Lead Product Designer



Lake Forest , IL - Hybrid



6 Months Contract Position



Yes, there will be some travel to Lake Forest required. Some weeks it might be 1-2 days and other weeks they may not have to travel into the office at all.



Number of years of experience: 5+ years



Major purpose:



The Lead Product Designer (contractor) will help design Company's AI Vision Lab experiences. In addition to design execution for the apps, they will have the opportunity to help support concept development for innovative solutions using mobile technology. This will be a hands-on UX and UI role that is responsible for working with agile sprint teams to deliver executable designs.



Major responsibilities and duties:



" Work with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Engineers, and QA to design experiences for Company s AI concepts



" Create strategic design deliverables, customer journeys, and concepts of future experiences.



" Translate business requirements and user needs into tangible interaction designs and visual designs



" Leverage Company s design system and native Android and iOS patterns



" Understand technical and business constraints and scale designs for iterative release, ensuring user needs are met in each iteration



" Evaluate current experiences and provide recommendations for improvement



" Communicate design decisions, rationale, and direction when presenting work



" Collaborate with the UX team to align overall app experiences with mobile web



" Develop concepts to help test new, innovative ideas



" Actively seek out feedback from other UI Designers, UX Designers and UX Director on UX design concepts and deliverables to ensure the best solution is created.



" Lead review sessions of in progress work with partners (product managers, engineers, business stakeholders), UX team, and UX leadership."



Requirements:



" 5+ years experience as a UX/UI designer or product designer



" Expertise in information design, UX design, usability, and accessibility



" Proficiency in web and app user experience best practices



" Experience with responsive web, mobile app, and kiosk design



" Experience using and contributing to a design system



" In-depth understanding of how to design across multiple device sizes



" Strong proficiency in Figma, UX and component libraries



" Work sample or portfolio that demonstrates expertise in product design"