Investor’s Edge, UI Designer Winter 2025 Co-Op (8-months)

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.

At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.

To learn more about CIBC, please visit CIBC.com

What you’ll be doing  

  

CIBC Investor’s Edge UX team is a cross-disciplinary team of UI Designers, UX Designers, Researchers and Content Specialists, responsible for creating intuitive, engaging digital experiences for our clients. We collaborate closely to optimize our online and mobile properties, and as part of the UI team, you will be responsible for providing modern, visually stunning, and highly usable UI experiences and creative solutions. In this role, you will work closely with other UI designers and will collaborate with UX, Editorial, Product and Technology.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote. 

Important information

• You are enrolled in a post-secondary program in UI Design, UX Design, Interaction Design, or a related field at the time of the work term, with a graduation of December 2025 for later.

• Please include your resume (no more than 2 pages), a cover letter (no more than 1 page), and your most recent unofficial transcript with your application. A portfolio showcasing work samples, inclusive of unique and original designs is an asset.

• Work Location: Toronto. 

• Duration of Work Term: 8 months (January 2025 – August 2025).

• Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

How you’ll succeed

• UI Design - Create high fidelity UI screens and components that align with the UI kit (design system), product’s experience goals, usability and accessibility standards, as well as brand guideline.

• Production Delivery -  Ready specs and follow the work through to implementation, you’ll be working collaboratively with key team members from various disciplines (e.g. editorial content, business analysis/product, development & quality assurance) within an agile/iterative design & development environment where timely delivery of design deliverables is critical.

• Creativity - Use your creative thinking skill to to develop innovative and new solutions. Create protypes and presentation decks to share ideas and flows to peers and stakeholders.

• Communication - Excellent verbal and written communication skills will be put to use to allow successful collaboration while working remotely in a team.

• Time Management - Manage multiple concurrent objectives, project, groups and activities, while prioritizing and allocating time effectively.

Who you are

• You act like an owner. You thrive when you're empowered to take initiative, go above and beyond, and deliver results. 

• You can demonstrate experience in or knowledge of Figma, and Microsoft Office tools. Working close knowledge (CSS, HTML) is an asset.

• You're digitally savvy. You have strong visual design skills, including screen layout, composition, typography, color theory, illustration, and iconography.

• You understand that success is in the details. You notice things that others don't. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making. 

• You embrace and champion change. You'll continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best. 

• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values – trust, teamwork and accountability.

What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential.

• We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive compensation, a banking benefit*, wellbeing support and additional offers such as employee and family assistance programs and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.

• Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.

*Subject to program terms and conditions

What you need to know

• CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact Mailbox.careers-carrieres@cibc.com

• You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit

• We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills tests (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency, MS Office). Our goal for the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and give you the opportunity to learn more about us.

Expected End Date

2025-08-22

Job Location

Toronto-81 Bay, 14th Floor

Employment Type

Temporary (Fixed Term)

Weekly Hours

37.5

Skills

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Color Theory, Communication, English Composition, Figma, Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), Microsoft Office, Teamwork, Typography, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI) Design, User Interfaces (UI)