Head of Product / Senior Product Designer
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We are looking for a hands on Head of Product / Senior Product Designer for a well funded, high growth global startup in the web3 space. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established startup working across several countries and leading a B2B2C product design startup. You will have the chance to truly leave your mark in a breakthrough product design leadership role. You will help create functional and attractive products and provide valuable design insights into the problem and solution discovery discussions with the product team. You’re not afraid to take on a leadership role and get your hands dirty in executing and leading user research products within the web3 space.
Responsibilities:
Work closely with the PM to take in business & product requirements to collaborate with cross-functional peers in low-fidelity stages of the design. The designs should consider the simplicity of the user experience and impact it will have on existing product. Designer is expected to consider the different edge cases, and iterate as needed at the wireframing stage to ensure we have arrived at the best user flow before proceeding to high fidelity designs.
Evangelize and gather feedback from product stakeholders to understand various stakeholder’s needs and perspectives on the design. The designer should be able to rationalize solutions and effectively communicate their design decisions as well as have an open mind and enjoy exploring different ways to approach the problem.
Review, filter and apply feedback to the early-stage designs and independently create high fidelity specs ready for developer handoff. The design should take into account the design system, taking care to create modular and reusable designs.
Establishing a strong relationship with their product and engineering counterpart to facilitate the developer handover. Ensuring clear documentation of all layouts, edge cases, asset states and help answer questions regarding the design throughout its development.
Where:
You’ll work remotely, but able to maintain 11 – 4 EST core working hours
What You Bring:
Proven experience designing consumer-facing products
Proven experience designing complex flow based products (i.e. have experience beyond building landing pages or agency one-off designs)
Ability to take user stories and acceptance criteria requirements from product and create wireframes and/or lo-fidelity designs and prototypes
Able to collaborate and share in early stages of the design process to iterate on different solutions
Proven experience working closely with cross functional peers to gather feedback and communicate design decisions
Ability to independently convert wireframes/lofi designs into high fidelity designs ready for developer handoff
Experience designing responsive web platforms
Proven experience designing leveraging a robust design system to create modular and reusable design
Proven experience working closely with engineering counterpart to facilitate a smooth design->dev handover process
Experience with Figma
Fluent in English
Able to maintain 11 – 4 EST core working hours
Nice to haves
Experience designing mobile applications
Experience in designing gamification or brand marketing-based products
5+ years of relevant design experience
Located in EST time zone
Knowledge of building a two-sided platform
Excellent communication in articulating design decisions
Understanding of product methodologies and life cycles
Why work with our client:
As the only design hire, you will have the chance to truly leave your mark in a breakthrough product and lead and own our design efforts.
Join a growthup, you will join a team that is at the sweet intersection of growth and organization. We have doubled our team size in the last year, but we have not neglected the organization and operations of the company, you will be joining a team with stable processes but still with plenty of room for growth and creativity.
You will be at the forefront of the web3 revolution, giving you a chance to learn and grow with the fastest growing industry. Despite the rocky crypto industry, the client is well funded and equipped to ride out the bear market and to build a product that will truly push the boundaries of the web3 space into the mainstream.
Working in a small team, you will be exposed to more than the domain of design. You will be working directly with the head of product and have exposure to the other executive teams and have the chance to learn on the job and grow with the company.
Meaningful equity compensation
Fully remote company
Flexible work schedule
Unlimited vacation
If this sounds like you, email Ashley at ashley@ariagency.ca for more information.