance how customers navigate products and services. You’ll leverage your expertise to craft designs that inspire, engage, and excite, directly influencing the user journey and elevating the overall digital experience.
What You’ll Do As a key contributor, you will thrive in agile team environments and iterative design processes, collaborating with interdisciplinary team members and stakeholders. You’ll analyze, design, and articulate your mobile and responsive design vision, acting as a natural problem solver, communicator, and facilitator throughout the entire product lifecycle—from initial idea generation to final implementation.
- Visual Design Strategy:
- Spatial & Data Layouts: Improve user comprehension and task performance through visual-spatial displays, including dynamic visualizations for analytic thinking with large datasets.
- Scalable Systems: Drive efficiency and consistency across platforms by creating reusable visual components within a broader context.
- Stakeholder Facilitation: Lead ideation sessions, collaborative work activities, and present visual design work to senior stakeholders.
- Visual Design Creation
- Data-Informed Artifacts: Apply visual design theory, research data, and best practices to craft high-complexity digital artifacts (web or native app) that effectively exchange information, elicit emotion, and facilitate interaction.
- Prototyping & Specs: Produce low-fidelity sketches,
high-fidelity mock-ups, and interactive prototypes to clearly communicate design intent and deliver specifications for development.
- Design Leadership & Audits: Facilitate design critiques, evaluate designs for inclusivity, provide expert guidance to cross-functional teams, and contribute practical direction on organizational visual communication standards, tools, and processes.
- Research and Testing
- User Validation: Facilitate usability testing sessions and actively participate in or initiate user research activities.
- Competitive & Quality Audits: Research visual design and communication strategies across the sector, perform competitive audits tied to business goals, and conduct visual design quality audits when appropriate.
Why Join Our Team?
- Inclusive Culture: Work in an environment where designers feel included, valued, and heard, surrounded by supportive peers who excel in their field.
- Scale & Impact: Create solutions used by millions of people while contributing to a global digital leader that genuinely prioritizes customer experience.
- Innovation: Partner with a forward-thinking team pushing the boundaries of digital product design to improve the lives of the people and communities we serve.
Must-Haves
- Education & Experience: BA/BS degree in Design (e.g., Interaction, Graphic, Visual Communications, Product, Industrial), HCI, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
- Portfolio: A portfolio demonstrating solid web and/or mobile digital design samples.
- Design Expertise & Tools:
Solid mastery of core design principles (typography, grid systems, visual hierarchy, color theory, whitespace) and tools such as Figma, Mural, and UserTesting.com.
- Technical Understanding: Proven understanding of responsive design practices and experience working within an agile framework.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience designing outstanding digital products and end-to-end customer experiences.
- Proven ability to articulate conceptual ideas and design rationale clearly within a user-centered design process.
- Strong problem-solving, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.
About Aquent Talent Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!
Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive setting-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.
Client Description Are you ready to join a distinguished financial institution that is committed to empowering clients and communities? Our client is a leading provider of banking and financial services, renowned for its customer-centric approach and cutting-edge solutions. With a rich history of success and a strong focus on diversity and inclusion, our client is dedicated to building a better future for all. Join us in our mission to make a positive impact and drive meaningful change.
📌 Advanced Visual Designer (Toronto)
🏢 Aquent
📍 Toronto