Principal Product Designer

Job Overview

Position Summary:

The Principal Product Designer partners closely with our Product and Engineering partners and owns the experience of one of our core product focus areas. They work to define the overall direction and identify the individual projects and efforts contained within. The Principal works with other designers to achieve these goals, directing them to successful execution, while proactively keeping design leadership in the loop. They work with design leadership to identity and subsequently own an area of individual focus. The Principal charts a path towards subject matter expertise, and considers how this expertise can benefit the growth and design team as a whole. They mentor other designers inside the focus area and are critical in helping them to level up their own skills.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Own the design vision for a key focus area of our product and lead other designers on the successful accomplishment of project goals within that area
• Effectively communicate and evangelize design thinking throughout the organization with compelling storytelling
• Champion empathy for people who use Pax8 products; let their needs guide us to the best solutions and inform the product roadmap
• Collaborate closely with our Product and Engineering partners in an agile environment; deliver innovative design experiences to our customers at each stage of their journey
• Ensure the delivery of a consistent user experience across the product
• Take ownership of the work and responsibility for every detail, every step of the way
• Identify and own an area of personal development focus within the larger design practice
• Mentor other designers

Ideal Skills, Experience, and Competencies:

• At least ten (10) years of design experience
• Experience designing products using emerging technologies for web, mobile, and other devices
• Have a broad range of skills with strengths in visual product design
• Ability to champion user-centered design principles and methodologies
• Ability to mentor and provide guidance to other designers
• Ability to grow design practices to deliver a unified product, from concept to implementation
• Experience sketching concepts, defining flows, building prototypes, or polishing final designs
• Great communication skills to advocate for the needs of the experience and manage delegation of responsibilities to make the strategy come to life
• Ability to optimize experiences through user feedback and research, contextual interviews, analytics, and competitive/analogous research
• Proactive, creative, adaptable, and collaborative
• Ability to create a range of engaging, elegant, easy-to-use, and technically feasible ideas
• Ability to show us a portfolio showcasing an appetite for designs that push boundaries and takes risks

Required Education & Certifications:

• B.A./B.S. in related field or equivalent work experience

Compensation: