13 Aug
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Aquent
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Toronto
Aquent is partnering with a leading financial institution dedicated to empowering individuals to manage their finances confidently and independently. This organization is at the forefront of digital innovation, continuously striving to simplify complex financial experiences and deliver intuitive, user-centric solutions that directly impact the day-to-day lives of millions. Your design expertise will be instrumental in shaping the future of digital interactions for a vast user base.
Are you ready to make a significant impact? This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated and collaborative design team within a key digital channel. In this pivotal role, you won’t just be designing in isolation; you’ll be a vital connector, collaborating across various product squads and partnering directly with the team responsible for scaling our robust digital ecosystem.
Your mission is to craft intuitive, simplified self-service capabilities, directly influencing how users confidently manage their financial lives. This is your chance to move beyond execution to true ownership, becoming a key voice in strategic decision-making as you develop deep domain expertise in digital financial services.
What You’ll Do
- Solve Complex Challenges: Tackle ambiguous, complex workflows and transform them into elegant, user-centric design solutions.
- Champion the Design System: Collaborate with designers and developers to implement the design system, ensuring code and documentation remain highly accurate, uniform, and up to date.
- Drive Product Delivery: Actively participate in product delivery through proactive planning, task assignment, and high-quality execution.
- Advance the Practice: Mentor peers,
promote design system adoption, and actively maintain and evolve shared design libraries.
What We’re Looking For You will build strong cross-functional relationships, guiding projects with empathy, cultivating a growth mindset, and instilling a systems-thinking approach across the team. We are actively fostering a holistic Product Designer Mindset, and you will have the opportunity to expand your skills and help others grow in business concepts, advanced systems thinking, and co-creative workshop facilitation. Must-Have Qualifications
- 4–7 years of dedicated experience in Interaction/UX Design (with specific expertise across Interaction and Visual design).
- Design Systems Expertise: Proven experience creating assets and maintaining comprehensive documentation for design systems.
- Advanced Responsive Design: Strong mastery of current best practices for both Responsive Web and Mobile platforms.
- UX Methodology & Content-First Approach: A demonstrable understanding of Design Thinking processes, with a preference for content-first design strategies.
- Critical Thinking & Autonomy: Strong decision-making skills and the ability to navigate uncertainty proactively.
- Communication: Exceptional English communication skills (written and verbal)
with the ability to clearly articulate design rationale to cross-functional stakeholders.
Nice-to-Have Qualifications
- Proficiency in UX Research methodologies.
- Deep understanding of Inclusive Design and Accessibility.
- Experience facilitating design workshops or design sprints.
- Bilingualism in French is a strong asset.
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 environment-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 innovative solutions. With a rich history of success and a robust 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.
📌 Interaction Designer (Toronto)
🏢 Aquent
📍 Toronto