Product Designer

We are looking for an experienced Senior Product Designer to join our team. You will be responsible for designing successful AI chat/search features, supporting the building of a new design system from the ground up, and bring better organizational strategies to Figma and our product architecture. You will work closely with the Head of Design and collaborate with PMs and stakeholders to visualize the future of our product.

Responsibilities will include researching, designing, and prototyping innovative user experiences as well as strategizing viable product directions with product managers. Deliverables may consist of design mockups, interactive prototypes, user journey maps, information architecture, production of visual assets, UXR plans, and documentation required for proper implementation.

You will work closely with XFN, including Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, and Senior Management. Prior experience working within a technical environment is key. You have an affinity for consistency, color use, typography, and a keen eye for subtle details. While exercising a good eye for aesthetics, you can grasp and distill highly complex issues and translate them into clean, focused, understandable solutions.

Strong communication skills and the ability to stay highly organized are essential. You aren’t afraid of pushing against process that don’t provide meaningful impact yet you prioritize working on a team and accounting for opinions of others.

You flourish in a dynamic, ever-changing, and deadline-driven environment. It should feel natural presenting design ideas in a large team environment. You enjoy working with data and trying to understand what the data means rather than just taking it at face value.

You should be a self-starter, self-motivated, work independently, and perform multiple tasks under minimal supervision. The work you design will be seen and experienced by millions of people worldwide.

Responsibilities:

• Take the initiative on defining projects and strategy with PM’s and engineers.

• Create basic and sometimes advanced prototypes, using Figma (Protopie is a plus)

• Utilize design thinking and product strategy to create user-centered experiences

• Collaborate with PMs and stakeholders to ensure design meets business needs

• Ability to adapt to new design technologies and process and improve broken ones.

• Produce strong visual design that feels modern and meets usability and accessibility standards.

Requirements:

• To apply, you must have the right expertise, a web-based portfolio, a resume.

• 6+ years of experience in product design with emphasis in B2C

• A portfolio of work that demonstrates your expertise in designing successful consumer facing experiences.

• Strong visual design skills rooted in purposefully user flows and functionality

• A deep understanding of user-centered design principles and methodologies

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

• Ability to take the initiative on defining projects and strategy

• Preferred: Bachelors Degree in BA or BS or Masters. Degree in graphic design, interaction design, human-computer interaction, information science, cognitive science, computer science, or equivalent is strongly desired for this position, though exceptions may be made for candidates with strong portfolios.

Portfolio:

A web-based portfolio + resume shows in-depth experience around UX design, interaction design, or similar experience across the Web for both desktop and mobile. A link to your online portfolio is required. Make sure to provide passwords as needed. Applications without a portfolio will not be considered. If parts of your portfolio involved group work, please explain your specific role in the project. Bonus points if you include any projects you have worked on for fun or solve a problem yourself! If you include your LinkedIn profile, that’s great; however, please know that your LinkedIn profile does not count as a portfolio.