The Role
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design of user-centered experiences, manage design systems, and collaborate cross-functionally to enhance the consumer car buying journey.
Summary Generated by Built In
We are TRADER, a Canadian leader in digital automotive solutions. Our flagship brands — AutoTrader.ca, AutoSync, Dealertrack Canada and CMS — help Canadians buy, sell, and finance vehicles with confidence.
As part of AutoScout24 group, Europe’s largest online car marketplace, we’re shaping the future of automotive retail in Canada and beyond.
Learn more at tradercorporation.com.
This role will be within the AutoSync team. AutoSync supports over 3,500 dealerships nationwide, delivering cutting-edge software tools to simplify operations, boost marketing, and drive sales.
Intro to The Team
We're looking for an experienced Senior Product Designer to join the Consumer Experience team with AutoSync. The Consumer Experience team is on a mission to build product experiences that enable efficiencies in the consumer car buying experience. You will be directly involved in and responsible for crafting experiences that bring together the many aspects of the car transaction journey, including pricing, trade-in valuations, accessories, protection plans, deposits, credit application, document uploads, and delivery. You will be directly involved in designing for and managing our design system.
The Consumer Experience team works hand-in-hand with our Retail Operations team. Together, our vision is to create an omni-channel platform for consumers and dealers to manage transactions end-to-end, in one place. We measure success in terms of transaction close rates, transaction closing velocity, and transaction value.
What You'll Do
- Own end-to-end product design for a key area of the AutoSync consumer journey that bridges the digital and physical car shopping experience
- Design user-centered experiences across our omni-channel customer touchpoints, with the purpose of increasing consumer conversion (i.e. number of transactions closed)
- Collaborate cross-functionally with your delivery team (Product, Engineering, Delivery) to take new features from ideation, to prototyping, to user testing, to launch
- Explore divergent concepts to solve dealer pain points while understanding how to scope the solution to build iteratively towards your vision
- Evangelize best design practices and the dealer’s perspective by leveraging qualitative and quantitative data
- Participate in or lead feedback and ideation sessions where you’ll seek out specific feedback on your designs, design frameworks, our products, and the company in general
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of end-to-end design experience, from research and problem discovery through to detailed interaction, visual design, and delivery
- A portfolio that demonstrates strong visual and interaction design sense, with a focus on delivering consumer and business outcomes
- Ability to communicate a strong point of view, backed up by personal expertise, design rationale, customer data, and industry trends
- Self-starter attitude, comfortable maintaining multiple tasks and shifting business needs
What’s in it for you…
-We understand that there is life at work and life outside of work. Here are a few benefits we all benefit from that support us to be our creative best.
Benefits from Day 1
-Gym discounts
-Employee and Family Assistance program
- Virtual wellness events
-Conferences & training budget
-Regular internal training programs
Financial planning
-Let us help you invest in your future with 3% matching towards your pension and multiple forms of income protection.
Competitive salary
-Annual bonus structure
-3% CPP matching
Top Skills
Design Systems
Interaction Design
Prototyping
User-Centered Design
Visual Design
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The Company
What We Do
AutoTrader.ca is the leading advertising partner for Canadian automotive retailers and manufacturers. With over 25.7 million visits a month and more than 6 million total mobile app downloads, our largest automotive marketplaces – AutoTrader.ca and AutoHebdo.net – are the #1 source for all things automotive in Canada. The company offers retailers and manufacturers access to a robust audience of new and used car shoppers, best-in-class advertising services and rich data insights. AutoTrader.ca is proud to be the first to offer a completely integrated digital retail experience for consumers and dealers on a major Canadian automotive marketplace.
