Sr. Product Designer

Onward Search is hiring a Sr. Product Designer on a 9-week, fully remote contract for a global retail client

Description:
Join the team that's changing the ecommerce landscape. This team is crafting user experiences for customers who shop from their desktops and mobile devices. Our product designers work hands on to deliver experiences through ideation, design exploration, prototyping, designing user flows and testing. It's deeply rewarding to see our work come to life at one of the world's largest ecommerce companies. As a Sr. Product Designer, you'll help our customers live better by improving their web and mobile experiences. You'll apply your expertise in interactive design, visual design, and prototyping and tap into your empathetic brain to solve complex ecommerce challenges. You will liaise with partners in Product, Engineering and Analytics, and dedicate your team's collective creativity to delivering experiences that delight our customers. We seek passionate, customer-centric visual and interactive designers with experience working in cross-functional teams. You'll provide product with recommendations and make design decisions with minimal guidance and jump into your role to make an immediate impact.

Responsibilities:

• Think conceptually, applying a user-centered approach to requirements and interdependencies to develop engaging interfaces.
• Think visually, using techniques like storyboards and sketching to communicate interaction design concepts.
• Make design decisions based on good judgement, experience, research, and data.
• Make a real impact at scale through new product launches and interface improvements that effect billions of our customers every day.
• Be part of a fun, humble team, always learning, collaborating with other designers to deliver a cohesive customer centered experience.

• Bachelor's degree in Design, User Experience (UX), Human Computer Interaction, Mass Communications or related field.
• 5+ years designing for multiple platforms experience
• 5+ years designing for enterprise-level platforms
• 3+ years as a senior visual and interaction designer or equivalent practical experience.
• Delivered successful design for responsive web, iOS and Android.
• Experience building efficient scalable systems or in eCommerce.
• Stellar interaction skills (track record of deploying user interface standards and conventions, functional communication flows, dynamic engaging interfaces).
• Stellar visual skills (attention to detail, stay on brand, build new patterns).
• Excellent grasp of the design thinking and prototyping process, including product/interaction/visual, with the know-how to move from pencil on paper to layout to pixel-perfect handoff using tools such as Sketch, InVision, and Zeplin.
• A strong product design portfolio that demonstrates how you design to solve customer needs.

• Deep understanding of design principals and industry trends.
• Expert communication and presentation skills with ability to clearly present your work; you are articulate and can advocate design rationale.
• Readily give and receive constructive feedback.
• Expert partnering with cross functional teams in launching new products and improvements to existing features.
• Experience working in and navigating a corporate environment independently.

What’s in our benefits packages:  

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance 
• Life Insurance 
• 401k Program 
• Commuter Benefit 
• eLearning 
• Education Reimbursement 
• Ongoing Training & Development  
• *To qualify for our benefits package, you must work over 30 hours per week and the length of assignment must be a minimum of 10 weeks.  

At Onward Search, our job is to find you dream jobs.  

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Onward Search is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment regarding race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state and local laws and ordinances.  

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