Web Developer and UX Designer

Who we are

R-LABS LP (“Our Labs”) is a partnership of innovative corporations and game-changing entrepreneurs focused exclusively on problems in real estate and housing. Through our proprietary venture building platform, R-LABS co-creates and helps cultivate companies with new business models to generate a positive impact on the community and build considerable value. R-LABS = Return on Society + Return on Investment.

The only one of our kind, R-LABS is the real estate industry’s venture builder. Innovation is a crucial part of our operation and is central to our ecosystem focused on making a sustainable high impact. We are a start-up factory, launching and supporting fast-moving companies that benefit from our expertise, networks, funding and leadership. Real estate and housing are essential to everyone, but have complicated challenges that require innovative action. We draw upon granular insights and deep knowledge to address the many interrelated industry problems to bring about transformative change.

We’re looking for self-starters, critical thinkers and initiative takers to join our dynamic team of leaders. Innovation is in our DNA. If it’s in yours, join us in making a difference in the way great companies are built and major problems in real estate and housing are solved.

Who we need

Reporting to the Head of Technology, R-LABS is looking for a talented and passionate Web Developer/UX Designer. You will be responsible for the design and workflows of the user experience and the user interface related to the product and platforms built by R-LABS and our early stage ventures. You will engage with our marketing and venture teams to collect, research, investigate, and evaluate requirements to create the optimal user experience for their platforms and products.

This is an in-office position based in downtown Toronto.

Who you are

You may be a Web Developer with a strong grasp of UX Design principles or a UX Designer skilled in website development. Either way, you are both a strategist and a creator, eager to expand your expertise across the entire product and website development process. With an entrepreneurial mindset, you are excited to contribute to growing businesses from the ground up, playing a pivotal role in turning ideas into reality. Whether your background is in real estate or agency work, you are passionate about our mission, and thrive in a dynamic startup environment. You can structure content, layouts, and user flows that resonate with stakeholders ranging from consumers, professionals, enterprise and government.

What’s in it for you

Impact. You want to play a crucial role in shaping ventures that address real estate and housing challenges. You will work directly with entrepreneur-founders, translating their innovative ideas into intuitive, user-centered designs. By understanding their vision, you will craft logical, clearly mapped products and websites that attract and engage customers and investors. Your insights and design decisions will contribute to the successful launch of startups that aim to make a meaningful impact. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic environment where your designs help solve pressing global problems.

Ownership. You want to take on significant ownership of your projects, working across multiple ventures to bring creative ideas to life. Collaborating with passionate entrepreneurs, you will have the chance to generate web pages and user experiences that highlight their value proposition. This is an opportunity to understand client pain points and propose thoughtful solutions that align with business goals. Your work will directly shape the user experience for innovative startups, allowing you to build something from the ground up while gaining exposure to venture building and entrepreneurship.

Career development. You are excited about the opportunity to support the LAB and our early-stage ventures in our collective mission. Our people take initiative, push boundaries, and create solutions. Here, your authentic self, voice, and ideas are welcomed and embraced as we work together to drive meaningful change. You will quickly expand the breadth and depth of your technical and client-facing skills by building strong relationships with venture partners. You will be supported in your professional growth and future pursuits, whether deepening your UX or Web Development expertise or exploring new opportunities within our ventures.

What you will do:

• Lead. You will work with the marketing team, venture team, and co-founders to understand business goals and objectives. You will dig deeper to gain insights into their business vision, value propositions of their offering, and the nuances that bring it all together. You will manage the design process from planning to final execution, including creating, maintaining and delivering current and future landing pages, websites, presentations and artifacts.
• Create. You will conceive, design and develop captivating interface designs that are thoughtful and engaging. You will communicate design concepts by creating user personas, user journey maps, wireframes, mockups and other UX frameworks. You will translate business vision into words and visual design by developing delightful splash pages, landing pages and websites. You will craft engaging copy and content for various formats tailored to the target audience and business goals and adhere to established brand guidelines.
• Iterate. You will conduct user research and usability testing to generate meaningful feedback that will drive creative concepts, inform design decisions and influence iterations. You will collaborate with the founder to incorporate testing results into the narrative of their vision. You will advocate for the end-user, communicating the psychology of users and the approach to creating a compelling user experience along every step of the user journey.
• Drive continuous improvement. You will seek out the latest trends, tools, and methodologies to ensure we are exceeding the expectations of our venture partners and investors. You will educate the team on UX and web design principles and best practices.

You bring:

• The passion. You are passionate about design and innovation, continuously researching and trying the industry’s latest trends and technologies. You adhere to and can promote an iterative design approach. Our motto is “batteries included,” you come fully charged and ready to do what it takes to create and maintain the best quality results for our venture partners.
• The experience. You have skills and experience in both web development and UX Design. You consult with internal and external clients to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet their needs and vision. You demonstrate an in-depth understanding of applying design principles to meet your client’s expectations, highlight a product or service, and engage stakeholders. You have strong research, copywriting, graphical design, and A/B test design skills. You have exposure to brand strategy and brand creation processes. You have a portfolio demonstrating your expertise in human-computer interaction and designing websites that highlight the value proposition of digital solutions or services. Familiarity with the real estate industry is a bonus.
• The technical skills. You can build websites using WordPress. You have proven capabilities in creating user journeys, storyboarding, building mockups and clickable prototypes, and documenting user instructions and manuals. You have experience using standard design software such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools. You may have experience using Mural to socialize your designs and elicit feedback. You have adopted the use of generative AI to enhance your work. You can apply user research methodologies and usability testing to measure success and retool and optimize your designs. You are comfortable using, or can quickly come up to speed with, standard productivity tools such as MS Windows, MS Office 365 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Confluence, and JIRA.
• The interpersonal skills. You have an entrepreneurial mindset and can build trusting relationships, influencing without authority. You have exceptional communication skills and can confidently explain and guide discussions on design layout and webpage mapping options. You are patient and empathetic and can work closely with founders to share your expertise and iterate concepts to generate the most effective results. You can tailor your writing and design style to suit the target audience and are comfortable leading discussions and working with stakeholders and end users. You thrive in a collaborative environment, receiving, sharing, and applying feedback and constructive criticism. You have respect for the diverse experiences and opinions of others.

Join us

At R-LABS, we believe that the best way to predict the future is to help create it. We work alongside leading entrepreneurs and innovators to identify problems in real estate and co-create purpose-driven companies. Through the science of company building and our venture building platform, we’re developing transformative solutions and driving meaningful change through the real estate and housing industry.

We build and cultivate start-ups, drawing upon years of industry expertise and leadership. We know how to develop successful companies, how to thrive in this space, and how to nurture growth and success not just of our ventures, but of our people.

If we bring you into the fold, you’ll have our trust and our support. You will be mentored and have the autonomy to make great things happen. We know mistakes will happen - to us that’s a sign of true creativity. The ability to rapidly recover, learn, and apply, is what we love about the entrepreneurial culture we foster here.

When you become a Labber, we’ll help you discover your strengths, the problems you’re most passionate about, and what role you will play in real estate innovation and building a better future.

We know that when we combine our skills and knowledge, we can create exceptional purpose-driven ventures that positively impact the world around us. There is much good work to be done, together.

Our unique approach to venture building takes the right kind of mindset. We believe that a positive outlook, gratitude, and courage are the foundation for genuine partnerships and the key to changing the world for the better. If you share our values - Integrity, Appreciation, Collaboration, and Innovation, we’d love to hear from you!