Junior Product Designer

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About the role

What you'll do

• Support the end-to-end design process for product features, from early concepts and user flows through prototypes and final visual design.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and designers to turn user needs and business goals into thoughtful product experiences.
• Contribute to Smile’s design system by creating, refining, and maintaining reusable components and patterns.
• Support design needs across the business when needed, including our website, social media, sales materials, and other marketing initiatives.
• Use AI tools throughout your design process, including turning designs into working prototypes that help engineers implement faster and closer to the intended experience.

What they're looking for

• Only applicants based in Canada will be considered.
• You don't need years of experience. Internships, freelance work, and personal projects all count. What matters most is your eye for craft, how you think, and that you're eager to learn and grow.
• You have projects you can share: a website, a Figma file, a live project. Personal and side projects count just as much as client work. One great project that shows how you approach design is more than enough.
• You're comfortable working in Figma, with a strong foundation in visual design, layout, typography, and UX principles.
• You're already using AI in your design work or side projects, and you're excited to explore how it can improve the way we work at Smile.
• You enjoy collaborating with others, asking questions, receiving feedback, and iterating on your work.
• You’re curious, organized, and excited to continue developing your product thinking and design skills.
• You take initiative. When you see something in the product that could be better, you go after it.
• You approach design problems with curiosity and take the time to understand the user before jumping to a solution.
• You communicate your thinking clearly and are comfortable sharing work in progress with teammates.
• You’re open to feedback and use it to make your work stronger.
• You balance attention to detail with the ability to move work forward and iterate.

Nice to have

• Experience designing for SaaS, e-commerce, or other digital products.
• Experience working within or contributing to a design system.
• An interest in motion design, prototyping, or creating delightful product interactions.
• Experience working on a remote or distributed team.
• Some comfort with front-end code, or experience building with AI coding tools.
• Bonus points if your project shows how you used AI along the way.
• Exploring newer tools like Paper, Pencil, or Elyx.

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