Mid-Level UX Product Designer Job at Robert Half in Pleasanton

We are seeking a UX Product Designer to join our client 40hr/wk, 4 months, fully remote. You will be responsible for leading the design of complex user experiences and interfaces, ensuring that our product is intuitive, functional, and visually appealing.

Responsibilities:

Product Design (45%)

• Lead the design of complex user experiences and interfaces, ensuring they are intuitive, functional, and visually appealing.
• End-to-end design process from research and ideation through to prototyping and testing.
• Use design thinking methodologies to generate and explore ideas.
• Prototype design concepts and features in collaboration with other designers, product managers, and engineers.
• Create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that effectively communicate design solutions and align with user needs.
• Validate solutions through user testing and research.
• Participate in design critiques and provide constructive feedback to improve the quality of the design output.
• Stay up to date with emerging trends and best practices in UX design and technology, in order to continuously improve the design process and output.
• Identify emerging technologies, services, and spaces that can enhance the user experience across our digital product portfolio.

Cross-Functional Teams Collaboration (45%)

• Work cross-functionally with stakeholders to understand the business and customer needs while leveraging data and analytics to inform design decisions.
• Be a leader to ensure the technical feasibility of UX engineered solutions that work across with multiple browsers and devices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, engineering, and user research, to define and deliver exceptional user experiences that meet the needs of our customers.
• Partner with other teams across the organization to weigh in on project priorities, project estimation, and risk identification for roadmap projects.
• Work closely with UX Engineers, Project Managers, and Subject Matter Experts to implement versatile solutions to design challenges.

Design System (10%)

• Contribute to a design system that ensures consistency across our products and enables scalability.
• Steer the development of reusable clean UX patterns and frameworks for both simple or complex user tasks.
• Help to shape our design standards to maintain across product development.
• Continual management of clear usage guidelines shared among designers and developers.
• Eliminate existing design inconsistencies and improve future workflows for both designers and developers as the design team scales up.

• At least 5 years of experience in UX design for complex products including B2B (ecommerce experience preferred).
• A passion for turning complex problems into simple and engaging solutions
• A portfolio of work that demonstrates your design process, problem-solving skills, and the impact of your work on the product
• Experience leading complex user and metrics-driven design solutions
• Mastery of Figma
• Strong understanding of design systems, typography, layout, color, and interaction design principles.
• Experience leading design projects from concept to delivery, working with cross-functional teams, and managing stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present design solutions to internal and external stakeholders.
• A strong understanding of software engineering workflows and principles is encouraged
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field is preferred.