DDialectica is hiringProduct Designer

About Dialectica

Dialectica is a B2B information services firm that serves the world's top business professionals, by enabling them to gather real-time information and insights from industry experts across various markets, industries, and regions.

Driven by our mission to achieve unparalleled customer recognition, we are developing the most trusted and innovative knowledge-sharing platform in the world.

Dialectica has been recognized as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies by the Financial Times for 4 years in a row, a Top Employer for Recent Graduates by The Career Directory in Canada and a Best Workplace.

We believe in supporting our people to do their best work and grow, and building a dynamic, empowering, and respectful workplace is core to our purpose: Accelerate the shift to a prosperous society by empowering better decision-making

With a global presence spanning 5 offices across 3 continents and a highly-trained team of over 1,000 employees, we are always looking for individuals who share our belief that our work transcends individual and organizational benefits, contributing significantly to the collective advancement of society. Our values serve as a mirror reflecting our culture and beliefs, defining not only who we are but also shaping how we work and what we stand for. 

These values include:

• Respect
• Teamwork
• Ownership
• Growth Mindset

About the Role

As a Product Designer, you will play a significant role in shaping the next generation of our client facing products. You will work within cross-functional teams, including user researchers, product managers, engineers and data scientists, to create user centered, engaging experiences that deliver insights and intelligence for our clients. You will play a key role in transforming knowledge into actionable insights that drive investment decisions.  

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to be hands-on with challenging problems, advance their career in product design and take on more responsibility in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities

User Research and Strategy

• Collaborate on and conduct user research (e.g. interviews, surveys, contextual inquiries) to understand user needs, behaviors, motivations, workflows and pain points.
• Translate research insights and business requirements into user flows, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.
• Define information architecture and create designs that produce coherent, usable, and effective workflows.
• Articulate the rationale behind design decisions, grounding them in research findings, data, user-centered design principles and impact on key business metrics.
• Plan, conduct, and analyze usability testing sessions to evaluate current products and proposed designs, iterating based on feedback.
• Adopt a systems and service design thinking, ensuring solutions are scalable and they integrate efficiently with data, workflows and systems.

UI Design

• Design visually appealing, user-friendly, and accessible interfaces, applying principles of typography, color theory, iconography, and layout.
• Craft efficient and engaging interfaces by leveraging and contributing to our Design System, ensuring consistency and quality.
• Create compelling visual stories through data, and optimize comprehension and access to insight through carefully crafted information design.
• Work closely with developers to ensure high-quality implementation of designs and establish efficient design-dev collaboration processes and UI handoff.

Collaboration & Impact

• Build strong partnerships with product managers, engineers, researchers, and other stakeholders across the organization.
• Advocate for user-centered design and demonstrate the impact of thoughtful product design.
• Contribute to our Design System, team processes, and design methodologies in a rapidly evolving AI landscape.
• Provide constructive feedback to other team members while also listening to feedback with an open mind.
• Contributing to an inclusive, collaborative, creative and fun team culture.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Design, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience: 
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in UX or UI Design roles.
• Proven experience working on complex, B2B or enterprise projects of significant scope.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Ability to take ownership and initiative while maintaining high collaboration standards.
• Energy, passion and open mindset, receptive to collaboration and feedback.
• A strong portfolio showcasing your end-to-end design process, problem-solving skills, and high-quality UI/UX work.
• Skills:
• Familiarity and experience with user research methodologies (both qualitative and quantitative).
• Strong understanding of UCD principles, information architecture, interaction design, and HCI foundations.
• Visual design skills with a strong understanding of typography, color theory, layout, iconography, and Gestalt principles.
• Proficiency in design and prototyping software including AI-assisted tools.
• Experience creating or contributing to Design Systems.
• Ability to design with accessibility standards in mind.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Deep knowledge of data visualization principles is a plus.
• Competencies:
• Business Acumen
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Attention to detail
• Critical Thinking
• Effective Communication & Collaboration Skills