Product Designer (f/m/d)

About the opportunity

As a Product Designer (f/m/d) you will work with a cross-functional team to discover, define and deliver experiences that empower development teams to efficiently collaborate, build fast and release safely.

If you combine a passion for problem solving and systems design with solid interaction and UI design skills, this role may be a good fit. You should be keen to facilitate user research studies and team workshops, and have experience working with design systems. You’ll join a design guild of passionate design generalists who enjoy continuous learning, and the opportunity to impact the product and the organization in a meaningful way. 

What to expect?

You’ll be a key player in your cross-functional product development team and contribute to  initiatives to make your product team and the design guild more successful. 

• Deeply understand user needs and help stakeholders and collaborators to build empathy
• Facilitate discovery workshops 
• Take the user’s perspective and explore solutions from multiple directions
• Create deliverables like user journeys, concept maps, UI mockups and prototypes, UX copy
• Help shape team goals and success metrics
• Assist in story and requirements definition
• Represent your team’s work, e.g. presentations with business stakeholders
• Run experiments and user testing and improve the user experience through iteration
• Collaborate with other Designers across the org to continuously raise our quality bar

What you need to be successful?

• Self starter
• Organized
• Open to trade-offs and negotiation
• Comfortable navigating ambiguities
• Strong conceptual skills to design for complex scenarios
• Strong communicator and user advocate
• Comfortable to communicate to company leadership
• Experience working with design systems and solid knowledge of interaction patterns 
• Experience with user research and testing
• Experience in meeting and workshop facilitation

What's in it for you?

• Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital experiences
• Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share ownership and the success of our company
• We value Work-Life balance and You Time! A generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, education days, and volunteer days
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for information, support, discussion, and counseling for life’s challenges
• Use your personal education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career. Join a free German class or one of our many internal learning initiatives!
• Use your physical fitness budget to get away from your desk and support your physical wellness
• Enjoy a full range of virtual events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties 
• A monthly phone/internet stipend and phone upgrade reimbursement after 2 years
• Plus, Contentful socks! And other amazing swag as part of company events. Oh yeah!

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