Product Designer
QAD
Poland, Maine, United States
What you will do: Collaborate with product management to craft user-centered experiences using personas, storyboards, user journeys, and flowcharts. Represent the user’s point of view throughout the software development lifecycle. Consult and provide UX training and resources to QAD product teams to grow organizational UX maturity and skillsets. Design wireframes, prototypes, and final delivery mockups and documentation to illustrate design solutions that provide effective, efficient, and intuitive user experiences. Work closely with product management, engineering, senior leaders, and other stakeholders to define UX vision and strategy. Conduct outside-in research to gain deep understanding of “real world” customer needs and business goals, collect feedback and insights in order to drive design work. Verify and improve on designs through reviews, validations, and usability testing with end users. Present insights, ideas, and concepts to stakeholders for UX deliverables. Qualifications Professional degree: Bachelor’s or advanced degree in HCI, graphic design, psychology, or equivalent experience. 3+ years of professional experience in product design, preferably in the ERP industry and/or with complex enterprise applications. Expert skills in interaction design with an excellent grasp of the UX process. Story telling - ability to tell simple user stories illustrating solutions. Excellent oral and written communication, presentation, and analytical skills. Agile, adaptable, and capable of coordinating and delivering new products and features. Good aesthetic sense and attention to details. Expertise in creating mockups and/or clickable high fidelity prototypes based on an existing style. Experience with conducting user research. Computer skills: Expertise with one or more wireframing or web design tools, such as Axure, Figma, AdobeXD, Balsamiq, or Illustrator is required. Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JS, etc. Familiarity with user interface guidelines and best practices for major platforms (iOS, MacOS, Windows, Google, web design best practices) and an understanding of the limitations and tradeoffs of using various development technologies and standards (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, etc.) Strong written and verbal English language skills.