Job DescriptionThe Contingent Plan is actively recruiting an experienced product designer for a retail/eCommerce client in the Dallas area. This is a temporary assignment that is expected to last 6 months. The role is 100% remote and there is potential for extension. The role is an immediate need and the client will move quickly with the right candidates.
Responsibilities:
- Own design problems end to end, from initial concept through shipping and beyond
- Create wireframes and prototypes to solve difficult UX problems
- Create brand-level design style guides and libraries consistent with each brand
- Obsess over the details of visual and motion design
- Work with product to define requirements, not just translate them to design
- Identify future opportunities, working as a key thought partner to your counterparts in product, engineering, and merchandising
- Participate in user research and help set up and conduct user testing studies to gain insights on customer needs, goals and mindset
- Ship, measure, and improve your designs based on quantitative and qualitative feedback
- Brainstorm and iterate with your design colleagues to help improve on the whole experience
Requirements- 3+ years experience as a product designer
- Ability to tackle sophisticated design problems
- A portfolio of your most influential UI and UX designs
- Effective communication skills through wire-framing and prototyping
- Expert understanding of key impacting details at each stage of the release cycle
- Strong knowledge and experience in eCommerce UI design
- Excellent grasp of the design thinking and prototyping process, including product/interaction/visual, with the know-how to move from pencil on paper to layout to pixel-perfect handoff using tools such as Sketch, Invision, and Zeplin.
- Up to date with modern mobile and web design patterns
- Up to date with ADA compliant design patterns
- Existing work authorization in the US. Sorry, there will be no sponsorship at this time.
BenefitsMedical, dental, vision