Sr. Product Designer, Mobile Apps

JOB DESCRIPTION

Foursquare is the leading independent location technology company, powered by our deep understanding of how people move throughout the world. Our solutions help businesses make smarter decisions, developers create more engaging experiences, and brands build more effective marketing strategies.

Foursquare’s platform includes Attribution, Audience, Pinpoint, Proximity, Places, Pilgrim SDK and Visits. As the industry’s first and only accredited company for location data from the Media Rating Council (MRC), this foundation powers all our solutions — those that exist today and those we have yet to build. Over 14 billion consumer-verified place visit confirmations help us keep our map and models fresh and up-to-date, building a phone’s-eye-view of the world with 105 million unique places of interest worldwide.

About the role:

Foursquare is seeking a Sr. Product Designer to work on our Consumer Apps. You’ll help shape Foursquare’s newest product lines and bring them to market.

The ideal candidate has a proven design aesthetic, well-established processes, strong design principles, and excellent leadership skills. You'll be responsible for serving as a design expert that can independently own projects, manage deliverables, and timelines. You’ll collaborate with product managers, and engineers to develop the experience for City Guide and Swarm users

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include; coordinating requirements with stakeholders, validating your concepts with users, presenting your research and insights to partners, and delivering polished designs and specs to engineers.

Responsibilities of the role:

• High degree of critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Experience designing across multiple Mobile devices (iOS and Android)
• A deep understanding of design tools (Figma, Mural, Principle, Framer etc.)
• Proficiency in user-centered design thinking methodologies
• Outstanding visual design aesthetics combined with usable experiences that tackle user problems
• Ability to articulate, negotiate, and refine design solutions with cross-functional partners
• Excellent prioritization and documentation skills
• Address business goals and customer needs with elegantly simple design solutions
• Conduct design research to iterate and support your design decisions
• Articulate user journeys with scenarios, storyboards, & presentations
• Self motivated and must be comfortable with ambiguity and change during a project

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in a product or experience/visual design role with a proven track record of independently leading projects 
• 3+ years working in the iOS and Android 
• Strong design sense that values simplicity and usability
• Experience using research insights and behavioral data to inform designs which solve user problems
• The ability to champion design and how it applies business goals
• Curious, self-motivated, optimistic and a skilled problem-solver
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human Computer Interaction, or relevant experience in a full-cycle product design environment
• An ability to think globally, taking a broad view of all variables that could impact future product and company-wide success

Nice to have:

• A background in both - web and mobile system design preferred

Foursquare is proud to foster an inclusive environment that is free from discrimination. We strongly believe in order to build the best products, we need a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. This leads to a more delightful experience for our users and team members. We value listening to every voice and we encourage everyone to come be a part of building a company and products we love.

Foursquare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.