Empowerly is hiring a
Product Designer

Summary

Empowerly is seeking a Product Designer, UI/UX in the United States to collaborate with cross-functional teams and lead crucial projects. The role involves evolving the design strategy, owning design thinking throughout the product lifecycle, and creating designs that drive improved user experiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of design experience
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, marketing, management, etc) & balancing business goals with user needs
• Web & mobile app design development experience
• A strong UX/UI design portfolio including examples of user-focused design thinking and evangelism. Applicants must provide a link or attach their portfolio of work
• Experience auditing and contributing to product infrastructure
• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and organizational problems, including to non-technical employees, and propose thorough iterative solutions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to be agile and adaptable
• Thrive in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment
• Positive, can-do attitude
• Resilience in overcoming minor setbacks and swiftly handling ambiguity
• Impeccable attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Lead designer at Empowerly, working closely with founders, engineers and reporting to the head of product management
• Co-own the development and execution of product design strategy
• Evolve the design style guide used across the company
• Own design thinking throughout the full product lifecycle
• Actively collaborate with marketing, product, engineering, community, marketing, and co-founders
• Serve as the voice of design in cross-functional projects
• Translate design requirements and product strategy into unique, out-of-the-box product ideas
• Develop designs that drive improved user experiences and metric performance by understanding customer needs
• Influence design changes in the product based on user research and data insights
• Create design concepts, flows, wireframes, transitions, interactions, and prototypes
• Use visualization skills to support product strategy, sparking conversation and gaining alignment with leadership
• Make abstract and ambiguous ideas concrete, always considering the “future” of design
• Create functional prototypes of proposed UX/UI solutions to communicate vision, inspire colleagues, and gather feedback from users

Benefits

Competitive benefits package includes health/dental/vision insurance, unlimited PTO, and 401K