Senior UX Product Designer

Design products that matter

As both agriculture and the beekeeping industry are migrating towards digital, building engaging products that truly answer our customer needs is critical for our success. At Nectar, our design team is central to making this happen.

We are looking for an experienced Product Designer with strong UX knowledge - someone willing to learn the business, to go in the field, and be excited to take part in all steps of product discovery and delivery. You will work closely with a talented team of software developers, data-scientists, our field operations team, and beekeepers. 

Your responsibilities

• Own, map, and design key parts of our platform's user experience.
• Spend time conducting user research, analyzing and presenting findings. 
• Improve the effectiveness of Nectar’s design practice by sharing insights, new tools, and best practices.
• Design with the intent to make a tangible impact on beekeepers’ daily lives.
• Convey your vision with the best suited level of formalization (workflows, wireframes, screen design, visual details, prototypes and animation).
• Work hand in hand with our engineering team and be responsible for the form and function of the final product.
• Work closely with product direction to establish priorities.
• Facilitate problem solving work sessions and develop your colleagues’ ideas as well as your own.

About you

You're a hands-on digital UX product designer with a genuine desire to build great products for a non-typical industry. Also, you:

1. Have a solid knowledge of design processes and understand when to divert from it. 
2. Are curious and you're empathetic with both users and your team.
3. Have a strong desire to learn everything about commercial beekeeping and how to improve our users livelihood. 
4. Have a solid portfolio of products with case studies demonstrating creative problem-solving.
5. Have good visual design skills with an attention to detail.
6. Have a minimum of 5 years of experience. 
7. Have a degree in Interaction Design, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, HMI or a related field.
8. Can adjust quickly to shifting approaches, situations, and priorities.
9. Demonstrate proficiency in key design tools: Sketch, Figma, Adobe Suite, paper and pen.

Assets

• Significant experience in a product-oriented company.
• Good knowledge of user research methods.
• Interest in data visualization and digital cartography.
• Illustration and/or iconography skills.
• Interest in sustainable development and agriculture
• Knowledge of best practices building product interfaces with HTML and CSS on one end, native mobile frameworks on another end.
• Creative side projects, whether related to digital design or not. 
• Actively engaged in the design community.
• Proficiency in Spanish.

Benefits & conditions

• Permanent and full time role at 36 hours per week;
  • Half-day Fridays: our work week ends Fridays at mid day; 
• Remuneration according to experience.
• To be performed in Canada: from home or from Nectar's office in Montreal.
• Group insurances including health, dental, vision care and virtual healthcare.
• Group RRSP from day 1.
• An uncapped vacation policy
• Annual well-being budget of $500.
• The opportunity to learn beekeeping and participate in maintaining Nectar's hives at its office.
• Related, an endless supply of honey.

Be sure to include a link to your portfolio with your resume when applying.