Product Designer
Position Summary
We are looking for a product designer to join our growing team and evolving studio.
This person should have an especially strong foundation in user experience design but the skills to carry out an end-to-end design process and deliver high-quality visual designs that are ready for implementation.
They should be focused on the end user and have a natural penchant for building empathy.
They should be an advocate of good design and pride themselves on their ability to articulate the design process and design decision-making.
This ideal candidate knows how to work autonomously while embracing the challenges of working with a cross-functional, distributed team and wants to build a long term relationship with a healthy, happy, productive team.
Role and Responsibilities
Design a variety of technology applications across different platforms and business cases
Participate and lead in project discovery activities to identify business requirements, goals, needs, and constraints
Organize and conduct ongoing user research initiatives employing various methods and tools
Lead synthesis and ideation activities meant to produce insight and generate new ideas
Produce high quality UX design artifacts such as user archetypes, concept maps, user flows, journey maps and storyboards
Produce clean, testable visual designs ranging from sketches to wireframes to high-fidelity mock ups ready for implementation
Develop and maintain functional pattern libraries
Conduct different forms of testing as an iterative approach to designing products
Successfully communicate design decision-making and advocate for good design practices with cross-functional team members
Who You Are
You have at least 2+ years of experience as a professional product / interaction / UX/UI designer
You are passionate about design and constantly seeking to expand your knowledge and grow your skill set
You have a strong portfolio that demonstrates an intelligent and thoughtful process to designing a variety of functional, elegant applications
You’re a visual, highly creative person with an eye for detail and a commitment to quality of work
You are able to operate autonomously in a remote work environment where you need to collaborate with cross-functional team members on multiple projects at a time
You’re organized, accountable and a great team player who wants to be a part of a productive team of professionals
You’re fluent in english or a native speaker and are located within a North American time zone
Nice to Haves
Advanced skills in graphic design and/or motion graphics
Experience in brand identity design
Any skills or affinity for copywriting
A familiarity with Lean Startup principles
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Familiarity with low-code/no-code tools such as Webflow or Bubble
To Be Considered:
1. You must include your portfolio with your application
2. You must live in a North American time zone