Senior Product Designer

Senior Product Designer (EMG)

About Us:

Ethereal Music Group is a local music company at the forefront of online marketing, music discovery, and music products. We are deeply passionate about effectively connecting people to music with our data-driven insights, deep expertise in the digital music landscape, and creativity. We work with labels and artists. And we are constantly exploring new ways to get music to the right people.

We are looking for a
Senior Product Designer

to lead efforts to shape our data and ad platform, as well as our nascent sleep music app. You will be able to fully exercise your creativity in designing an intuitive yet effective music experience for our sleep app users. You will also dive deeply into the intricate world of online advertising for music and simplify the complexities into a user-friendly platform to help us score more winning ads. Last but not least, you will craft vital user experiences for data applications by translating eclectic data into outcome-focused, visualized insights to help our artists grow and connect with fans.

About you

Senior Product Designer with
5+ years of experience

designing and co-owning complex, data-heavy products across web and mobile platforms in user experience. Expert in
design systems that translate cleanly to frontend code

, with strong working knowledge of
HTML, CSS, JavaScript frameworks, and component-based architectures

. Proven partner to engineering and product, combining
user research, data analysis, and creative design thinking

to drive measurable business outcomes. Experienced in end-to-end product experience ownership—from discovery through launch and iteration—on highly technical, user-centric products. A true creative by nature, capable of delivering bold, immersive yet effective design, compressing
complex functionalities into intuitive and memorable user experiences.

Core Qualifications & Skills

Product & UX

• End-to-end product design (discovery → delivery → iteration)
• Product UX/UI ownership & roadmap collaboration
• User research (qualitative & quantitative)
• Information architecture & interaction design
• Mobile-first & responsive design
• Accessibility & inclusive design (WCAG)

Design Systems & Frontend Fluency

• Scalable design systems & component libraries
• Design-to-code translation & handoff
• Atomic design & token-based systems
• Understanding of frontend frameworks (React / Vue / Angular concepts)
• Collaboration with engineers on implementation details
• Performance-aware and feasible design decisions

Data & Analytics

• Designing for data-heavy and analytical applications
• Data visualization & dashboard design
• SQL basics/analytics tools literacy
• A/B testing & experiment design
• Metrics definition, tracking, and interpretation
• Data-driven prioritization & decision making

Creative & Visual Design

• Strong visual design & typography
• Brand expression within product constraints
• Motion & micro-interactions
• High-fidelity prototyping
• Storytelling & stakeholder communication

Tools

• Figma (advanced, systems-focused)
• Prototyping tools (ProtoPie, Framer, etc.)
• Analytics tools (Amplitude, Mixpanel, GA, Looker, etc.)
• Research tools (UserTesting, Maze, surveys)
• Collaboration tools (Jira, Linear, Confluence, Notion)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in designing music streaming applications, dashboards, and/or ad management platforms
• Background in graphic design
• Familiarity with the AI landscape and AI features
• Passionate about data science

What We Offer

• Compensation:

$120K - $160K CAD yearly, commensurate with experience, 6-month contract to start with, high potential to convert to full-time
- Product variety:

Campaign platform, mobile app, data-driven record label. Real products across different domains.
- Real impact:

Small team where your work directly shapes the product and the company
- Autonomy:

Choose your approaches, propose sensible big changes, and own your domain
- Growth potential:

As the team grows, there's a clear path to leadership
- Music industry:

Work where the product is culture, not enterprise SaaS