PRINCIPAL FOUNDINGLEAD PRODUCT DESIGNER

Company: GTN Technical Staffing
Location: Dallas
Posted on: November 16, 2024

Job Description:

Principal (Founding/Lead) Product Designer Who we are looking for: We are seeking a highly skilled and creative Principal (Founding/Lead) Product Designer to join our growing Product team. As a Principal Product Designer leading the product experience you will play a pivotal role in defining and shaping user experiences for our worldclass crossplatform shopping experience. You will collaborate with crossfunctional teams participate in user research and design user interfaces that not only meet users' needs but also elevate the company to the next level. Responsibilities:

• Product Strategy & Planning:
  • Innovate and define the product experience to establish a new category as an intelligent purchasing tool.
  • Gain a deep understanding of customer needs and jobs to be done through humancentered research using various generative and evaluative research methodologies.
  • Advance a strong point of view backed by personal expertise design rationale customer data and industry trends.
  • Participate in defining the highlevel product strategy and road map for the company. Lead the design of all aspects of the product experience including mobile apps websites and browser extensions.
  • Communicate the product roadmap and strategy with stakeholders at all levels to ensure alignment with business objectives.
  • UserCentered Design:
    • Lead the endtoend design process from participating in user research to identifying customer needs crafting and iterating on design solutions wireframes and highfidelity prototypes.
    • Create visually appealing and userfriendly interfaces that align with brand guidelines and enhance the overall user experience.
    • Collaborate closely with product managers developers and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into usercentric design solutions.
    • Lead product design across all platforms including web iOS app Android and browser extensions.
    • Design Leadership:
      • Stay uptodate with industry trends emerging technologies and best practices in UX design.
      • Work with PMs engineers the marketing team and the customer team to ensure design success.
      • Build the product design team as needed.
      • Design System:
        • Define and maintain design systems style guides and UI component libraries for different platforms.
        • Ensure consistency across all platforms enabling scalability efficiency and a cohesive user experience.
        • Ensure designs are accessible to a wide range of users including those with disabilities and adhere to relevant accessibility standards and guidelines. Required Qualifications:
          • 10 years of proven experience as a UX designer or in a similar role with a strong portfolio showcasing your work.
          • Mastery of UX design tools such as Figma or similar.
          • Strong understanding of usercentered design principles and usability best practices.
          • Extensive experience with appfirst design.
          • Experience designing innovative products from 0 to 1 and scaling them from 1 to 10. Preferred Qualifications:
            • Experience working in a remote startup environment.
            • Experience executing a rebrand for consumerfacing products.
            • Passion for fashion shopping ecommerce or online retail. What we offer:
              • Unlimited PTO We are firm believers in worklife balance.
              • Work from Anywhere (WFA) in the U.S. with our remotefirst team.
              • Eight (8) Paid Holidays.
              • Medical Dental and Vision Insurance.
              • 401K.
              • Companywide Virtual Events.
              • Competitive Pay.
              • Yearend Achievement Bonus Merit Increases and huge potential for growth as our company expands!

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