Principal Product Designer (contract or FTE)

About the role

This is a remote position. However, you must be available during working hours PST, aligned with our Silicon Valley offices. Working out of one of our offices is also a possibility. We are looking for FTE or contractors. You must live in the US and must be allowed to work. Please provide a link to your portfolio in your resume or in your work experiences, including the password if applicable.

Requirements

• You'll ensure the work we produce is effective and intelligent while working with a team of other product designers and developers.
• You will be responsible for creating better, more forward-thinking work.
• We need someone ready to lead research and strategy, information architecture, and interaction design to create bleeding edge graphical user interfaces on multiple platforms.
• You'll collaborate closely with clients throughout the entire lifecycle of the project.
• You'll obsess over the details and develop concepts for enterprises and start-up's alike.
• You will help to shape the next generation of the web that have real social impact.

Whom we're looking for

• Great eye and passion for visual design, you stay up with the latest trends
• Define visual interfaces that adhere to and extend the defined wireframes and specifications
• Lead discovery and research workshops with C-level executives
• Create and communicate end-to-end scenarios, interaction models, and screen designs to clients and executives
• Collaborate with other designers to evangelize new interface guidelines and design patterns
• Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor other designers
• Actively seek to understand business requirements to develop solutions
• Ability to work autonomously as well as in a team
• Work with project management to create digital experiences on time and on budget
• Think beyond the user interface to touch brands and marketing

Skills

• Great eye and passion for visual design, you stay up with the latest trends
• Define visual interfaces that adhere to and extend the defined wireframes and specifications
• Lead discovery and research workshops with C-level executives
• Create and communicate end-to-end scenarios, interaction models, and screen designs to clients and executives
• Collaborate with other designers to evangelize new interface guidelines and design patterns
• Demonstrate ability to coach and mentor other designers
• Actively seek to understand business requirements to develop solutions
• Ability to work autonomously as well as in a team
• Work with project management to create digital experiences on time and on budget
• Think beyond the user interface to touch brands and marketing

Portfolio

Portfolio demonstrating your experience in software application design

Minimum 6 years of UX

• or you're really good

Extremely comfortable presenting our work to clients, gathering feedback, and sharing it with other team members

Strong grasp of HTML & CSS, design systems, and other fundamental concepts behind everything we do

Strong experience with creating user stories, doing research, and creating user personas

Must be able to travel to customer or other work-related locations from time to time

Benefits

• You get to shape the products of the future, your actionable insights drive key business decisions, and better product experiences globally for the millions, if not billions, that our work touches.
• Start-ups, scale-ups, unicorns, and $b companies all need your insights.

Core Contribution—Small team means big impact

• Every team member's contribution has a tremendous impact on the project and our clients

Autonomy—Our staff own their work, and you will have autonomy over how to get it done

Project Diversity—In a months span, you may work on the next mobile social network, internet of things product, ad platform, or financial services product

Occasional travel to clients from around the world, we often conduct our project kick-offs on-site

Competitive salary & benefits!