Senior Product Designer

Job Description

We are looking for a product designer to join an in-progress contracted software development project. The project is to build an internal workflow and data collection tool for an enterprise in the manufacturing sector.

You will embed with and work as the sole designer on a team of senior US-based software engineers, and work directly with client stakeholders and the engineering team to develop optimized user experiences. The role will consist of UX research and design to put together a system that allows a clean migration from a legacy solution while still being transformational in the way that the enterprise operates.

There is an established brand and component library in code & Figma so the bulk of the work will be in the UX space, but as the sole designer, UI design is required and we are looking for someone who can ultimately deliver hi-fidelty designs in Figma.

We are looking for someone with a proven track record of successful product design who can work independently and bring a process to the team.

Depending on performance and the overall contract, there is a potential for multiple years of work. 20-40 hours a week, minimum 4 hours of daily overlap with US PT.

Key Responsibilities

• Be involved in every step of the product design cycle from discovery to developer handoff and user acceptance testing.
• Work with BAs, product managers and tech teams to lead the Product Design
• Maintain quality of the design process and ensure that when designs are translated into code they accurately reflect the design specifications.
• Accurately estimate design tickets during planning sessions.
• Contribute to sketching sessions involving non-designersCreate, iterate and maintain UI deliverables including sketch files, style guides, high fidelity prototypes, micro interaction specifications and pattern libraries.
• Ensure design choices are data led by identifying assumptions to test each sprint, and work with the analysts in your team to plan moderated usability test sessions.
• Design pixel perfect responsive UI’s and understand that adopting common interface patterns is better for UX than reinventing the wheel
• Present your work to the wider business at Show & Tell sessions.

Skill & Experience

• You have at least 3 years’ experience working as a Product Designer.
• You have experience using Sketch and InVision or Framer X
• You have some previous experience working in an agile environment – Think two-week sprints.
• You are familiar using Jira and Confluence in your workflow