Are you passionate about creating product experiences that users and customers will love? Do you have the superpower of putting yourself in their shoes and understanding their needs? If so, you might be the perfect fit for our Experience Design (XD) team. As a part of this team, you will work with other talented designers who have diverse skills and backgrounds, such as Design Systems, UX Design, Visual Design, UI Design, Content Design, Interaction Design, and more. You will use your creativity and expertise to design solutions that are user-centered, accessible, and beautiful. You will also collaborate with other stakeholders and share your design approach and vision. This role is an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact on how people work around the world.

What you get to do in this role:

• Develop innovative design solutions and world-class product experiences that transform how people work around the world.
• Drive user experiences from concept to delivery based on in-depth comprehension of user needs and design principles.
• Champion your design approach, reconcile feedback from various stakeholders, and provide input to others in a collaborative, supportive, working environment.

Manager's Note:

• Does this position have the opportunity to extend beyond the initial contract or convert to FTE?
  • Yes
• Based on the job description, what are the must have non-negotiable items that a candidate must have to be successful in this role?
  • Advanced Design tool Experience (Adobe XD, Figma, Sketch, MIRO) Figma Experience highly preferred and will be prioritized over other design tools.
  • Experience designing for Responsive, Adaptive and Native is ideal.
  • Experience designing for WCAG accessibility is needed.
  • Experience creating products with atomic design systems is preferred.
• What backgrounds/skills can we be more flexible with that can be learned on the job?
  • MIRO, Virtual Whiteboarding tools, Prototyping, UX Research, Backlog user story creation and maintenance.
• Does this position require to sit onsite or travel to an SN office?
  • No Travel Required
• Does this person have to work in a specific time zone? (e.g. - If a person on the East Coast can work PST, is that ok?)
  • Needs to be able to work PST hours, with occasional (~4hrs) IST overlap monthly being early morning or late night for product design reviews. MT is a preferred timezone as many of the design team leaders are located in Colorado. Denver, Colorado candidates would be a nice to have.
• Is there a specific laptop that needs to be used for this role (i.e. - Mac or Windows)?
  • Mac

Skills

In order to qualify for and be successful in this role, you should have:

• 8 years of relevant design experience.
• An inspiring portfolio demonstrating end-to-end, user-centered, design solutions based on human-centered design and research data.
• Strong experience working with design tools to create comprehensive low-fidelity and high-fidelity solutions and specifications that enforce consistency, usability, and accessibility as a part of a larger system of products.
• A growth mindset, continually strengthening core skills through complex assignments and varied experience.
• Ability to build trusting relationships through clear and proper communication.
• Continually envisions how processes and products could be better, drawing on experience and available metrics, data, and research.
• Frequently and actively solicits feedback and respectfully and constructively challenges peers and stakeholders to refine ideas, strategies, and approaches.
• Independently and appropriately adjusts own work as priorities and approaches change.
• Actively participates in cross-functional teams, voicing ideas and using unique talents to co-create innovative solutions.
• Contributes ideas for structuring collaborative projects or ongoing team efforts to maximize productivity and success.
• Recommends solutions to help the team achieve goals.
• Models cooperation and respect among team members.
• Continues strengthening core discipline skills through increasingly complex assignments and continued accumulation of varied experience, demonstrating general expertise in their discipline.
• Exhibits strong self-awareness of how words and actions may impact others and uses that awareness to minimize misunderstandings, conflicts, or perceptions of bias.
• Creates designs for an entire end-to-end workflow based on an in-depth comprehension of user needs and effectively articulates context, frameworks, principles, and design rationale to stakeholders.
• Demonstrates comprehension and growth in product design disciplines beyond one specialty.
• Delivers innovative and compelling end-to-end product designs for complex user journeys and product features.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Interaction Design, Industrial Design, Visual Design, HCI, or a related field. A working experience of the equivalent is also acceptable for the position.