Job Summary:
Senior UI/UX (Product) Designer – Individual Contributor
Location: Toronto, Canada – Onsite
Engagement Model: Individual Contributor, working at client location
Experience Level: Senior (8+ years preferred)
Domain: Product-led organizations (B2C / B2B platforms)
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior UI/UX Product Designer to work onsite with a client’s product and engineering teams in downtown Toronto. This is a hands-on individual contributor role requiring strong ownership of end-to-end design execution across mobile and web products.
The ideal candidate brings exceptional UI/visual craft, deep product thinking, and the ability to operate independently in fast-paced client environments, while seamlessly adapting to existing design systems used by large-scale digital platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end UI/UX design for mobile and web applications, from concept to final delivery
- Translate product requirements, user needs, and business goals into high-quality design solutions
- Create pixel-perfect UI designs, interaction flows, wireframes, and prototypes
- Ensure strong visual consistency and attention to detail across platforms
- Work closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Client Stakeholders onsite
- Adapt and design within existing client design systems (e.g., Uber, Lyft–style systems)
- Contribute to usability improvements through user-centered design principles
- Maintain design quality while working independently with minimal supervision
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Strong experience designing both mobile (iOS/Android) and web applications
- Exceptional UI/visual design skills with a sharp eye for typography, spacing, color, and layout
- Proven experience as an individual contributor in product-driven organizations
- Ability to work independently at client locations and manage multiple design priorities
- Experience working within or adapting to enterprise-level design systems
- Strong proficiency with design tools such as Figma (required)
- Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills
Preferred / Nice-to-Have
- Experience in Finance / FinTech products
- Background working with large-scale consumer or platform products
- Exposure to accessibility standards and usability best practices
Additional Notes
- This role is Toronto-first and onsite
- Hiring is for 1 Senior UI/UX Product Designer, with potential to add another role later
- Candidate must be comfortable working in a client-facing, consulting-style environment
Skills Required
- Strong experience designing both mobile (iOS/Android) and web applications
- Exceptional UI/visual design skills with attention to typography, spacing, color, and layout
- Proven experience as an individual contributor in product-driven organizations
- Ability to work independently at client locations and manage multiple design priorities
- Experience working within or adapting to enterprise-level design systems
- Strong proficiency with design tools such as Figma
- Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills
- Onsite in Toronto (Toronto-first) and comfortable in client-facing, consulting-style environments
- Experience in Finance / FinTech products
- Background working with large-scale consumer or platform products
- Exposure to accessibility standards and usability best practices
What We Do
Photon.com has emerged as one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing Digital Agencies. We work with 40% of the Fortune 100 on their Digital initiatives and are known for our ability to integrate Strategy Consulting, Creative Design, and Technology at scale. Please visit www.photon.com to learn more about us, how we work, and our customer case studies. Digital Transformation Starts Here.
