Senior Designer

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and design original ideas that bring simplicity and ease of use to complex design issues. Be a conceptual thinker as well as a craftsperson. Your design work is clean, focused, and inspiring to others.
• Work proactively through the ambiguity of new product definition, the application of new and emerging technologies and ensure the resulting experiences are human, beautifully crafted, and delightful to customers.
• Develop deep understanding of our customers, their needs, and problems. Ensure the experience vision is driven by a well-defined nucleus of user needs, tasks, marketing, and business requirements. Focus on strategic goals that align with both business and customer needs.
• Communicate, document, and represent design direction to team members, senior management, and key stakeholders. Rally and inspire our partners to build a better product experience together, through powerful storytelling.
• Work with Design, Research, Program Management, and Engineering teams to deliver elegant and engaging end-to-end user experiences across multiple screens and input modalities. Ship these high-quality experiences, in an agile environment.
• Work with user researchers to coordinate testing efforts, interpret test results, and incorporate results into design efforts. Participate in and contribute to foundational research.
• Leverage and build upon existing design systems and guidelines. Effectively communicate with developers through implementation phase to realize design vision.
• Contribute to broader Design team creative processes, team building, and our strong cultural values around diversity, inclusion, transparency, and growth mindset. Provide guidance, oversight, mentorship, and inspiration to the extended team.
• Oversee timelines and deliverables, guide production, and communicate evolving project goals. Drive alignment and harmony with partner design teams across Microsoft.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 4+ years experience working in product or service design
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 5+ years experience working in product or service design
  • OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems).
• A portfolio demonstrating strong interaction + visual design and prototyping skills. Proficiency in translating research insights into intuitive product experiences. Strong command of all aspects and levels of interaction/UX design from information architecture to systems and workflows to micro-interactions.
• A proven track record of creatively solving hard problems, driving complex design issues across multidisciplinary groups such as engineering, product management, research, and marketing; and shipping relevant experiences within deadlines.
• Ability to seamlessly switch between strategic and tactical altitudes of design. Experience in balancing user goals, business requirements and technical constraints to deliver delightful and meaningful product experiences.
• User-centric approach to design and an understanding of how to apply research insights into design and development of product experiences. Experience in data driven decision-making.
• Outstanding storytelling ability to generate empathy; using written and verbal communication, presentation, and organizational skills.
  Mastery in modern design and prototyping tools. (Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC) and a willingness to adopt new tools, processes, and workflows. Experience working within and contributing to a structured design system.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with fellow designers and partners in Research, Product Management and Engineering. Experience in crafting a product vision and enrolling key stakeholders and leaders.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, and have a keen attention to detail. Ability to multi-task and prioritize between multiple projects.

• A minimum of 8+ years of professional experience in product and/or interaction design.