Product Designer (6 Month Contract)

Haventree Bank is a private Canadian Schedule 1 bank specializing in alternative mortgage programs and insured GIC deposits. We help hardworking Canadians from coast-to-coast achieve homeownership by offering flexible mortgage solutions. Our insured GIC deposits offer competitive rates and are available through a variety of wealth management platforms. 

About Haventree Bank 

Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Haventree Bank (Haventree) is a mission driven alternative mortgage lender. The name Haventree is representative of the bank’s mission to help its customers find a place of refuge and to lay down new roots for the future. Haventree exists to be a catalyst of financial security and upward mobility for Canadians who are underserved by the traditional financial system. 

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Senior Manager of design, the Product Designer will be at the forefront of our digital transformation initiatives. Your primary focus will be redesigning our brand website and enhancing our web and mobile experiences. This role offers a unique opportunity to create a significant impact by
delivering intuitive and visually appealing digital banking solutions. You will split your time between deep design work and close collaboration with front-end developers to ensure components are production ready and scalable. This is a hands-on role for someone who moves fast, sweats the details, and loves clean, sharp UI.

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

• Build and scale Haventree Bank’s design system from scratch


• Create design tokens (colors, typography, spacing, motion, etc.)


• Design core UI components and patterns for web and mobile


• Audit existing product screens and map them back to reusable components


• Work backwards from live product to systematize UI


• Document components, usage guidelines, and best practices in Figma


• Collaborate closely with front-end developers to push components to code


• Partner with engineering to ensure design-to-dev consistency


• Maintain high visual quality across all product surfaces


•  Iterate quickly based on feedback and evolving product needs

Qualifications & Experience:

Degrees, Diplomas & Certifications:

• The position requires college/university/post-graduate or equivalent education and work
  experience.


•  50% deep focus design + documentation


•  50% developer collaboration (handoffs, QA, component implementation)

Years and Range of Experience Required to Perform the Job:

•  2–3 years of hands-on design system experience


•  Strong visual design skills – clean, modern, sharp UI


• Experience designing for e-commerce, banking, or investing products


•  Strong digital product background (web + mobile apps)


•  Proven experience building components from scratch


• Deep Figma expertise (auto layout, variants, component architecture)


• Strong attention to detail and pixel-level precision