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Product Designer
Defense Unicorns • United States of America 🇺🇸
The Product Designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create user-friendly designs and high-fidelity prototypes. They will conduct UX research to gather user feedback and iterate on design solutions to enhance user satisfaction.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conceptualize and execute high-fidelity prototypes, translating concepts into user-friendly designs that align with our brand and business objectives.
- Conduct comprehensive UX research and testing methodologies to gather user feedback, identify pain points, and iterate on design solutions for optimal user satisfaction.
- Help define early product concepts, flesh out the high-level workflow and micro-interactions of a feature, and execute on an effective visual design.
- Utilize data analysis techniques to interpret user behavior patterns, extracting actionable insights to inform design decisions and enhance product functionalities.
- Cultivate empathy for end-users across product teams & stakeholders by creating and maintaining user personas.
- Create, collaborate, and iterate on user flows, site maps, user journeys, and other design artifacts.
- Plan iterative design improvements that are delivered to production regularly. Ensure high-quality user experience and integrate user feedback into product design.
- Design initial prototypes and wireframes for new applications.
- Work closely with other product teams and designers to ensure cross-product integration.
- Own the end-to-end design process of assigned features/products.
- Map out user experience flows to identify new product needs.
Requirements
- Strong ability to plan and facilitate design and discovery workshops that drive alignment and decisions.
- Experience leading user engagements fully remote (ex., interviews, usability testing, design workshops).
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate with diverse teams and present design concepts effectively.
- Ability to work independently, manage time efficiently, and thrive in a remote work setup.
- Proven experience in prototyping and visual design, demonstrating proficiency in industry-standard design tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Figma, etc.).
- Robust portfolio showcasing a range of design work demonstrating creativity, technical proficiency, and a firm grasp of design principles.
- Flexibility to adapt to evolving project needs and contribute effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong background in conducting UX research and testing methodologies to improve product usability and user satisfaction.
- Experience collaborating closely with developers and empathy for developer experience.
- Experienced in working with AI platform solutions.
- Experienced in working with Platform technologies.
- Experience in working with enterprise-level software.
- Good understanding of DevSecOps, Cloud Platforms, and Secure Software delivery.
- Proficiency in data analysis techniques and tools to derive insights, with the ability to translate data into actionable strategies.
- Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Typescript is appreciated.
Key Skills
- Collaborative Design
- Craft Expertise
- Product Thinking
- UX Research
- User Testing
- Design Workflows
- Micro-Interactions
- Visual Design
- Data Analysis
- User Personas
- User Flows
- Site Maps
- User Journeys
- Iterative Design
- Prototyping
- Wireframing
- Cross-Product Integration
- End-to-End Design Process
- User Experience Flows
- Design Discovery Workshops
- User Engagements
- Communication Skills
- Time Management
- Remote Work
- Industry-Standard Design Tools
- Portfolio
- Adaptability
- AI Platform Solutions
- Platform Technologies
- Enterprise-Level Software
- DevSecOps
- Cloud Platforms
- Secure Software Delivery
- Data Analysis Techniques
- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript
- Typescript
- Developer Experience
- User Behavior Patterns
- Actionable Insights
- Design Principles
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision (100% Company Paid)
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Company Stock Options
- Home Office Budget
- Unlimited paid time off, with a mandatory 10 days off on top of 11 federal government holidays, week of Thanksgiving, last two weeks of December (including New Year’s Day)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
- Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)
About Defense Unicorns
Defense Unicorns specializes in platform technologies that enable rapid and reliable delivery of capabilities across a wide range of mission and technology areas. We support open architecture platforms for secure mission systems that provide optionality for the end user, promote scalability, and allow for continuous identification and integration of new products and services while avoiding vendor lock. Our open approach creates partnership opportunities across the software ecosystem. Our people are innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across DoD and the broader federal market. Let's drive change together. Get in touch at hello@defenseunicorns.com
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