Senior Product Designer (Digital)

at  The Globe and Mail

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

The Globe and Mail is a national icon and one of Canada’s most recognized media brands. We proudly serve as a trusted destination for Canadians seeking the highest caliber of journalism, and we’ve garnered international acclaim for our data visualization, design, and creative storytelling.
We are committed to fostering diversity and inclusivity by reflecting all Canadians in both the stories that we tell and the composition of our workforce. We are proud partners with organizations like Indigenous Works, Pride at Work, the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, and we are a signatory of the BlackNorth Initiative. Recognizing the importance of work-life balance, we offer flexible work arrangements and support programs. We also invest in our employees’ growth through training and mentorship opportunities, enabling you to expand your skills and embrace new challenges.
No matter your position at The Globe, you’ll be an integral part of an organization dedicated to making a positive difference in Canada. Join us.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Are you interested in what’s going on in the world, and are you a reader? Do you feel excited about designing the next generation of a world class AI-integrated news reading experience? Do you love engaging with people (ie.,teammates, stakeholders and customers) to bring about innovation? If so, read on!
As Senior Product Designer, you will be a part of the core team that creates compelling user experiences for The Globe and Mail’s website and apps. Bring your experience building and shipping complex applications and software to play a key role in ensuring that we continually evolve the user experience to be personally rewarding for our readers.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience designing digital products
• Your passion for user experience and design thinking, a strong desire to be innovative within the news, content publishing and media industry
• Demonstrable conceptual thinking and clarity in oral communication and documentation
• Orientation to detail with your ability to work quickly to create wireframes, interaction design, design specifications and finished front-end designs
• Experience talking to customers and facilitating user feedback sessions
• Experience working with a design system: you know UX best practices inside and out and can proactively contribute to evolving the system
• Experience working with data and metrics: proven ability to translate both qualitative and quantitative improvements to the user experience
• A positive attitude that embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace: you’re open-minded, mature, and willing to improve your skillset and work through constructive feedback
• Extensive experience using design tools like Figma, Miro, Google docs
• A solid understanding of how digital tech works to facilitate effective communication with your engineering partners; Basic front-end coding comprehension such as CSS, HTML.

VACCINATION POLICY:

All offers of employment with The Globe and Mail are conditional upon the candidate being Fully Vaccinated. To be Fully Vaccinated is defined as someone who has received the full series of a vaccine or a combination of vaccines accepted by the Government of Canada (currently Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Janssen) and has received the last dose at least 14 days prior to their start date. To prove they are Fully Vaccinated, all new hires will be required to provide evidence by emailing a copy of their vaccine dose administration receipt(s) to Human Resources prior to their start date. Those seeking exemption based on one or more of the protected grounds in the Human Rights Code will need to provide their request for accommodation to Human Resources for approval. If the accommodation request is not approved and the candidate is not Fully Vaccinated, any offer of employment will be revoked.

• Design world-class experiences that wills increase audience engagement and support editorial storytelling in a way that feels simple, elegant and understandable
• Break down and solve problems through the full range of UX activities from problem definition, concept development, prototyping and testing, creating new UI elements — all of which will elevate the user experience across all digital products
• Conduct research and feedback sessions with our readers to explore problems and iterate design solutions
• Continuously collaborate with other designers, your product manager partner, developers, and stakeholders in other departments from discovery through to delivery.
• Contribute to our evolving design system to ensure consistency across platforms and products
• Contribute to our product strategy and grow your professional self as you evangelize the impact of your great work and learning across the organization.