Product Designer

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Focus is on technical expertise and individual contribution

(Individual contribution – the position is rather focused on technical expertise than people, project or process management)

Primary purpose and function of this job.

Through user-centered designs, contribute to the creation and evolution of PxG customer facing products; guarantying quality and value creation through design outputs accomplished utilizing PxG Design System.

The following activities must be completed:

1. Extensively understand and thought full implementation of the PxG design system.
2. Ideation, User research and product discovery.
3. Conceptualization of ideas and Project’s scope definition.
4. Wireframes and low fidelity mock-ups creation.
5. Design high fidelity product’s screen mock-ups.
6. Visual components design and creation.

These activities need to be completed to obtain:

1. Holistic product / projects knowledge.
2. Projects with a define scope and user, business needs fully identify.
3. On time design inputs for dev. teams.
4. User-centered designs; optimized user flows and overall UX to generate additional value for our customers.
5. Efficiencies in product development process.

C. Key roles and responsibilities:

Please indicate the percentage of time spent on a monthly basis for each role/responsibility.

Roles/Responsibilities

1. Tactical planning: with a data-first approach assist Product Manager, Product owners, Project managers define clear projects scopes and design delivery plans that facilitate the completions of strategic objectives and guarantee the creation of added value for our users. (30%)
2. Manage & implement PxG Design System: help keep the system up to date and relevante, while following the established design processes, understanding and implementing all elements of the PxG design system, to consolidate the brand’s visual identity and UX throughout all product portfolios. (10%)
3. Produce design deliverables: Understanding that all projects require different types of pate outputs from the design team, guarantee the delivery on time of elements like findings from user research, design plans, prototypes, low-fidelity and high-fidelity design screens, and other primary input for the Dev. and Product teams using best design practices. (30%)
4. User research: study market trends and user behaviour to fully understand customer’s needs and problems to designed and deliver optimized user flows, aiming to deliver world class UX in our products UI’s. They must also contribute to the incorporation of new mechanisms and strategic that allow you to amplify this research time. (20%)
5. Be a continuous learner: Actively seek feedback, evaluating product’s GUI to identify opportunities for improvement, participating in design critiques, and quickly adopting new tools and skills as mentored by the Senior Designer. (10%)

Must Have:

• Strict and consistent use of the company's established design system (e.g., components, styles) and workflows. Minimizing inconsistencies and delivering data backed designs.
• Delivering work that is accurate and thoroughly checked before hand-off; high quality design out-puts that will enable Product and Technical teams to develop outstanding digital products.
• The ability to take ownership of assigned, small or big tasks from start to finish, meeting deadlines, and reliably communicating progress or blockers to the Project Manager or/and other stakeholders.
• Proactively asking thoughtful questions and seeking out resources / suggest solutions, instead of waiting for direction or making assumptions.

Job requirements and qualifications:

• Minimum education:

  Bachelor’s degree in Design, Computer Science, or related field.

Minimum experience: 3 years in Product Design or similar role

Language skills:

Required competencies:

• Figma:

  Must know how to work with features like Auto Layout, create interactive component with variants, complex constraints, shared styles, and plug-ins to create efficient, scalable designs. They must be able to work quickly and accurately within the team's file structure.

• Design Patterns:

  Understanding the technical constraints and design patterns for the target platform (Web, iOS, Android) and the ability to technically translate a single design to different responsive states (desktop, tablet, mobile).

• Communication and documentation:

  efficient use of Jira, Confluence and Miro for communicating status, bugs, changes, and updating design documentation linked to work Issues.

• Prototyping:

  Fluency in creating interactive, high-fidelity prototypes that accurately reflect the intended user flow and micro-interactions for testing and stakeholder review.

• User Research:

  systematic process of studying the target users of the software to inform Product and Dev, to influence the strategic approach of projects.