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Description
As our SR Product Designer you will:
We're hoping you'll bring:
Why Certn?
A Little Bit About Us:
We are a growing global technology company that is looking to reinvent the way organizations build Trust in People with technology and AI-backed background checks. We are proud to share that we recently secured 105 million in funding, were named one of Canada s Companies-to-Watch in Deloitte s Technology Fast 50 Awards, and are on track to become one of Canada s fastest-growing start-ups.
Who are Certonians?
We are soccer players, DIY creators, spicy-food lovers, karaoke lovers, wine connoisseurs, and so much more! We are a team of 300 people currently living the dream at Certn and are looking for more team members to level us up. If you are excited about working with a group that values accountability, working synergistically with one another, being inclusive of different perspectives, and not being an asshole - aka approaching all solutions & problems with compassion and empathy - we want to hear from you!
This Opportunity:
We re looking for senior product designers to join the rad team that works on Certn s products and design system. You will be joining a tight-knit team, working closely with UX, product managers and the engineer teams to help frame user needs and deliver thoughtful and outstanding design work that is supported in exceptional research and validation.
This Opportunity:
We re looking for senior product designers to join the rad team that works on Certn s products and design system. You will be joining a tight-knit team, working closely with UX, product managers and the engineer teams to help frame user needs and deliver thoughtful and outstanding design work that is supported in exceptional research and validation.
As our SR Product Designer you will:
- Be a key member contributing to designing new features, iterating, and shipping high quality product improvements to the background check industry and the future of personal data management.
- Work closely with designers and engineers to shape and grow our internal design system, Cascadia. Get in at the seedling stage.
- Be responsible for balancing speed, quality, and consistency of design. You also aren t afraid to ask for help to keep that balance and consistency.
- Collaborate and work cross-functionally with UX, product, engineering and design peers on product user experience direction, strategy, research, best practices and accessibility standards to ensure delightful and inclusive experiences are created for our users. Sometimes you ll also need to guide, coach, and mentor fellow designers.
- Facilitate and drive meetings and workshops confidently when sharing new work and exciting user experience opportunities.
- Be able to articulate the rationale behind your design decisions, and be able to ask difficult questions and challenge assumptions.
We're hoping you'll bring:
- Passion for lifting the bar as part of a world-class design team and love to help others grow.
- Experience working on large projects with comfort and ease, which includes collaboration, experimentation, the ability to influence and coach, and have contributed to multiple shipped products.
- Fantastic communication and storytelling skills; bringing personality into everything, just like this sentence attempt.
- You can effectively communicate and collaborate with engineers to deliver a great user experience while accounting for timelines, technical feasibility, and business needs
- Experience partnering with researchers to plan, wireframe, design, and run experiments and sessions; take findings, iterate and improve on designs through evaluative and generative research.
- A portfolio or something equivalent that you re proud of, focused on product work only.
Why Certn?
Our goal is to make sure Certn to be the best place for you to work. That means we are consistently asking for your feedback, researching best practices, and implementing new programs and changes in the way we work so that we can each walk away every day feeling proud to work here!
Some of the benefits you can expect at Certn are...
Some of the benefits you can expect at Certn are...
- 4 weeks of paid vacation
- 12 wellness days
- Extensive health benefits
- Family support program (including support for new parents and caregivers)
- Remote-first and supports flexible remote arrangements
- Green transportation allowance
- Fitness & wellness allowance
- Work from home allowance
- Professional development budget
- And a few more goodies!
Does this role sound like it was made for you, yet you don t check every box?
We value diversity in our teams experience. Whatever your background, experience, ethnicity, physical ability, sexual orientation, race, and gender is, we want to hear from you! We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment for all employees from all walks of life. One of our corporate goals is to build an environment that will be the best place for you to work and spend your time. To accomplish that, we know we need to develop a diverse team where everyone feels included and where a variety of voices are heard.
*If you have a disability that requires accommodation during any stage of our recruitment process, please let us know how we can best assist you*
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