Product Designer

Summary

Join Livefront, a company that designs and builds digital products for major companies and startups, as a Product Designer. You will be a multi-disciplinary design generalist working through all stages of product design, from research to production. You will collaborate with clients, stakeholders, and internal teams to create user-friendly digital experiences. Responsibilities include testing and refining designs, mentoring team members, and working with engineers for design hand-off. You will manage multiple projects simultaneously and maintain working files. The ideal candidate has 3-5 years of relevant experience, mastery of UI/UX best practices, and proficiency in design tools like Figma and Sketch. Compensation is $90,000-$135,000 annually.

Requirements

• A standout portfolio showcasing exemplary visual design chops and product sensibilities
• At least 3-5 years of relevant experience, ideally in a consulting environment or as part of an in-house, cross-functional product team
• Mastery of current UI/UX best practices, as well as modern design tools like Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and various prototyping tools
• Experience designing consumer-facing native applications for iOS and/or Android and a fluent command of each platform’s native design communication skills and a strong ability to present and defend creative choices persuasively at varying levels of resolution
• Above-average discipline and personal organization skills
• Obvious comfort with critique in the context of an iterative design process
• Experience producing design decks to communicate design flows to clients and engineers
• A demonstrated hunger for personal and professional growth within the field
• A self-evident love and care for the craft of product design
• Comfort with occasional travel to our HQ in MN

Responsibilities

• Work directly with clients, stakeholders, and internal teams to design and build user-friendly digital experiences that align with client goals and user needs
• Collaborate closely with clients to understand their needs and define requirements
• Test and refine designs to deliver flawless user experiences throughout the entire product lifecycle
• Mentor and work with other members of the Livefront product design team
• Work with zero-to-one and established design systems to maintain and update style guides, assets, and deliverables
• Work with engineers to answer design questions, make adjustments, and provide assets for the design-to-development hand-off process
• Work within the production constraints of each platform for which we’re designing and/or engineering
• Manage your time across a mix of both small and large projects with overlapping priority and urgency
• Organize and maintain working files inside a collaborative file structure
• Adopt new practices and tools as our work and the design industry evolves
• Proofread copy and fix errors and formatting in design source files and production decks

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience conducting customer research ranging from qualitative data analysis to hands-on usability testing
• Have illustration, animation, and/or 3D design chops
• Have experience with motion design tools like Adobe After Effects and/or Cinema4D

Benefits

Compensation is $90,000 - $135,000 a year