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Senior Product Designer

RVezy

RVezy

Product, Design
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Posted on Thursday, July 6, 2023

About RVezy

RVezy is an innovative travel experience company that brings aspiring vacationers and RV owners together. Founded in 2016, we provide a platform for RV rentals available across most of Canada and the United States.

RVezy serves thousands of renters and owners across North America, and you will be helping ensure they have a safe, secure, and enjoyable experience throughout each RV rental. We have a tight-knit team that has meaningful relationships with one another. Check out our reviews on Glassdoor and Indeed.

We have grown exponentially, and our three-year revenue increased 2768% (2018-2021), as mentioned in the Globe and Mail’s: Canada's Top Growing Companies 2021.

Want to see more? Check us out online.

Dragons’ Den — http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/pitches/rvezy

On TV — https://youtu.be/WFbmhxU1ScM

Instagram — @lifeatrvezy

LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/rvezy.com/

Website — https://www.rvezy.com

iOS app — https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/rvezy-rv-trailer-rental/id1419681521
Android app — https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rvezy&hl=en_CA&gl=US

About the role

We’re looking for a product designer to join our team and help advance RVezy's user experience. We deliver a consistent brand and customer experience across our marketing communications, website, product, and user documentation. As a product designer, you will play a key role in every part of the design process, from customer discovery to conception, to UI/UX to pre-launch validation and post-launch assessment. You will get to dive into the problem spaces across the customer journey. You will be part of an open and collaborative design community.

Key responsibilities

  • Based on product requirements, create interactive prototypes to validate concepts with users and internal stakeholders.
  • Work with product managers, data scientists, and other stakeholders to discover and understand the user’s needs and bring solutions to life in our product.
  • Own the user experience for RVezy and advocate for the user alongside product managers and developers.
  • Solve complex customer problems identified by your team with broad concepts and refine them to simple and useful solutions with specific outcomes.
  • Collaborate with engineers during the implementation phase to ensure the product meets the design's intent and quality bar.
  • Collaborate with other product designers to evolve our visual systems and standards

Competencies, skills, and attributes:

  • At least four years of experience as a product designer.
  • Strong understanding of web and mobile design fundamentals.
  • Attention to detail.
  • A natural curiosity for asking insightful questions, actively listening, and engaging with problems.
  • Collaborative and team-oriented with the ability to communicate with developers, business stakeholders, and other product designers.
  • Gives and receives feedback gracefully in order to create better outcomes for the team.
  • Proficient in Figma.
  • Experience documenting design requirements for developers and product managers.
  • Knowledge of current product design trends and technology.
  • An eye for aesthetics and the ability to judge designs objectively.
  • Experience illustrating iconography and other design elements within a UI context.
  • A portfolio that demonstrates high-caliber digital product design, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and pixel-perfect designs.
  • We value lived experience and education - if you have a great portfolio and want to grow in product design, send us a note!

Bonus points if you:

  • Are comfortable working in Photoshop and Illustrator.
  • Can showcase your design process with design artifacts, multiple iterations, and prototypes.
  • Have an understanding of the application and the importance of design systems and brand guidelines.

Location

You must be located in Ottawa, Ontario. The role will require you to work from our office in Centretown 2-3 days per week.

RVezy perks

  • RVezy stock options (we believe every colleague should be an owner).
  • Fifteen paid vacation days with extra time off over the winter holidays.
  • Health and dental benefits from day one.
  • One paid weeklong RV rental trip every year.
  • Opportunities to attend festivals, concerts, and RV shows across Canada and the U.S.
  • Employee recognition platform to reward employees’ hard work.
  • Frequent social events and a steady supply of coffee and snacks in the office.
  • Dog-friendly work environment in the Ottawa office.
  • Flexible work hours and a relaxed dress code.
  • Company laptop and equipment provided.
  • Paid sick days.

How to apply

At RVezy, we’re looking for someone who is willing to go that extra mile, so we’re asking you to do a little more than just click the “Apply Now” button.

  1. Go to RVezy.com and create an account.
  2. Click “Rent an RV” and search Yellowknife. Using the filters at the top of the page, select “Drivable” as the RV type and find the RV with the title RVezy Elite.
  3. Submit a booking request for the RVezy Elite (use whatever dates you like).
  4. In the message to the owner, introduce yourself and tell us about a time you went camping (or share another outdoor or travel experience) and tell us why you would be a great fit for the position. We want to get to know you!
  5. Click “Apply Now” below and attach your resume.