Position Title:
Product Designer, WebX (Digital Strategy And Product) (English Services)
Status of Employment:
Contractee Long-Term (Fixed Term)
Position Language Requirement:
English
Language Skills:
English (Reading - C - Advanced), English (Speaking - C - Advanced), English (Writing - C - Advanced)
Work at CBC/Radio-Canada
At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.
Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.
Unposting Date:
2025-05-28 11:59 PM
Product Designer, CBC.ca Experience Design: ( 1yr Contract )
At the CBC, we all have a story to tell. What’s yours?
If you share our passion for Canadian storytelling and you wish to help us engage with individuals and communities across our various digital platforms, this is where you’ll want to be! Every day, you will have an opportunity to shape the way in which Canadians see themselves reflected in our digital services. Your work will have a direct impact on how millions of Canadians from various communities connect with our products, with one another, and with the diverse voices that make our country so unique.
You will have the opportunity to play a part in enlightening and entertaining Canadians through our innovative work in building the mediums that deliver our content. We are an innovative hub, where the talented professionals we work with are respected and valued for their contributions. Our product teams are vibrant and our work culture strives to achieve the highest standards of diversity and inclusion. We believe that hiring people with different career paths and diversity of perspectives is fundamental in our shared success and in building healthy and highly performant teams. When you join our mission, you are not only shaping the vision of the CBC, but the future of our country.
We know that commitment to equity, inclusion and diversity is essential to creating content that mirrors and resonates with the rich and evolving makeup of our country.
We’re also committed to reaching out and connecting with our audience on multiple platforms this includes creating virtual places where communities can come together.
Why is this role important?
In this role, you are expected to work with a dedicated team of designers and product stakeholders across the department and cross-functionally with Radio-Canda at times. You are required to continuously improve the audience experience on mobiles-web view and the desktop experience, ensuring that people within Canada can quickly find and enjoy the best news and entertainment CBC.ca. Your designs must be user-centric and iteratively refined based on the audience’s feedback, business needs and technological contexts, to ensure the growth and engagement of the audience in the product.
Role Expectations:
Collaborate and Experiment: This role requires close collaboration with the ux design and research teams, product and technical leads, as well as programming, editorial and content management system (CMS) teams.
Balance Requirements: Balance editorial, content, and commercial requirements – including authentication, monetization and subscription strategy – with human-centred principles and practices.
Foster a Learning Culture: Socialize design patterns, facilitate co-creation, and foster a learning culture.
Data-Driven Decisions: Examine choices and decisions through the lens of data and evidence.
Maintain Standards: Develop and maintain design system libraries and standards that contribute to quality and cohesion.
Accessibility: Advocate for accessible, ethical, inclusive, and cooperative practices and designs.
Champion Collaboration: Champion collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement.
Public Service Mandate: Invest in our public service mandate to inform, enlighten, and entertain.
Design and Test: Design, prototype, and test accessible apps, websites, and other digital platforms such as Alexa.
Research and Analysis: Works closely with the ux researcher to interpret quantitative and qualitative data from user research, usability testing, and workshop facilitation.
Evidence-Based Design: Document, communicate, and present evidence-based design work that supports business objectives and product strategy.
Plan and Prioritize: Estimate, plan, and prioritize work.
We are looking for a candidate with the following:
We prefer candidates who have:
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
You have:
Bachelor's degree (BAC) in interface design, graphic design, graphic communication, multimedia design,or equivalent.
Others:
Excellent knowledge of user experience and content architecture (UX);
Excellent knowledge of interface design (UI);
Knowledge of Figma, Sketch and the Adobe suite
Knowledge of HTML and/or native app technical specifications is an asset;
Knowledge of digital accessibility rules an asset;
Good knowledge of the media market, particularly in a digital context;
Knowledge of spoken and written English, is mandatory; knowledge of spoken and written French is an asset.
The presentation of a digital portfolio is mandatory.
Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next
step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:
CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.
You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.
Primary Location:
Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7
Number of Openings:
1
Work Schedule:
Full time
