Big Human is a New York City-based technology, design, and branding company that has been creating beautiful digital experiences for over a decade. They are seeking a Senior Product Designer with extensive product design experience to lead design projects from discovery to launch, collaborating closely with engineers and mentoring design team members.
Responsibilities:
- Ability to lead design projects from start to finish — including discovery, ideation, definition, design, and collaborating with engineers
- Experience planning and facilitating design workshops, client reviews, and user research
- Experience creating and maintaining design systems
- The ability to lead digital projects with autonomy and authority, and provide mentorship to members of the design team
- Strong verbal and written communication skills as well as the ability to collaborate
- Ability to present to stakeholders and articulate and defend design decisions
- A willingness to define and navigate ambiguity, pivoting quickly with changing priorities
- A proactive and open attitude with the ability to ask questions in times of uncertainty or ambiguity
- Comfort in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
- Figma expert knowledge and a working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
Requirements:
- A high-caliber portfolio showcasing a variety of products and demonstrating strong visual design, UI/UX, prototyping, typography, and visual hierarchy
- Experience designing mobile apps and web products
- Ability to lead design projects from start to finish — including discovery, ideation, definition, design, and collaborating with engineers
- Experience planning and facilitating design workshops, client reviews, and user research
- Experience creating and maintaining design systems
- The ability to lead digital projects with autonomy and authority, and provide mentorship to members of the design team
- Strong verbal and written communication skills as well as the ability to collaborate
- Ability to present to stakeholders and articulate and defend design decisions
- A willingness to define and navigate ambiguity, pivoting quickly with changing priorities
- A proactive and open attitude with the ability to ask questions in times of uncertainty or ambiguity
- Comfort in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
- Figma expert knowledge and a working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
- Illustration or crafting experience
- Branding experience
- Experience in motion graphics or 3D modeling software such as After Effects, Blender, Cinema4D, etc
- Experience with other tools such as Unreal Engine, Unity, Framer, Webflow, etc
- Passionate curiosity about the internet, design, trends, and culture
- An overall technical knowledge and general curiosity in future-forward tech