Liferay, Inc
Freelance Product Designer
Liferay, Inc, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079
Freelance Product Designer Remote in USA – based in Los Angeles, California About This Position Providing design services to our customers by applying design best practices is a high priority for our business. We’re looking for a senior designer with agency experience that can serve our customers and partners. While you'll be leading your own project as a freelancer, you'll have opportunities to connect with other designers at Liferay! We have a global design division with teams in Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and North America.
Check you match the skill requirements for this role, as well as associated experience, then apply with your CV below.You’ll be working with our consulting teams, interfacing directly with prospects and customers in their discovery phase or along the complete software development lifecycle.Sometimes you’ll work independently, guiding stakeholders along the entire design process from research and strategy to implementation, iterating along the way. Other times you'll work collaboratively with other designers to deliver the entire experience for customer projects.Recent enterprise solutions this role has delivered for were customer and insurance agent portals, an employee intranet for a healthcare org, and a multi-site e-commerce solution for a major manufacturer.Who Are We Looking For?The top 3 things we’re looking for in a candidate:
Experience facilitating design thinking workshopsUser centered design is not only what we practice, but we are advisors to stakeholders and cross-functional team members on how to approach business and user problems with design thinking.Arguably one of the most important skills a designer can have — communication is both clearly articulating your design rationale while synthesizing stakeholders' input to achieve alignment and define the path forward.Leading projects end to endDesign Leads on projects need to be T-shaped designers that can deliver every step of the way from the discovery phase through designing mockups for implementation and development handoff to bring products to life.Other Qualifications
3+ years experience delivering end to end designs for products and not just sitesAgency experience working with clients to manage expectations is idealProblem solving skills to translate complex business processes into streamlined user experiencesOwned or worked within design systems that you regularly contributed to and helped evolveExperience leading a visual design direction for a new or redesigned product that accounts for accessibility requirementsFigma skills and experience for mockups, prototyping, components, design system, and Auto Layout.Flexibility to work on global projects — potentially as far away as JapanAvailability to work on projects & engagements as short as 3 weeks or as long as 3-6 months.What will you be doing?
Lead various projects and engagements - ranging from discovery workshops, producing design concepts, to fully developed enterprise productsCollaborate with other designers as well as cross-functionally as a design consultant to our internal team of project managers and engineers and especially clients who often have no prior knowledge of design & UX.Utilize and contribute robust patterns to our Figma component libraryWhat Can We Offer You?
Compensation based on an hourly rate commensurate with qualifications and experience.Semi-flexible hours - there will be regular meetings with the client and team syncs, however there's flexibility of work hours outside of agreed meeting times.What Do I Need to Apply?
Tell us why you’re a fit for this freelance roleResume or LinkedIn ProfileWe're transparent in how we hire, feel free to read through our hiring process — while this role is for a freelance position, the steps to bring you onboard will generally be the same.Liferay is an Equal Opportunity Employer Liferay is committed to the equal treatment of all candidates, customers and employees and to fostering a culture of dignity at work. Our operating procedure provides for equal opportunities in recruitment and employment with the aim to eliminate discrimination against any job applicant or employee on the basis of race, age, sexual orientation, gender, religion or beliefs, marital or civil partnerships status, family or dependency status, disability, pregnancy and maternity or membership of a traveling community.
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Check you match the skill requirements for this role, as well as associated experience, then apply with your CV below.You’ll be working with our consulting teams, interfacing directly with prospects and customers in their discovery phase or along the complete software development lifecycle.Sometimes you’ll work independently, guiding stakeholders along the entire design process from research and strategy to implementation, iterating along the way. Other times you'll work collaboratively with other designers to deliver the entire experience for customer projects.Recent enterprise solutions this role has delivered for were customer and insurance agent portals, an employee intranet for a healthcare org, and a multi-site e-commerce solution for a major manufacturer.Who Are We Looking For?The top 3 things we’re looking for in a candidate:
Experience facilitating design thinking workshopsUser centered design is not only what we practice, but we are advisors to stakeholders and cross-functional team members on how to approach business and user problems with design thinking.Arguably one of the most important skills a designer can have — communication is both clearly articulating your design rationale while synthesizing stakeholders' input to achieve alignment and define the path forward.Leading projects end to endDesign Leads on projects need to be T-shaped designers that can deliver every step of the way from the discovery phase through designing mockups for implementation and development handoff to bring products to life.Other Qualifications
3+ years experience delivering end to end designs for products and not just sitesAgency experience working with clients to manage expectations is idealProblem solving skills to translate complex business processes into streamlined user experiencesOwned or worked within design systems that you regularly contributed to and helped evolveExperience leading a visual design direction for a new or redesigned product that accounts for accessibility requirementsFigma skills and experience for mockups, prototyping, components, design system, and Auto Layout.Flexibility to work on global projects — potentially as far away as JapanAvailability to work on projects & engagements as short as 3 weeks or as long as 3-6 months.What will you be doing?
Lead various projects and engagements - ranging from discovery workshops, producing design concepts, to fully developed enterprise productsCollaborate with other designers as well as cross-functionally as a design consultant to our internal team of project managers and engineers and especially clients who often have no prior knowledge of design & UX.Utilize and contribute robust patterns to our Figma component libraryWhat Can We Offer You?
Compensation based on an hourly rate commensurate with qualifications and experience.Semi-flexible hours - there will be regular meetings with the client and team syncs, however there's flexibility of work hours outside of agreed meeting times.What Do I Need to Apply?
Tell us why you’re a fit for this freelance roleResume or LinkedIn ProfileWe're transparent in how we hire, feel free to read through our hiring process — while this role is for a freelance position, the steps to bring you onboard will generally be the same.Liferay is an Equal Opportunity Employer Liferay is committed to the equal treatment of all candidates, customers and employees and to fostering a culture of dignity at work. Our operating procedure provides for equal opportunities in recruitment and employment with the aim to eliminate discrimination against any job applicant or employee on the basis of race, age, sexual orientation, gender, religion or beliefs, marital or civil partnerships status, family or dependency status, disability, pregnancy and maternity or membership of a traveling community.
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