Senior Product Designer

Summary

Join april as a Senior Product Designer and lead the design thinking process for their multi-platform product suite, contributing to the growth of the product design function. Collaborate with various teams to prioritize initiatives, ensure flawless execution, and conduct regular research to improve the product experience. Measure and contribute to business objectives, partner with marketing, and inspire end-to-end product improvements. This fully remote role requires 6+ years of experience in digital product design and proficiency in Figma. The ideal candidate will be a self-learner with strong communication and collaboration skills.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience designing and building digital products
• Knowledge and passion for interaction and visual design
• Must have a high bar for design quality and be an advocate for clean, elegant, and usable design – you are constantly looking to raise our bar of quality
• Exceptional organization and planning skills
• Experience applying research, usability tests, and metrics to inform design decisions
• Comfort with an iterative design process that includes accepting and acting on feedback
• Ability to inspire and drive end-to-end product and feature improvements
• Ability to think at a high level about business objectives
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to maintain flexibility in an evolving work environment
• Self-learning individual with an entrepreneurial spirit, conceptual thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills
• Effective communication skills and the ability to confidently communicate design thinking methodologies and design direction with senior stakeholders, including founders
• Must be proficient in Figma

Responsibilities

• Lead the entire design thinking process for significant parts of our multi-platform product suite (consumer, B2B2C, and internal business tools)
• Contribute to the growth of the product design function while building and communicating best practices across the organization
• Work directly with our Head of Product Design and Product, Engineering, and Tax Analyst leads to prioritize initiatives to ensure we are solving the right problems
• Ensure flawless, pixel perfect execution across all areas of the design process while keeping an eye on the bigger picture
• Regularly conduct research to ensure we are continuously improving the product experience by gathering qualitative and quantitative insights via user research
• Measure and contribute to business level objectives and key results by ensuring every piece of work you touch is adding value for both the user and the business
• Partner with the marketing team to ensure our solutions align with our users’ voice and the april brand

Benefits

US Salary: $120K - $140K