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"The details are not the details. They make the design."
— Charles Eames
The Product Designer will deliver product design capabilities and features, connecting cross-functional teams to reader needs globally. They will lead design vision, integrate customer-centric research findings, and ensure understanding of product goals.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate stakeholder workshops to drive opportunity understanding and gap analysis
- Conduct user opportunity mapping and how it provides business value
- Participate in product design discovery and definition initiatives
- Working alongside various practices such as architects, developers, researchers, analysts, product owners and product management
- Lead design vision of product roadmap
- Lead how to integrate customer centric research findings into product design decisions
- Create design stories and design acceptance criteria
- Ability to measure product design release outcomes
Requirements
- Strong ability to demonstrate design thinking, process and solutions
- Strong design aesthetic in addition to demonstrated experience in delivering effective design solutions informed by qualitative research and user testing
- Solid understanding of accessibility principles and prior experience in delivering WCAG compliant digital experiences
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Strong ownership and collaborative mindset to ship products
- Great leadership in collaboration, design strategy, planning and creativity
- Proficient in UX/UI design tools in creating wireframes and prototyping
Key Skills
- Design thinking
- UX/UI design
- Accessibility principles
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Leadership
- Figma
- UX design tools
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Performance based annual bonuses
- Stock options
- Training opportunities
About Rakuten Kobo Inc.
Rakuten Kobo Inc. is the world’s only dedicated digital bookseller. Owned by Tokyo-based Rakuten and headquartered in Toronto, Kobo enables more than 30 million readers worldwide to read anytime, anywhere and on any device. With our award-winning eReaders and the free Kobo App for smartphones and tablets, Kobo is your portable reading world.
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