Product Design Intern - Toronto, Canada - UpBeing

UpBeing
UpBeing
Verified Company
Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Sophia Lee

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Who we are:

UpBeing is also a way of thinking that is at the heart of our company. We believe every person is on their own personal journey towards flourishing. We want to move people up from their wellbeing baseline everyday and move their baseline up over time.

We take this same approach as an employer, ensuring that the work we do together is meaningful and helps you grow as an individual.

While we are a start-up today, our ambitions are huge. We are looking for team members that find meaning in and truly care about what we are building.

That, like us, want to build a more empathetic future that will infuse more emotions into an increasingly digital world.


The Role:


As UpBeing's Product Design Intern, you will be an integral part of the team and assist the Lead Product Designer in owning the look and feel of the product.

You'll also collaborate with the development team and a variety of researchers, consultants and contractors to bring features to life - from initial conception and research to launched in app.

As one of UpBeing's first hires, you will have autonomy to move quickly and implement your ideas your ideas with the guidance and mentorship of our Lead Product Designer.

We have a strong support network of investors, advisors and mentors we've surrounded ourselves with that you will be able to tap into and learn from.

As a small company with big ambitions, you'll have the opportunity to take on new challenges and develop your experience and confidence.

You will be able to ask any question and be given opportunities to try new things.

Failing fast and taking risks will be encouraged and learning, as a company and as an individual, will be prioritized.

You will understand the broader goals of the company and how your personal objectives fit into them.


What You'll Do:


  • Rapidly develop product designs and prototypes in collaboration with the Lead Product Designer.
  • Analyze user research to inform design decisions.
  • Develop UI layers to turn lowfi wireframes into hifi mockups.
  • Help to conduct or take notes during user interviews.
  • Familiarize yourself with our underlying design framework, design principles and design best practices and champion those within the organization.
  • Interact with developers, contractors and consultants to help move designs through the product development process.
  • Internalize UpBeing and what we stand for and consider our users in every decision you make.
  • Remain uptodate on industry trends, market conditions, and consumer preferences relevant to your area of expertise.
  • Identify opportunities for product or feature enhancements and help inform the product roadmap.
  • Document the design practice at UpBeing and setup systems and processes to scale with the company.
  • Do and learn new, awesome things all the time.

What You Need to be Successful:

  • A solid design portfolio or other demonstrated experience.
  • Strong user interface design skills are required.
  • Solid technical design skills including familiarity with tools like Figma.
  • Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills and an ability to work within a team.
  • Strong attention to detail, troubleshooting and problemsolving skills.
  • Ability to execute on specific tasks while keeping the bigger picture of what we are building towards in mind.
  • Comfort working in a remotefirst, low overhead, low red tape, fast moving environment.
  • Strong sense of humility, with a learning mindset and a drive to improve.

Nice to Have:


  • Relevant employment experience with proven results.
  • Experience conducting user experience research and user experience testing.
  • An understanding of the way founders think and work.
  • Expressed interest or previous experience in Wellness Tech, Health Tech, Mental Health Tech or a similar field.
  • Experience working with thirdparty contractors and partners.
  • Relevant education, accreditations and certificates.
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Equal Opportunity Employment:
_**UpBeing is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

We are happy to consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodiversity, protected veteran status, Aboriginal and Native status or any other legally-protected factors.

UpBeing has a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination and prides itself on assessing talent needs based on an objective methodology.


If accessibility accommodations are required during the recruitment process, we will gladly make the necessary arrangements to ensure UpBeing is able to support all interested applicants.

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