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Company Description
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too. When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength. Explore life at Fortune Brands here
Job Description
We're excited to be adding a Product Designer to our growing team! This is an engaging and challenging opportunity that plays an integral role in shaping the development of our upcoming connected Master Lock and Yale & August B2B products. We are looking for a creative, user-obsessed and results-oriented product designer who wants to live on the edge of technologies that bring software and hardware together, within the connected home.
This position will report directly to the Senior Principal Product Designer. We are seeking a Product Designer to support our efforts in building world-class solutions for our B2B products like Master Lock's cLOTO product. You will play a key role in building smart security products that people love.
POSITION LOCATION:
This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule with all work performed in San Francisco CA, or Deerfield IL where the candidate will be expected to be on-site 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).
RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Using your growing range of skills (UX design, design thinking, interaction design, prototyping, visual design) to contribute to elegant user experiences that span digital (mobile, web) and physical (devices) interfaces to solve problems that matter to users.
• Designing in collaboration with other designers and taking initiative on specific product areas contributing meaningfully throughout the product lifecycle.
• Leveraging available quantitative and qualitative data to inform design decisions and showing curiosity in identifying additional data sources when needed.
• Communicating and collaborating closely with software and hardware product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to align on solutions.

• Contributing ideas and advocating for refinements and improvements to the user experience, grounded in user feedback and design principles.

• Working across the design stack: exploring problems, generating ideas, iterating flows and interactions, building prototypes in support of design goals.

• Planning and conducting user research activities, including creating research plans, interviewing users, and synthesizing findings to inform design decisions.

• Participating in workshops and cross-functional sessions, contributing insights and supporting facilitation when appropriate.
• Collaborating with internal teams and ecosystem partners to help create unified, seamless user experiences across multiple digital and physical touchpoints.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of design experience, with 1+ year focused on IoT products.

• A BA/BS in design, UX/UI, HCI, or equivalent practical experience.

• A portfolio showcasing B2B product design work for both web platforms and native mobile apps, with case studies that show your complete process from discovery and research to execution, including measurable impact on users and business.
• Experience contributing to end-to-end product design as part of a cross-functional team (product, engineering, QA) in an agile/scrum environment.

• Proficiency in Figma, including working knowledge of variants, variables, and building design system components from scratch.

• Experience designing and contributing to design systems, from component creation to documentation.

• Familiarity with interaction design and prototyping tools like Protopie.

• Familiarity with Jira for collaborative workflows.

• Strong visual design skills and an eye for polished, consistent interfaces.

• Solid understanding of user-centered design principles and a desire to grow expertise in designing for both digital interfaces and physical product interaction.

• Experience with user research, including planning studies, conducting interviews, and synthesizing insights.

• Mastery in thinking holistically about user experiences with relentless attention to detail across all possible states and micro-interactions.

• Familiarity with user journeys, use cases, and user mental models.

• Understanding of Material Design and Apple's Human Interface Guidelines.

• Understanding of how connected devices communicate via the internet, with some familiarity with IoT platforms.

• Experience leveraging AI tools and techniques in the design process.

• Familiarity with Indi Young's Listening Deeply research methodology.

• Awareness of SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose capabilities is a plus.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills; experience working effectively with cross-disciplinary teams.

• A proactive mindset, with a drive to solve user problems and contribute thoughtful design solutions.

Additional Information
COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. We're focused on exciting opportunities within the home, security and commercial building markets. Our driving purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.
At Fortune Brands, we're building something big. We're advancing exciting innovations in all of our products and processes. We're delivering trust, dependability, sustainability, and style. To make it all happen, we've transformed our workplace into an environment where smart, ambitious people have the support to reach their fullest potential.
When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.
Explore life at Fortune Brands here.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $100,000 USD - $150,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.
At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates' unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits, adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a sense of belonging for all associates.
Fortune Brands is built on industry-leading brands and innovation within the high-growth categories of water, outdoors and security. The Company makes innovative products for residential and commercial environments, with a growing focus on digital solutions and products that add luxury, contribute to safety and enhance sustainability. To learn more, visit our website at fbin.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Fortune Brands is an equal opportunity employer. Fortune Brands evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Reasonable Accommodations
Fortune Brands is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please contact us at fbinleave.fbhs@fbin.com and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.
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