Product Designer

Introduction

A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customer’s challenges into solutions.Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious, we are a team dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers, so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career.IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive

Your Role And Responsibilities

Join IBM's worldwide design organization for AI Applications, where our mission is to empower users to do their best work through intuitive and visually engaging interfaces. As a Designer, you'll play a crucial role in creating end-to-end customer experiences for AI-enabled solutions that help businesses make informed, data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities

• Translate Insights into Designs: Convert actionable insights from the design research team into low and high-fidelity mock-ups, patterns, prototypes, and development-ready specifications.
• Create Visual Assets: Develop high-fidelity mock-ups, graphics, design patterns, prototypes, and demos to enhance user interfaces.
• Pattern Collaboration: Participate in discussions regarding common patterns, assets, and efficiencies within the product space.
• Collaborative Development: Work closely with design team members and developers to build, update, and modernize software product user interfaces using agile methodologies.
• Scenario Design: Design business process scenarios and flows for user interfaces and demonstrations.
• Feedback Loop: Share work-in-progress designs and actively engage in giving and receiving constructive critique.
• Business Context: Understand business problems across our customer base to provide context for deliverables.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate with various stakeholders such as design researchers, content designers, developers, product owners, etc., across worldwide teams.
• Design Thinking Workshops: Plan, lead, and moderate virtual and in-person design thinking workshops.
  

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

2-3 years of experience in solving complex user problems through user interface design, creating mock-ups and prototypes, as well as documenting interaction patterns for product UIs. Revelanant experience with Product Development organiztion/works is preferred.Bachelor’s Degree in Design (interaction, user experience or HCI), or equivalent professional experience.Excellent listening, written, verbal communication skills, storytelling, and documentation skills.Analytical, creative, and strategic thinker – able to develop innovative solutions to business problems.A portfolio of previous work must be presented incorporating UI designs and/or sketches that demonstrate an understanding of wireframing, interaction design, and design best practices.Hands-on expertise in use case development, storyboarding, mock-ups, and highly interactive prototypes.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

Master’s Degree in Design (interaction, user experience, or HCI) or related field.Experience designing for complex systems.