Sr. Product Designer

Position Summary:

The Sr. Product Designer leads the design and user experience efforts on a wide range of pivotal product streams within the organization, including defining and executing the user experience strategy for projects, collaborating with Business and Dev teams, owning the quality of design deliverables, and managing additional project user experience resources.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Lead the user experience strategy of a project, develop and manage the design approach, manage the project design resources, and own quality of design deliverables 

• Create low-fidelity wireframes on up to feature-rich, high-fidelity designs and prototypes 

• Lead experience user experience research techniques and produce deliverables based on the following:

  • Interviewing SMEs and users about their experiences (needs, behaviors, goals, tasks, etc.)

  • Journey maps

  • Personas

  • Ethnographic observations

  • Usability tests

  • Competitor/landscape analysis

• Support business and product development initiatives by auditing current product streams and making recommendations for optimal improvements 

• Mentor junior level Designers to further develop their skillsets and understanding of the design process 

• Communicate user experience design and process strategies with colleagues and stakeholders 

• Define and manage deliverable documentation with Product and Dev teams 

Ideal Skills, Experience, and Competencies:

• At least five (5) years of product UX design experience

• Skilled in industry common design tools (Figma, Prototyping tools, Design Systems, Miro)

• Ability to successfully lead large and pivotal UX projects

• Ability to balance product, development, and user-centered goals to help shape overall build and deployment strategy

• Advanced understanding of user-centric design and testing methodologies, design systems, usability and accessibility concerns, and research tools

• Ability to define, manage, prioritize, and delegate project UX work to additional resources

• Continued awareness of advancements in UX technologies and industry standards, and ability to implement those capabilities and leading practices within the design process

• Ability to step up and address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said

• Ability to paint a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action

• Ability to hold self and others accountable to meet commitments

• Ability to make sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems

• Ability to know the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement

Required Education & Certifications:

• B.A./B.S. in related field or equivalent work experience

Compensation:

• Qualified candidates can expect a salary range of $110,000 to $140,000 or more depending on experience

Expected Closing Date: 2/18/2024

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