YOUR ROLE:

We’re looking for a product designer to support our innovative, multi-cloud governance solution. As a product designer, you’ll be involved in every step of the product design process, from ideation to implementation.

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY:

• Define and refine the user experience of the Kion application

• Take projects through the entire design process from concept to high fidelity.

• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to understand a project’s requirements and technical constraints.

• Research and advocate for product design best practices.

• Develop a firm grasp on Kion product areas and regularly spend time learning about the cloud management space.

• Work alongside product managers, developers, designers, and writers to understand user needs and help solve complex problems.

• Working across departments to coordinate user research initiatives.

• Use Pendo to gain quantitative insights about user behavior.

• Design surveys, customer feedback sessions, and customer interviews.

• Meet with customers to do discovery, understand their use cases, and get feedback on designs.

• Rapidly ideate and produce multiple UX/UI concepts.

• Work within our existing design system and help to evolve it when necessary.

• Do design crits with the product design team

WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING FROM YOU (I. E., THE QUALIFICATIONS YOU MUST HAVE):

• 4+ years of relevant experience designing and shipping digital products. Outstanding candidates will have experience working on enterprise software.

• A diverse portfolio that showcases:

• Demonstrated understanding of usability principles.

• Strong visual design skills (layout, visual hierarchy, color, type).

• Understanding of information architecture best practices.

• Interaction design examples.

• Clean and balanced aesthetic.

• Experience taking projects through the entire design process, from the discovery phase to low-fidelity, and wireframes to high-fidelity mockups and working prototypes.

• Skilled in design tools such as Figma (preferred), Sketch, Axure, etc.

• Understanding of design system best practices.

• Understanding basic HTML and CSS principles (so you can effectively communicate design specifications and collaborate with developers to implement designs).

• Experience with developer handoff and post-implementation design validation.

Please include a link to your portfolio showcasing relevant work samples. A portfolio submission is mandatory for consideration of your candidacy.

KEY SKILLS:

• A problem solver who can be effective in situations with limited information.

• A self-starter who can proactively identify opportunities for impact even when not assigned to you.

• Strong written and verbal communication and collaboration skills.

• The ability to articulate and defend design concepts and decisions.

• Willingness to take feedback, learn, and grow.

OUR WISH LIST (I. E., THE QUALIFICATIONS WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO HAVE):

• Experience in the financial, security, and/or compliance space.

• Experience with user research and testing methodologies/best practices.

• Experience with UX writing.

• Bachelor’s degree in design, HCI, or a related discipline.

$45,000 — $80,000/year