Product Designer
Ellevest- Full Time
- Posted : 4 years ago
TELECOMMUTE LOCATION: Remote, Work From Anywhere
As a Product Designer at Ellevest, you are responsible for translating complex information and emotional moments into delightful experiences. Reporting to the Director of Product Design, you’ll collaborate closely with the Product and Engineering teams at every stage of the product process from defining problems and requirements to overseeing builds. You’ll also collaborate with our Brand Designers to create a consistent user and brand experience at every touchpoint of the product.
About You
You are wholeheartedly focused on the user, and believe that regular testing and iteration is the key to delivering a successful product. You have a good sense for when to apply established patterns and styles, as well as when to evolve them (while updating our style guide and documentation accordingly). You feel comfortable making recommendations to stakeholders for the best user experience, even if that means going back to the drawing board to create a solution that balances both user and business needs.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Partner with product and engineering teams to define problems & goals
- Work closely and collaboratively with the product design team
- Map user flows, create design solutions, and prototype interactions
- Deliver design solutions that challenge convention and create engagement
- Give and receive design feedback among peers
- Pitch confidently to stakeholders with the user in mind
- Conduct / participare in user testing to hypothesize and validate customer needs
- Use qualitative and quantitative data to optimize product features
- Be an evangelist for UX and UI best practices
- Work with a design system to create consistency across the product & brand
Requirements
- 2+ years of design experience
- A portfolio of (shipped) digital product design showcasing complex and creative UX solutions, exceptional visual design and solid information architecture
- Experience iterating on a live product in an in-house environment
- Ability to move quickly from concept to whiteboard to execution
- Openness to receiving feedback and having your opinions challenged
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills – present your work confidently to any audience (engineers, PMs, executives, other designers, etc.)
- Ability to prioritize projects, communicate progress, and deliver on time
- Ability to thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving and constantly evolving high growth environment
- Experience with A/B testing and optimizing for conversion (a plus!)
- Interaction design and passion for creating micro-animations (also a plus)
- Passion for our women-oriented mission
- Degree in design or related field
Skills
- Graphic Design
- Visual Designing
- communication skills
- UI/IUX
- Testing
- UX design
- Written communication skill
