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Position Overview

We are seeking a dynamic and talented Lead Digital Product Designer who can apply expertise in user experience design, visual design, and digital strategy to create and execute design solutions that meet the client’s business goals. Our ideal candidate understands how people think, operate, and interact with complex sets of data and is comfortable working with designers, developers, data analysts, and product managers to design the user experience for digital products. We are looking for someone who is competent in all aspects of the design process, bring Lean UX methods and strategic thinking into enterprise projects, and establish and grow relationships with clients.

Responsibilities

Engagement Delivery and Management

• Serving in lead capacity on large, complex projects, create user experiences and visual design strategies and solutions for projects based on business objectives and user research
• Serve as subject matter expert in the defined UX and brand standards and the execution of visual, interaction, and motion design
• Facilitate internal team communication, bridging the gap between visual design, functional development, and content
• Communicate the value of UX, UI, and design thinking to clients
• Lead client engagements from a UX perspective
• Lead participatory design activities, e.g., client workshops, card sorting, to understand vision, business model, and user needs and behaviors
• Serve as the voice of the user while meeting the needs of the client
• Combine UX thinking with design execution to produce usable and intuitive user interfaces
• Illustrate user experience using storyboards, information architecture, process flows, user journeys/personas, and sitemaps
• Use design to communicate complex concepts, whether through conversations, frameworks, or ideas
• Derive actionable insights by leading user research activities and translating insights into prototypes
• Provide coaching and guidance to other product designers on the team to elevate our approach to user experience research and design and promote the craft of UX across the organization
• Collaborate with architects, developers, and project teams to ensure design elements are incorporated into development sprints
• Proactively perform competitive research based on product roadmaps
• Plan and facilitate interactive workshops to build consensus around business requirements and design ideas

Design Team Leadership

• Lead the design team in best practices, design trends, and leading technologies
• Support the development and adoption of design processes, tools, and culture
• Develop, refine, and adhere to design systems and style guides
• Understand and incorporate Design Thinking, Agile Methodologies, Lean Principles and Collective Intelligence into project strategy

Necessary Skills

• Strong understanding of foundational design principles including type, layout, use of color, etc.
• Deep understanding of user experience best practices and the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies
• Understanding of desktop, mobile web, native iOS and Android platforms, and the ability to provide recommendation when it's best to follow platform-specific conventions.
• Ability to collaboratively go from whiteboard, to sketch, to high fidelity prototype, to live product
• Ability to conduct and apply customer research, including design thinking and rapid prototyping
• Outstanding facilitation, brainstorming, and collaboration skills
• Extensive experience with standard design tools, e.g., Axure, Sketch, Adobe XD, Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.
• Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
• Excellent communication, presentation and critical thinking skills.
• Strong sense of collaboration; able to thrive in iterative, cross-disciplinary environments
• Ability to drive consensus via facilitation, storytelling, and brainstorming
• Comfortable trying new things and failing quickly to get to optimal solution
• Open to feedback and willing to learn and improve
• Passionate about creating easy, usable, and smart solutions for humans
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS a plus

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, Web Design, Visual or Interaction Design, or related discipline with a solid foundation in the principles of design
• 8+ years of experience in a Product Design, Digital Design, or UX/UI Design related role
• Display a strong portfolio which demonstrates work across a range of clients
• Authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with user research, usability testing, and generating test reports
• Experience in the planning and facilitation of Design Thinking workshops
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Experience with designing and implementing web accessibility for web and mobile

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Citibeats is growing! Join a fast-moving and exciting social data analytics tech company and take your career to the next level!

We are looking for a Product Designer who wants to create brilliant data discovery experiences that will positively impact society. We’re looking for someone who is good at what they do, wants to be stretched on ambitious projects at the frontier of user interaction with AI products, and wants to turn it into meaningful impact on the world. 

Your focus will be leading the UI and UX of our data exploration product. We need someone to translate user research into data visualizations, collaboration tools, alert and discovery features, working through sitemaps, wireframes and prototypes. You will also design the overall functionality of the product and iterate upon it to ensure a great user experience.

If you’re motivated to see the impact of your work applied by some of the world's leading impactful organizations, such as UN agencies, the WHO and the Inter-American Development Bank, this role could be for you.

Your day-to-day:

• Work hand-in-hand with Product Managers on product research and vision, translating it into wireframes, mockups and final designs
• Test concepts with users and integrate their feedback
• Iterate with front-end developers on moving the designs into well executed developments, actively participating in the development of a design system and platform styles
• Be autonomous in identifying UX problems and devising elegant solutions to them - you’ll be the owner of ensuring a delightful user experience. 

You’ll be working closely with Product Managers and Front-End Developers, as well as collaborating with colleagues in Data Science, Customer Success, and Engineering.

Your opportunity:

• Work on and shape a genuinely visionary product in terms of tech and social impact
• Join a fast growing company at a key growth moment
• Become a part of a fast-moving and exciting company that is changing the rules of the AI game.
• Put your ideas into action as part of a meaningful project.
• Be a part of a friendly atmosphere and a great international team.
• Our offices are located in the 22@ district, just 5 minutes away from the beach!
• Flexible schedule and flexible work-from-home.

Qualifications

Skills:

You don’t necessarily need to have all of the following, but we hope you can cover many of these bases, and at least be motivated to improve the other areas to be successful in the role:

• Proven UI experience and skills, with a strong portfolio. If you have experience working in Data Visualization or similar, it will be a big plus!
• Solid experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps
• Proficiency in Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD or other visual design and wireframing tools
• You need to know how code works, and how designs translate to modern, responsive builds. Proficiency in CSS and HTML would be useful. 
• Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to human-computer interaction
• Ability to present your designs and sell your solutions to various stakeholders.
• Proactive in identifying problems and proposing creative solutions 
• Up-to-date with the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies
• Empathy and Flexibility. 

Your qualifications:

For this role, we care more about what you can do, than qualifications - if you see a fit, we look forward to hearing from you. 

Education:

• Flexible. We imagine BS/MS in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or related

Experience:

• Flexible. We imagine 1-4 years experience with product design as a baseline. Any experience with a data related product is nice to have.
• Fluent level of Spanish and English.

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About you

You are someone who wants to influence your own development. You’re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests and be able to grow professionally. 

You bring to Applaudo the following competencies:

• Bachelor's degree in interaction design, interface design, human-computer interaction, service design, or graphic design with emphasis on UX or equivalent certification. 
• 5+ years as UX Designer With Demonstrable experience of design-related problem-solving capabilities and leadership skills. 
• Advanced knowledge of Figma, Sketch, Prototype Tools, and Adobe Creative Suite (Desirable). 
• Proven soft skills, such as presenting ideas, proactive communication, active listening, etc. 
• Proficient handling of Testing tools as Lyssna, Maze, among others. 
• Effective written and verbal communication skills. 
• English level of C1 is a requirement, as you will be working directly with US-based clients. 
• A proven strategic mindset that prioritizes data-driven decision-making and problem-solving within a design context. 

You will be accountable for the following responsibilities:

• Design user flows, wireframes and high fidelity mockups and build out refined details. 
• Understand and incorporate technical and business requirements into thoughtful design decisions founded on data, trends, and industry best practices. 
• Analyze research insights and successfully turn them into product ideas and solutions. 
• Participate in user research activities such as user interviews, surveys, and usability studies. 
• Prototype concepts for communication with stakeholders, to aid in demos and development. 
• Develop quality user interfaces by creating viable solution options, identifying pros/cons of each, and making recommendations to stakeholders. 
• Present, articulate, and sell design ideas and recommendations to stakeholders and team. 
• Work in partnership with the engineering team to implement UI patterns and ensure visual consistency across products. 
• Work with the engineering and QA team, to ensure the visual quality of what we release. 
• Lead team initiatives and ensure their completion 
• Act as a mentor to other members of the team by participating in design talks, mentoring program and conducting recurring touch points. 

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