Differential · 9 hours ago
Product Designer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry Level
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Responsibilities
Translating user and client needs into a well-designed solution that solves the user and client’s problems.
Gaining an understanding of who the users are, what their problems are, and why those problems exist.
Putting the user — and their problems/needs — first in order to create and drive empathy amongst the product team and product stakeholders.
Aligning well-designed solutions with the product vision.
Setting the standards on which the quality and direction of the overall branding and design is built. Setting the tone for the look, feel, and quality of design.
Striking a balance between the user’s expectations and the client’s expectation of how the product vision comes to life in order to satisfy the right business and strategic objectives.
With the right standards and balance, driving alignment and clarity around the solution designed to solve the user’s problems, and, in turn, reach the product vision.
Building design systems and maintainable standards that set the product — and product team — up for success.
Qualification
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Required
Strong passion for interaction design, visual design and prototyping.
Ability to place equal emphasis between form and function.
Highly strategic and multi-skilled.
Deep understanding in moving the product process forward.
Experience in prototyping early and often.
Engagement in design thinking as a team and cross functionality among product managers, engineers and client partners.
Ability to work iteratively and collaboratively on design thinking, design sprints, concepting, user flows, visual design and prototypes.
Facilitation of design workshops and exercises to diverge, converge, and refine concepts.
Ability to work closely with Product Manager, client and developers at each stage of the design process.
Ability to make a positive impact on the culture of the design team.
Demonstrated ability to rely on an iterative process to maintain momentum on projects.
Familiarity with design and prototype tools, specifically Figma.
Ability to translate user and client needs into well-designed solutions.
Understanding of who the users are, what their problems are, and why those problems exist.
Ability to put the user and their problems/needs first.
Ability to align well-designed solutions with the product vision.
Ability to set standards for the quality and direction of branding and design.
Ability to strike a balance between user expectations and client expectations.
Ability to drive alignment and clarity around solutions designed to solve user problems.
Ability to build design systems and maintainable standards.
Preferred
Experience working closely with developers on executing designs.
UX and accessibility experience on mobile and desktop.
Frontend development experience (HTML/CSS/JS).
Company
Differential
Differential is a digital products company. We partner with companies to deliver product strategy, design, and software development.
Founded in 2013
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$0.56M2015-05-28Seed· $0.39M
2013-07-31Seed· $0.17M
Leadership Team
Gerard Sychay
Head of Engineering
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Sean McCosh
Partner
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