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Product Designer

Steame Llc 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Hybrid $90,000 - $110,000 Full-time Mid-level

The Product Designer owns end-to-end user experiences, from conducting user research and prototyping to implementing high-quality design materials. They collaborate with product managers and engineers to maintain a consistent design system across four products.

Responsibilities

  • Owning end-to-end user experiences, from user research to rapid prototyping
  • Planning and leading user research to inform problem definition and prioritization
  • Designing end-to-end experiences using a design-thinking approach
  • Creating rapid iterations of mockups and prototypes for discovery and validation
  • Organizing, recruiting, and leading user testing sessions on new functionality
  • Analyzing findings and communicating key insights to drive team decisions
  • Working within and extending our robust design system
  • Creating high-quality design materials, including wireframes, mockups, and style guides
  • Collaborating with engineering to ensure design specs are implemented
  • Contributing to product roadmap development and helping define requirements

Requirements

  • 3+ years of relevant experience in user research and UI/UX design, or 2+ years with a completed UX/UI design program or related degree
  • Portfolio with examples of led research and product design
  • Solid grasp of user-centered design process, UX best practices, and methodologies
  • Proficiency with design and prototyping tools, and user testing platforms

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment, with 3 days of work from home and 2 days in-office
  • Opportunities for further professional development and education
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Diverse team and inclusive culture

Key Skills

User research UI/UX design Design-thinking approach Prototyping User testing Design system Wireframing Mockup creation Style guide creation Collaboration with engineering Product roadmap development Requirements definition AI-powered design and research tools Social entrepreneurship Technology for social challenges Communication skills

About Steame Llc

We are NEW Chicago-based social impact technology. We are pioneering a multi-sided platform to make it easy for individuals to acquire skills and apply to high demand jobs that do not require a four-year degree, so they can increase their lifelong earnings. Our work is based on years of research, from our founders, professors Dr. Nichole Pinkard (Northwestern) and Dr. Stacy Lindau (UChicago). STEAMe will help drive scale and impact for organizations of all sizes and sectors, and create professional pathways for millions of individuals seeking alternate career routes.

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