Senior Product Designer

Overview

At DeveloperTown, our Senior Product Designers are dynamic problem solvers who dive into intricate challenges, crafting innovative tech solutions with a human touch. They are leaders guiding projects from inception through discovery, research, prototyping, and beyond. You’ll collaborate with a powerhouse team of developers, designers, managers, analysts, and QA experts to strive for the best possible solutions. Senior Product Designers are specialists in both design and consulting, thriving on independence while embracing collaboration to fuel the Design Team, project crews, and clients with their expertise and ideas. If you’re seeking a role that leverages seasoned skills across disciplines and invites you to tackle complex puzzles, this is it.

About the company and team culture : DeveloperTown is located in Indianapolis and focuses on solving hard problems to improve lives through human-centered design and technology.

Responsibilities

Own every facet of design on multiple projects, including research, prototyping, testing, refinement, and handoff

Lead client workshops to help the team find solutions to business problems; employ creative frameworks and refine discovery processes

Conduct thorough UX research from multiple sources to inform design recommendations

Understand project business metrics and translate them into design requirements to meet client objectives

Maintain a strong sense of aesthetics and visual design

Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in design capabilities, trends, and aesthetics

Move quickly without sacrificing due diligence

Demo work to client stakeholders and translate feedback into updated work

Expertise

Designing thoughtful, research-informed web and native applications for desktop, mobile / tablet

Running UX research sessions, user interviews, and testing

Creating interactive prototypes for client demos and user testing

Figma and industry best practices; preference for auto layout and modern design tooling

Creating scalable design systems from scratch

Advocating for design and the end-user on every project

Working on a highly collaborative product Scrum team with developers and engagement managers

Ability to share knowledge to elevate teammates

Create, manage, and implement scalable UI design systems

Ability to edit CSS to style components; create micro-interactions with JavaScript

Position Requirements

6+ years of UX / product design experience

A degree in HCI, UX, or related field is a plus

Mastery of product design fundamentals, heuristics, and best practices

Strong interpersonal skills for listening, communicating, defending ideas, decisions, processes, and rationale to teams and stakeholders

Working knowledge of front-end development to inform design decisions

Highly collaborative; works well with designers and cross-functional team members

Time and task-management skills with strong organization

Must be legally authorized to work in the US

Must not require visa sponsorship or have OPT / CPT work authorization

Bonus / Extra Credit

2+ years of consulting experience concurrent with product design

Mentor teammates to elevate the team

Be an early explorer and adapter of new technologies and design landscapes

Experience and interest in other design subdisciplines or relevant fields (Front-end development, Branding, Illustration, Copywriting, Psychology, Analytics, Ethnography, etc.)

About DeveloperTown

DeveloperTown is located at 54th and Winthrop in South Broad Ripple. Our team of about 50 Townies includes Product Research & Design, Engagement Managers, Business Analysts, Front-end and API developers, and QA. You will receive competitive benefits and perks such as taking lunch walks for ice cream and decorating your very own tiny house / office.

Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission : We help people teams solve hard problems to improve lives.

Vision : Consulting experts with the processes and know-how to deliver in industries where technology advancement is critical.

Values : Take Ownership

Be Curious

Act With Integrity

Value All

Be Humble

• Must be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

Equal Opportunity Employer

DeveloperTown provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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