Senior Product Designer

Summary

Join StackAdapt as a Senior Product Designer and design products that empower our customers. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to research, design, launch, and iterate on user-centric solutions. Leverage your experience in creating sleek digital products and contribute to our industry-leading user experience. This remote-first position is open to North American candidates. You will solve complex user problems, conduct user research, and visualize ideas effectively. Become an expert in ad-tech and programmatic media buying, while sharing your work and potentially mentoring other designers.

Requirements

• 4+ years of end-to-end experience as a Product Designer (visual, interaction, research, and everything in between)
• A portfolio demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of user problems, the ability to create elegant and effortless solutions out of complexity, as well as your storytelling skills; from low-fidelity sketches through to the outcomes you achieved
• An in-depth understanding of design thinking, usability heuristics, inclusive design, design systems, and visual design skills (information design, typography, colour, etc.)
• Your communication is crisp, clear, and effective both in written and verbal formats - and you always know your audience; you've delivered complex software designs before and can speak to their successes
• Empathy for all stakeholders, but you have no problem tactfully defending your design decisions and processes; you embrace feedback from your team with a desire to continuously improve your craft
• Proficient in modern product design tools
• Knowledge of programming technologies

Responsibilities

• Solve complex user problems with well-thought-out, delightful solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive design and product vision and strategy; focussing primarily on one area of our platform, with potential opportunities to work across multiple areas
• Conduct user research to understand our users' needs, translate them into strong user experiences, and evaluate the effectiveness of the design; continually test, iterate, and improve on your work to ensure we put our best foot forward
• Visualize ideas and concepts in order to communicate them effectively to internal stakeholders and customers
• Produce journey maps, wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and other collateral as needed to drive our product development efforts
• Become an expert in ad-tech and programmatic media buying, understanding the competitive landscape, the evolving market needs, and how those things relate to StackAdapt's product offering
• Share your work early and often
• Provide design feedback to, and potentially mentor and coach, other Product Designers across the team

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with product analytics tools such as Pendo and Fullstory is considered an asset

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 401k/RRSP matching
• 3 weeks vacation + 3 personal care days + 1 Culture & Belief day + birthdays off
• Access to a comprehensive mental health care platform
• Full benefits from day one of employment
• Work-from-home reimbursements
• Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office
• Robust training and onboarding program
• Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, etc)
• Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning
• Mentorship opportunities with industry leaders
• An awesome parental leave policy
• A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture
• Our social and team events!