Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Interesting Job

While I wouldn't move to Austin, TX, to do this job, I will say that I like the idea of doing this type of job. I don't necessarily have the background to actually do or succeed in this role - I'm just saying I like the idea of being a UX Designer.

About the Company

ProjectManager is an award-winning project management software company that is transforming how businesses get work done. Our work management SaaS solutions enable world-class collaboration for thousands of customers globally, with tools for project planning, workflow management, resource management and time tracking across the entire work lifecycle. ProjectManager is simple enough for anyone to use, yet powerful enough for managers to make data-driven decisions and for businesses to manage projects of all levels of complexity. Organizations such as NASA, Avis and the University of Washington rely on our software to manage their teams, their projects, and do amazing things together.  ProjectManager is headquartered in Austin, with offices in Auckland, Seattle, and other great cities across the globe.

This position is based at the headquarters in Austin, TX but national remote opportunity is offered

About the Team

It all begins with our users. We believe in designing software that our customers love to use. Our user-driven design & product philosophy helps us stay true to that vision in order to build intuitive interactions and powerful features that help our customers succeed in their projects, improve their work, get organized, and do amazing things. We are looking for an experienced Senior UX Product Designer that is excited about designing interactions, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and user interfaces that delight and meet our business needs and that delight our users.

And that’s where you come in

As the Senior UX Product Designer, you will have the opportunity to design engaging and intuitive experiences for customers on our SaaS web and mobile platforms. You will be a vital contributor to the overall product vision and strategy, working closely with our highly collaborative, global, and cross-functional teams and reporting directly to the VP of Product.

More About What You Will Be Doing

  • Shaping the vision, interoperability, and user experiences of ProjectManager’s next-generation platform during a time of transformational growth
  • Providing vision and judgment in leading high-impact design projects and driving design decisions based on product/ business goals, user insights, and competitive analysis
  • Creating and iterating design solutions via wireframes, high fidelity and interactive prototypes for our web and mobile apps
  • Defining and optimizing information hierarchy through font sizes, colors, styles, spacing between visual elements for our information-heavy UI
  • Evolving our design system for consistent UX across our web and mobile apps
  • Driving a cohesive customer user experience throughout, from start to end; from gathering research to progressively iterating and improving the product experience with subsequent releases
  • Gathering strategic intelligence to provide insight regarding the market, trends, and behaviors to best support the evolving needs of the team
  • Collaborating closely with our product, engineering, and other cross-functional teams and stakeholders throughout the design and development cycle

What You Will Need

  • 5+ years of UX experience designing responsive web and native mobile applications with a portfolio of launched work
  • Willingness to take ownership of design initiatives, including scheduling & leading design reviews with stakeholders
  • Experience designing accessible products through a broad knowledge of accessibility principles and how they are applied
  • Ambition and the drive to see big initiatives from concept to production. Knowledge of product release cycles and the role that iterative design plays
  • Strong ability to effectively communicate design solution and processes
  • Ability to bring your designs to life with prototypes
  • Expert knowledge of industry tools for the entire design lifecycle, such as Adobe XD, Sketch, Invision, Zeplin, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc
  • You enjoy and have experience working cross functionally and you embrace feedback and like to iterate collaboratively
  • You crave opportunities to engage in and have experience with user research and user-validation

What We offer

  • Super talented team who values hard work, success, and fun :).
  • A collaborative atmosphere with projects that require crossing departmental lines
  • A laid-back and casual, but deeply goal and metrics-driven culture
  • Full autonomy and ownership over your work with no micro-management
  • An experimental mindset that’s quick to amplify successes, and just as quickly drop what isn’t working. No one’s married to failing ideas for their own sake
  • Open-door management philosophy and fully-transparent business operations. You’ll know where the company’s headed, and what your role is on that path
  • Work/ Life Balance aka The Kiwi Way of Work – arrive on time, stay focused, get your job done, and walk out the door at the end of the day leaving your work at work
  • Flexibility on work location – full support for hybrid working model

Company Benefits

  • 100% company paid employee premiums for medical, dental, & vision
  • Flexible and generous PTO + sick days
  • 401(k) retirement plan + company match, AD&D + life insurance
  • Company-sponsored HSA account for medical expenses
  • Access to company sponsored mental health and wellness partnerships
  • Paid parental leave for all new parents

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