Senior Product Designer

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