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• Location: Toronto, Ontario
• Type: Temporary - Contractor
• Job #15642

Senior Visual Designer

Looking to join a team that’s pushing the boundaries of digital product design? As a Visual Designer, you will use your expertise to delight users with designs that inspire, engage and excite.  

Who You Are:

You can instinctively weave iconography, typography, colour, space and texture together to simplify and improve how customers navigate our clients products and services. You are a natural problem solver, communicator and facilitator.

What You Will Work On:

• Create visual components considering the broader context, to be used in multiple situations, to bring about efficiency and consistency 
• Use dynamic visualizations to support analytic thinking with large data sets 
• Facilitate ideation sessions and collaborative work activities 
• Presents visual design work to more senior stakeholders 
• Visual Design Creation 
• Use a comprehensive understanding of visual design theory, research data and best practices to inform design decisions 
• Design high complexity visual artifacts for digital media (web or native app) to exchange information, elicit emotion and facilitate interaction 
• Create complex low-fidelity sketches, hi-fidelity mock-ups and prototypes to communicate intent, or delivery specifications for development 
• Facilitates design critique, evaluate visual designs for inclusivity and provide expert advice and guidance to cross-functional teams 
• Research and Testing, facilitate usability testing & participate in/ initiate research activities
• Research visual design and communication strategies in the financial services sector and perform competitive audits pertinent to specific design or business goals 
• Perform visual design audits where appropriate 

Required Skills & Experience:

• BA/BS degree in Design (e.g. interaction, graphic, visual communications, product, industrial), HCI, CS, or a related field or equivalent experience
• Portfolio that includes web and/or mobile design samples
• Solid knowledge of design tools (Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and presentation software) and principles (typography, grid systems, visual hierarchy, colour, white space, etc.)
• Understanding of responsive design
• Experience in the agile process

Apply now with your resume & portfolio