Our client is a rapidly-growing startup that is building a powerful intelligence augmentation engine that ensures people can think well and quickly find valuable insights from the zettabytes of data available at their fingertips. The company’s CEO has been recognized by Forbes in their 30 under 30 list and was pegged as one of the 40 social entrepreneurs to watch for in 2021. This is an exciting opportunity to form part of an ultra-talented team and help them on their declared mission to help people make sense of the world and think well.   

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Lead Product Designer, you’ll have a prominent voice in all product design decisions, while working closely with highly collaborative and cross-functional team members to plan, design, and implement.

This is a remote-first role, so you can work from anywhere in the world. This startup maintains core working hours of 9:30AM to 2PM Pacific, when they're all online and available at the same time. They strive to be clear in their communication and their foundation is based on trust.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

●  Collaborate with the team to develop a deep understanding of the product and the outcomes of its many functionalities

●  Translate the understanding of the product functionalities into visual references for the team to align on that can then be used to facilitate product design ideation

●  Investigate user feedback to translate pain points into product ideation

●  Understand complex user flows and convert them into simple UIs

●  Collaborate with the Product team on the product design process, including providing feedback on the planning, executing, synthesizing, and iteration of product experiments

●  Be an expert who is continually learning about your field and help your colleagues improve their design practice

WORK EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS:

●  3-4 years of experience as a Lead product designer with proven experience working on things that exist in the real world, not only as prototypes

●  Experience in UX/UI Design

●  Experience in Game Design, Game Development and Product Design, 3D Modeling animation

●  Be well-versed in conducting research, creating and validating ideas, creating prototypes and making confident recommendations to the business

●  Be experienced and confident in visualizing and prototyping concepts as well as being fast to communicate ideas

●  Have a product mindset and are able to make pragmatic trade-offs while holding a bigger strategic goal in mind

●  Natural storyteller and presenter

●  Comfortable, confident and competent at managing and directing individuals and teams

●  Proficiency in, and examples of, how you resolve difficult design challenges, as well as demonstrate ability in leadership, support, mentoring and working closely with other designers

●  Full English proficiency

BENEFITS:

●  Position is 100% remote

●  Very competitive compensation