Summer Student - UX Designer

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Oakville, ON
Internship
Insurance • Real Estate
The Role
As a Summer Student - UX Designer, you will assist in producing experience journeys and prototypes, enhancing customer involvement, maintaining UI and UX guidelines, and providing guidance on UI layout and accessibility. This role emphasizes collaboration with Product Owners and Project Team members, focusing on delivering intuitive user experiences.
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Company Summary

Come work for a company that’s committed to the success of each and every employee. A place where innovators and collaborators come together and build on each other’s talents. Where diversity is welcomed  and celebrated.

FCT provides industry-leading title insurance, default solutions and other real estate related products and services to legal, lending, valuation and real estate professionals across Canada. With FCT, you will have the opportunity to build a meaningful career. Join us as we continue to do exciting work and make a big impact on our colleagues, customers and communities.

Job Summary

We are continually searching for great talent; individuals who possess a deep commitment to the customers and markets we serve. If you would like to join a company that is committed to the success of each employee and offers challenge, purpose and the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally in a team-oriented environment, you'll enjoy a career with us! We understand that fostering a diverse and inclusive environment is critical for the success of our business, and we actively work towards it every day. 

This is the Job Summary for J01907 Student (187)

HERE’S HOW YOU’LL CONTRIBUTE:

As a Summer Student - UX Designer you will observe and assist our UX Designer in the following activities:

  • Produce experience journeys, wireframes, mock-ups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences by Product Owners and Project Team;
  • Work with Product Owners and Project Team members to enhance the customer involvement in our project lifecycle from up front user research, to involving customers in iterative testing cycles. 
  • Apply my knowledge and experience to create and maintain UI and UX guidelines for FCT’s applications, with a focus on providing a modern and consistent experience to our customers.
  • Provide guidance on UI layout, accessibility, user experience and industry standards.
  • Create supporting documentation, as needed, for the Product Team that compliments the wireframes (ex. Data elements);
  • Support the team by answering questions related to the deliverables
  • Facilitate sessions with the Product Owners to understand the desired experience for the project

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

  • Exceptional Customer Service Skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Introductory knowledge on UX best practices and industry standards
  • Keen attention to details and organizational skills

HERE’S WHAT SETS US APART: 

Through mentoring, innovative tools, and a variety of programs that engage and reward, we empower each employee to be great and drive results.

  • Comprehensive benefits that include virtual healthcare and an Employee & Family Assistance Program

  • Group retirement savings plan with company match

  • Paid holidays and generous paid time off

  • Hybrid work arrangements

  • Paid volunteer opportunities and charitable donation matching

  • Employee recognition programs that include referral incentives

  • Potential for performance-based incentives 

  • The opportunity to participate in our stock purchase plan

  • And more!

*As per terms of the employment agreement

The Great Place to Work® Institute has named FCT one of Canada’s Top 50 Best Workplaces, Best Workplaces in Canada for Financial Services & Insurance, Best Workplaces in Canada for Women, Best Workplaces in Canada for Inclusion and Best Workplaces in Canada for Mental Wellness. We’re also one of Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ in North America.

By joining us, you will not only be part of an award-winning organization, you will be part of a workforce that is engaged and empowered to succeed.

Thank you for considering FCT. We look forward to meeting you.

In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, a request for accommodation will be accepted as part of FCT’s hiring process.

To avoid any delays in the recruitment process, if you require accommodation to apply, please provide your accommodation needs in advance. You may also be required to submit adequate medical/other documentation to Human Resources to support your request for accommodation.

FCT is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to an active nondiscrimination program. All recruitment, hiring, placements, transfers, promotions, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, and other terms and conditions of employment will be on the basis of the qualifications of the individual regardless of race, colour, place of origin, ethnic origin, citizenship, handicap (including mental and physical disability), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, creed (religion), marital status, family status (being in a parent/child relationship), age, or any other basis prohibited by the applicable provincial or federal human rights legislation.

The Company
HQ: Oakville, Ontario
1,314 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1991

What We Do

Based in Oakville, Ontario, FCT has over 1,200 employees across the country. FCT provides industry-leading title insurance, default solutions and other real estate-related products and services to approximately 450 lenders, 43,000 legal professionals and 5,000 recovery professionals, as well as real estate agents, mortgage brokers and builders, nationwide.

Great Place to Work® has named FCT one of Canada’s Best Workplaces® for ten consecutive years (2015-2024) and certified FCT as a Great Place to Work®. In 2024, FCT’s parent company, First American Financial Corporation, was named one of the 100 Best Companies to Work for by Great Place to Work® and Fortune Magazine for the ninth consecutive year. First American was named one of the Best Workplaces for Women™ for the eighth straight year in 2023.

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