Intermediate Product Designer

Vidyard is the video platform that's built for business. Sales reps, marketers, and corporate communicators use Vidyard to record and share videos that grab attention and deliver their message in a personal, impactful way. It's the video tool of choice for Microsoft, LinkedIn, and thousands of other companies. We're passionate about elevating our customers, our teammates, our communities, and ourselves.

Vidyard is looking for an Intermediate Product Designer to join our Product Design team. Reporting to the Director of Design, you'll have the opportunity to work closely with your cross-functional team of talented designers, product managers, engineers, marketers and data analysts. You will collaborate with your cross functional group to define roadmaps and goals to create beautifully designed products. 

Our Product Design team consists of 8 talented designers who come from a variety of experience backgrounds. They lead the end to end design process and are involved in everything from research, ideation to launch. Each designer is embedded in a squad that focuses on different parts of Vidyard’s product. This designer will sit on the create-improve squad, which is working on providing users value with new and improved video creation and editing tools, many rooted in AI technology.

• Designing the end to end user experience of our video creation, and editing tools
• Conducting user research initiatives to identify user needs, behaviours, and opportunities
• Rapid ideation of multiple design concepts and prototypes
• Conducting user testing to validate design solutions
• Collaborating with the design team to create a high quality, cohesive user experience
• Documenting design decisions, processes, and outcomes to ensure that product designs are consistent and can be replicated in the future

• Own the UX Design strategy on the Create squad, partnering with your Product Manager and Engineering peers to ensure that designs meet customer, technical and business requirements
• Use data to make and measure design decisions
• Give and receive regular feedback in design critiques to improve the product experience   
• Work with Senior Designers to continuously improve your knowledge, skills and design toolkit

• 2-4 years of Product Design experience 
• Design experience at a product-led growth organization, ideally with a freemium to paid product
• Ability to own the end-to-end design process, from rough ideas and wireframes to high fidelity prototypes using tools such as Figma
• Experience with research and testing methods required to develop customer empathy and validate ideas.
• Experience working in a fast paced environment with a focus on impact and learning
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• An online portfolio

Job descriptions can be overwhelming. We are all aboard at Vidyard and deeply value the unique experiences, abilities and opinions you possess, so if this role sounds like your next adventure, but you don’t feel entirely qualified, apply! We value candidates who own it, and if you’re relentlessly resourceful too, you might be exactly who we are looking for. 

As we also value direct and transparent communication, you can expect to hear from our team even if you are not selected to move forward.

• Competitive pay
• Comprehensive, flexible benefits on day one*
• Wellness allowance to spend on what's important to you 
• Flexible hours + unlimited vacation + programs to support travel while working, enabling you to live your best life
• Access to Inkblot, a digital mental health platform + $1,500/person/year for mental health coverage*
• Allowance to support your ongoing growth and development
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid volunteer hours
• Employee resource groups to empower and drive change at Vidyard and in our communities
• RRSP match*
• Stock options
• Flexible holiday program

*Benefits described are Canadian specific, if you’re located in another country our Talent team will speak with you about localized benefits for you.

As a video-centric organization, Vidyard has mastered the art of remote work. Whether you are local to our collaboration space in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, or you join us from elsewhere, you will be an integral part of the team.

Vidyard is dedicated to ensuring all Vidyardians have an opportunity to:

• Level up their home office/workspace. 
• Socialize purposefully within teams as well as across the organization. 
• Enjoy a flexible work schedule. We know your time is valuable, so own your work in a way that best suits your lifestyle.

We believe working remotely shouldn’t cause any barriers, so from onboarding to day-to-day operations, your colleagues and leaders are only as far as a *virtual* tap on the shoulder away.

We thank all applicants for your interest in Vidyard. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Unsolicited resumes from Agencies will not be accepted.

Vidyard is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to complete the application and/or interview process should notify us at [email protected].