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Product Designer
Job Code Number
7219502
Job Description
V2Soft (www.v2soft.com) is a global company, headquartered out of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, with locations in Mexico, Italy, India, China and Germany. At V2Soft, our mission is to provide high performance technology solutions to solve real business problems. We become our customer's true partner, enabling both parties to enjoy success. We are committed to promoting diversity in the workplace, and believe it has a positive effect on our company and the customers we serve.
We have an immediate requirement for a Product Designer with our client in Dearborn, MI.
Required Skills:
Key Responsibilities:
- Guides and coaches teams on User Centered Design Methodology and Design Thinking to work with business partners, product managers, and business analysts to provide designs that meet business needs and are effective, efficient, and enjoyable.
- Adapts and enhances field research methods based on experience and professional learning; guides and coaches teams on implementation of user research.
- Plans and conducts the most complex customer/end-user research plans (contextual inquiry, ethnographic interview, focus groups) to inform strategy, guide solution definition, and determine customer/end-user needs based on direct observation of people.
- Plans and conducts the most complex usability testing, card sorting, and heuristic reviews to validate UX designs and/or user needs.
- Guides teams on distilling meaningful insights on complicated issues. Enhances design work in progress from user insights gained through research
- Plans and conducts idea generating sessions.
- Plans and conducts complex usability testing, card sorting, and heuristic reviews to validate UX designs and/or user needs.
- Guides teams through complex conceptualization situations. Creates and refines HMI/UI sketches, visual designs, mock-ups, work flows, interactive prototypes, wireframes, style guides, and other artifacts for the most complex concepts. Evaluates prototypes with end users and stake holders.
- Teaches and facilitates teams through ideation sessions and prioritizing relevant ideas
- Prepares usability and UX design best practices and patterns to guide and facilitate design practices.
- Serves as an advocate for the customer/end-user, empathizing with them while being mindful of business goals and opportunities.
- Works hands-on with team members and stakeholders to resolve questions, clarify UX designs, and deliver products.
- Practices design thinking and Agile processes, and advocates for when these process can be used effectively
- Creates and supports a high-performing culture among product team members, especially in regard to design processes.
- Prepares usability and UX design best practices and patterns to guide and facilitate design practices.
- Leads and facilitates learning from UX training with other coworkers in written and oral presentations.
- Champions design and Agile processes, culture, best practices, and techniques, and trains others in these processes.
- Creates prototype plans that include multiple prototypes and define populations for testing. Use feedback to determine readiness to move forward to solution phase.
Education / Knowledge:
- Bachelor's degree in one of the following: Human-Computer Interaction, Design, Psychology/Human Factors, Computer Science, Engineering, Fine Arts, Communications
Key Experiences:
- 5+ years of experience in Interaction Design / Prototyping /Wireframing
- 5+ years of experience in UX Research / User Testing
- 5+ years of experience in Visual Design
- 5+ years of experience in Usability Testing
- 5+ years of experience in a UI/UX/ID position
- UX Certifications
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing design organizations
- Experience with multiple design tools
- Experience in design leadership role within Agile and extreme programming environment which used test driven development and software craftsmanship.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, as well as facilitation and presentation skills with an engaging presentation style.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with product teams, business customers, and end users.
- Passion for growing your skills, tackling interesting work and challenging problems; be committed to lifelong design learning.
- Technical and problem solving mindset.
V2Soft is an Equal Opportunity Employer ( EOE).
https://www.v2soft.com/careers - to view all of our open opportunities and to learn more about our benefits.