APR Staffing
Job Title: UX UI Digital Product Designer
Job #: 21539
Location: Portland, OR
Duration: 6+ month contract
Onsite
Position Overview As a Mid-Level Digital Product Designer, you will play a pivotal role in conceptualizing, designing, and delivering exceptional digital products that seamlessly integrate into our transportation solutions. This includes a hybrid of UX and UI work as you'll be working in the HMI (Human Machine Interface) Design team. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to translate user needs, business requirements, and technological capabilities into engaging and intuitive user experiences. This role requires a blend of creativity, technical proficiency, and a passion for innovation in the transportation industry. This role focuses on the in-vehicle design experience.
Responsibilities • Create high-fidelity 2D and 3D designs, prototypes, and mockups to communicate design concepts effectively. • Develop interactive animations and motion graphics to enhance user engagement and delight. • Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to define product requirements and specifications. • Conduct/facilitate user research, usability testing, and feedback sessions to iterate and improve product designs. • Ensure consistency and coherence across various digital touchpoints with a focus on in-vehicle interfaces, not excluding web, mobile, app, etc. • Advocate for user-centered design principles and contribute to a culture of design excellence within the organization. Familiarity with Design Thinking methodology and process. • Contribute to development of design process and toolchain. • Stay ahead of emerging design trends, technologies, and industry best practices, embracing ambiguity in an R&D context to spearhead and inspire continuous improvement and innovation within the company.
Requirements • Bachelor's degree in Design, Product Design, Digital Arts, or related field. • 3+ years of experience in digital product design, preferably within the automotive or related industry. • Proficiency in design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, or equivalent. • Must be able to demonstrate Prototyping abilities (Figma, Protopie, etc.) • Proficiency in 3D tools and animation such as C4D, After Effects, or equivalent. • Ideal: experience with Kanzi, Unity or Unreal Engine. • Strong portfolio showcasing a diverse range of design projects, including 2D and 3D work, animation, and motion graphics. • Solid understanding of user-centered design principles, interaction design, and information architecture. • Experience designing complex products and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Plus if familiarity working in an Agile development environment. • Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate design concepts and rationale effectively. • Passion for automotive technology and a keen interest in shaping the future of mobility.
Pre-Employment Requirement All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment screening that may include drug testing, background/criminal check, and if applicable, must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
APR Staffing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
About APR Staffing APR Staffing was born from the merger of two well-respected technical staffing firms in Portland. ieSolutions, founded in 2002, enjoyed an impressive reputation as one of the largest locally-owned and most respected technical staffing companies. Professional Resource Group, aka Data Resource Group, founded in 2009, also earned regional acclaim for being a fast-growing and highly-motivated professional staffing agency. Both companies have been recent award winners for the Portland Business Journal's Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The two firms, now as APR Staffing, make for one of the fastest-growing and most-respected professional and technical staffing companies in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Collaborating with our customers, we augment their workforce with technical and administrative professionals. We provide only high-caliber, professional-grade resources throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Position Overview As a Mid-Level Digital Product Designer, you will play a pivotal role in conceptualizing, designing, and delivering exceptional digital products that seamlessly integrate into our transportation solutions. This includes a hybrid of UX and UI work as you'll be working in the HMI (Human Machine Interface) Design team. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to translate user needs, business requirements, and technological capabilities into engaging and intuitive user experiences. This role requires a blend of creativity, technical proficiency, and a passion for innovation in the transportation industry. This role focuses on the in-vehicle design experience.
Responsibilities • Create high-fidelity 2D and 3D designs, prototypes, and mockups to communicate design concepts effectively. • Develop interactive animations and motion graphics to enhance user engagement and delight. • Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to define product requirements and specifications. • Conduct/facilitate user research, usability testing, and feedback sessions to iterate and improve product designs. • Ensure consistency and coherence across various digital touchpoints with a focus on in-vehicle interfaces, not excluding web, mobile, app, etc. • Advocate for user-centered design principles and contribute to a culture of design excellence within the organization. Familiarity with Design Thinking methodology and process. • Contribute to development of design process and toolchain. • Stay ahead of emerging design trends, technologies, and industry best practices, embracing ambiguity in an R&D context to spearhead and inspire continuous improvement and innovation within the company.
Requirements • Bachelor's degree in Design, Product Design, Digital Arts, or related field. • 3+ years of experience in digital product design, preferably within the automotive or related industry. • Proficiency in design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, or equivalent. • Must be able to demonstrate Prototyping abilities (Figma, Protopie, etc.) • Proficiency in 3D tools and animation such as C4D, After Effects, or equivalent. • Ideal: experience with Kanzi, Unity or Unreal Engine. • Strong portfolio showcasing a diverse range of design projects, including 2D and 3D work, animation, and motion graphics. • Solid understanding of user-centered design principles, interaction design, and information architecture. • Experience designing complex products and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Plus if familiarity working in an Agile development environment. • Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate design concepts and rationale effectively. • Passion for automotive technology and a keen interest in shaping the future of mobility.
Pre-Employment Requirement All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment screening that may include drug testing, background/criminal check, and if applicable, must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
APR Staffing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
About APR Staffing APR Staffing was born from the merger of two well-respected technical staffing firms in Portland. ieSolutions, founded in 2002, enjoyed an impressive reputation as one of the largest locally-owned and most respected technical staffing companies. Professional Resource Group, aka Data Resource Group, founded in 2009, also earned regional acclaim for being a fast-growing and highly-motivated professional staffing agency. Both companies have been recent award winners for the Portland Business Journal's Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The two firms, now as APR Staffing, make for one of the fastest-growing and most-respected professional and technical staffing companies in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Collaborating with our customers, we augment their workforce with technical and administrative professionals. We provide only high-caliber, professional-grade resources throughout the Pacific Northwest.