Product Designer Job at Planet Interactive in Hayward

Product Designer

Location: Remote

Duration: 12 months to start

Pay: up to $65.00/hr - $68/hr, DOE (W2 and benefit options)

Planet Interactive is looking for a Product Designer to join our well-known lifestyle brand technology client on a 12-month contract. This is a full-time, 40 hour per week role working a remote schedule.

Responsibilities:

• Utilize design expertise in product thinking, interaction design, and craftsmanship to enhance the product.
• Collaborate closely with the engineering, product management, and research teams to devise impactful, user-centric, and data-informed solutions.
• Encourage collaboration through actively seeking feedback and managing relationships with various stakeholders.
• Work alongside engineers throughout the implementation and quality assurance phases.
• Maintain and promote a high standard of design execution within the team.

Qualifications:

• At least 3-4 years of experience
• Highly proficient in Figma
• Proven track record envisioning, building, and iterating on digital products in close partnership with product management and engineering
• Strong portfolio that demonstrates outstanding design skills and product thinking informed by qualitative and quantitative insights - MUST include with application
• Great communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate design decisions and the solutions to problems
• Attention to detail and a sense of pride and ownership over the quality of the product
• Solid understanding of layout, typography, color, and other graphic design principles
• Ability to work within and extend a design system
• Team player with strong collaboration skills and ability bring cross-functional partners along in the journey
• High level of self-awareness with a growth mindset