Product User Experience Designer (12 Month Contract)
Semios, Canada

Who we are:

Semios is a market leader in leveraging the internet-of-things (IoT) and big data to improve the sustainability and profitability of specialty crops. With 500 million data points being reported by our sensors every day, we leverage our big data analytics, such as in-depth pest and disease modeling, to empower tree fruit and tree nut growers with decision-making tools to minimize resources and risks.

Check this video out as it shows what we do and our positive environmental impact!

Our innovative work has received several industry awards:

• THRIVE - Top 50 Leading AgTech (2020) recognized as exemplifying some of the best in agriculture technology around the globe.
• Global CleanTech Top 100 (2020) identified as one of the companies best positioned to solve tomorrow’s clean technology challenges.
• Google Accelerator (2020) - Selected as 1 of 9 companies for the inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator Canada cohort, who are all using technology to solve complex challenges.

We know our journey is only achievable by having a great team who shares ideas, tries new things and learns as we go.

Who you are:

• You are excited to make growers’ experience with our products as intuitive and enjoyable as possible
• You are curious, love experimenting and creating; you embrace diversity and welcome new ideas.
• You are a natural collaborator, you enjoy engaging with cross functional teams, sharing your work and thrive off of constructive feedback
• You are flexible and are able to think outside existing known UX solutions to drive innovation.
• You strive to maintain an up to date understanding of current best practices in web and mobile design and are a follower of the latest developments and trends.
• You are able to successfully navigate a range of projects, from vague to well-defined, simple to complex, implementation to innovation.

What you will do:

• Create the foundation for our team to build products that align with our customers preferences for how they want to receive and use the insights we provide
• Develop the full stack of UX deliverables, from personas and journey maps, to information architecture and interaction design, wireframes and visual designs.
• Design and prototype multiple ideas quickly, and connect regularly with customers, to validate product directions
• Generate both low and high fidelity prototypes to make the design case internally and test externally with customers.
• Conduct user research to test design assumptions and discover usability issues.
• Take responsibility for creating the user interface of key external and internal customer experiences, concentrating on end-to-end scenarios and key user tasks.
• Develop alternative approaches to meeting product requirements that balance customer needs, business constraints, and technological realities.
• Participate in design critique and present work regularly in product leadership feedback meetings
• Partner closely with engineers as they build and ship ideas

Requirements

We want you to succeed, so you will need:

• Product/interaction design, symbolic systems or engineering design degree, diploma or other relevant coursework.
• 3+ years experience planning, prototyping, and designing for web and mobile (Experience in SaaS, analytical tools, IoT preferred)
• Experienced with Enterprise UI/SaaS conventions and standards, with a healthy mix of new approaches and forward thinking.
• Capable of leading internal design collaborations and facilitating research with customers.
• Possess an inquisitive mindset, keen to perform user research and ask questions that explore customer behaviour and user intent
• Possess a strong understanding of the product development process, from problem definition to detailed UX and visual design.
• A driven self starter, experienced in taking ownership of the direction of ambiguous projects. Excited about collaborating and building relationships with other teams in the company, including Engineering, Customer Service, Research, and Product Management
• Creative problem-solver who can iterate with low-fidelity sketches of workflows and translate those into beautiful high-fidelity designs using Figma and other tools.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze an application and transform the design to make it simple and easy to use.
• Familiarity with various design methods and processes, including Agile and Iterative Development.
• Experience with major design tools including Adobe suite, Sketch, and Figma.
• Approach problems with curiosity, and excitement to learn and grow your skills
• A quick study using methods to gather and synthesize information quick

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