Product Designer II

Microsoft is seeking a Product Designer to build design systems that enable product teams to deliver high-quality features with speed and consistency.

Responsibilities

• Produce highly detailed design specifications to help everyone understand how the component should be built and function, including accessibility, interaction, visual guidelines
• Work closely and constructively with product management, visual and interaction designers, editors, engineers and user researchers to create and deliver world class components, patterns and design documentation
• Advocate for your design solutions by putting them in context of business and user goals
• Deliver world-class interaction and visual designs from initial concept through to shipping
• Solve complex design problems in simple and intuitive ways, that blend brand personality, visual, motion and sound to create delightful experiences

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field
• 5+ years experience working in product or service design OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems)
• Product and interaction design experience
• Portfolio demonstrating design across a wide range of devices
• Experience in producing end-to-end product specifications that provide detailed guidance for product interaction, including accessibility
• Proficiency in Figma (preferred)
• Experience in prototyping (preferred)
• HTML, JS or React a bonus
• History of impacting shipping products with your work (preferred)
• Graphic/visual design experience a plus