TheAppLabb Jobs

Summary: Minimum 4 years relevant experience as a Product Designer or similar role in Agile Product environment for web & mobile centric products.

Job Type: Full-time

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate design workshops with clients and internal project teams.
• Be the first point of contact for business to manage & distribute the work within the design team.
• Gathering and evaluating user requirements in collaboration with product managers & engineers.
• Be an expert in creating, analyzing and testing the user journey.
• Help conduct Design research, usability testing and user interviews.
• Conduct design audit and offer recommends / solutions.
• Produce design assets including user flows, site maps, wireframes, mockups and prototypes.
• Rapidly iterate on wireframes and design prototypes.
• Stay up to date on the current UX, visual design practices and trends.
• Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to functions & features.
• Preference for working in a fast paced -collaborative environment.

Must Have:

• Must have 2 years' experience in Design Research Methodologies/practices.
• Must have 2 years' experience in UX/ UI Design for digital products including web & mobile.
• Experience in managing reportee
• Proficient in Sketch, InVision, Zeplin
• Understanding of accessibility guidelines including AODA & WCAG
• Understanding Material design and iOS guidelines for Mobile Applications
• Understanding of mobile first and responsive design
• Experience in using JIRA in an agile environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to handle / manage client communications.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working with Figma, Adobe Suite, & Mockflow
• Experience in building and scaling design systems
• Experience in conducting usability testing and synthesizing solutions

Additional Requirements:

• Location: Currently the position is fully remote within Canada. But we would prefer the candidate to be residing with in GTA or willing to relocate to GTA post the current pandemic situation.
• Must be eligible to work in Canada without restriction – we cannot support international candidates or VISA processes at this time.
• A degree, diploma, certificate or equivalent in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or other design-related discipline
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Well-rounded knowledge of Agile principles and the flexibility to adapt your experience to new and evolving environments.
• Passion for well-designed products and not afraid to share and explain your ideas
• Experience running design operations and exhibiting previous product team leadership skills (being accountable to metrics, etc.) are also recommended.

About TheAppLabb

• TheAppLabb is a leading product innovation firm focused on strategy, design, and development of cutting-edge apps.
• We are proud to be certified as “Top 40 Great Places to Work, Canada”
• TheAppLabb comprehensive 360-degree product development process includes ideation, research, app strategy, design, development, maintenance, and customer acquisition.
• Through its R&D division, TheAppLabb builds solutions with emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence, IOT, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Blockchain.
• Through its Incubator, TheAppLabb actively invests in start-ups & helps them with product development and corporate development
• TheAppLabb has developed mobile apps for top brands such as Suncor, Gateway Casinos, JBS, Unilever, Samsung, Dell, Electrolux, Frigidaire, RBC, Hudson’s Bay, Teknion, Toronto International Film Festival, Canadian International Auto Show, Rapala, Park N Fly, Banff World Media Festival, Ontario Real Estate Association, etc.