Product Designer

Summary

Join SmartLogic as a Senior Product Designer and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to create engaging user interfaces for web and mobile applications. You will design intuitive user experiences, aligning with client needs and industry best practices. This fully remote role (within the US) requires a minimum of 4 years of experience in a consulting/agency setting, expertise in Figma, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. The position offers flexible hours (10-20 hours/week on average), and the compensation is $50-$75/hour. SmartLogic is committed to a supportive and inclusive workplace, offering opportunities for professional growth within a thriving custom software development consultancy.

Requirements

• Must have a minimum of 4 years prior working experience in a consulting/agency
• Must have experience working as an independent contractor
• Must have prior success working within budget and timeframe constraints
• Ability to show initiative and work independently to execute project work
• Demonstrated track record balancing client priorities while ensuring quality of user experience. This includes operating within time and budget constraints and context switching among projects
• Experience writing technical tickets, handing off designs to the development team, presenting designs to clients, implementing feedback, and working with developers to implement approved designs
• Expert level proficiency with Figma for design and prototyping
• Experience with accessibility principles, standards, and best practices including WCAG 2.1 or later
• Must reside in the USA, be legally authorized to work in the United States, and is available to work our core working hours of 10am-3:30pm US Eastern Time Monday through Friday
• This position requires one to be available to work an average workload of 10-20 hours per week, with the possibility of some weeks being zero and some being more than 20 hours

Responsibilities

• Work with the Staff Engineer, Project Manager, and a cross functional team of developers and designers to understand project requirements, scope, and deliverables to plan design milestones
• Balance the trade-offs between design quality, time-to-market, and resource constraints, making informed decisions to achieve project goals. Efficiently manage and prioritize tasks across projects
• Ensure that designs are accessible, responsive, and optimized for various devices and platforms
• Design and prototype user interfaces, including wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes, using industry-standard tools
• As needed, participate in client demonstrations, clearly articulating design concepts and justifying design decisions. Demonstrate a customer service mindset with responsiveness to client needs
• Participate in agile ceremonies and manage relevant tasks in our project management tool, ClickUp
• Ensure client work is well documented and organized

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with a CSS framework is a major plus (we use Tailwind CSS for most projects)
• Familiarity with designing for assistive technologies, such as screen readers, magnifiers, and keyboard navigation is a big plus!
• Familiarity with other common design tools such as Adobe Illustrator a plus

Benefits

• This position is fully remote within the United States and its Territories
• The compensation range for this position is $50 - $75 per hour