Senior Product Designer
Head of Product Design Job Description
RodeoCPG.io is on a mission to revolutionize and democratize CPG by freeing entrepreneurs from the mundane and arcane workflows that bog them down. As the SaaS division of RodeoCPG, a leading professional services firm for innovative consumer goods companies, we work with leading experts and rapidly growing startups across the CPG landscape to develop an intuitive platform targeted at growing brands.
We are on the hunt for a creative, curious, and innovative product designer to serve as the first Head of Product Design for RodeoCPG.io. This new leader will be responsible for developing and managing all aspects of our design and creative output, serving as our lead designer on our largest product challenges, and playing a vital role in crafting a one of a kind user experience designed to empower entrepreneurs to plan, start, and run their consumer goods’ companies!
We are a small, but dedicated team and you will be hands-on with an emphasis on designing, collaborating with our Product and Engineering teams, as well as establishing our Product Design philosophy, strategy, and culture.
Our ideal candidate has a passion for creating world-class user experiences and is stimulated by fast-paced and disruptive growth environments.
What You Should Have
- 4+ years of Product Design experience that demonstrates exceptional user experience and design skills, and a portfolio of design work that shows the full range of your product design, user research, interaction design, and visual design skills
- An ability to lead end-to-end design on products for desktop and mobile
- Strong product thinking, systems thinking, and a track record for driving results by building products that users love and provide business value
- Familiarity with common design principles and fundamentals
- Proficiency with Figma, Adobe Suite, etc.
- Possess not just exceptional product design skills, but the ability to implement strategic and conceptual thinking as well
- Strong information presentation (visual and written) skills; outstanding written and verbal communications; data visualization interest or experience helpful but not required
- Previous experience recruiting and building a world-class product design team is a plus, but not required
What You'll Be Doing:
- Developing the RodeoCPG.io brand, establishing its foundation and guidelines, and building a design system around it
- Defining the user experience, interactions, and user interface through user flows, information architecture, sketches and wireframes, visual design, and user data & analytics
- Intaking user research, stakeholder interviews, and framing problems and insights through stories that help your team envision opportunities
- Using a human-centered design process to develop user flows, design mockups, prototypes and specs
- Contributing to and helping shape product design vision and strategy, generating buy-in, advocating for great user-centered practices, and operationalizing the strategy and processes for product design
- Facilitating the design process, presenting and iterating design solutions, driven by group critique
- Helping to maintain visual and brand consistency between all products and outlets
- Collaborating and working cross-functionally with other teams such as Engineering, Product, and Management
Equal Opportunity Employer
RodeoCPG Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, or veteran status. We celebrate, support, and thrive on our differences, backgrounds, and the qualities that make us unique. RodeoCPG Inc. provides employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. RodeoCPG Inc. is a collaborative environment where exploring and understanding our differences is a core piece of how we continually build a healthier and more inclusive business.
