*Hybrid Contract Opportunity*

Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Senior Product Designer role! This is a 6+ month contract opportunity with potential for permanent hire and will be hybrid in Charlotte, North Carolina. This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Design Leadership: Lead the entire design process from research to final visuals, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product managers and engineers to ensure cohesive product development.
• Design Systems: Develop and maintain design systems for consistent and scalable user interfaces.
• Mentorship: Provide guidance and feedback to junior designers, fostering a collaborative team environment.
• User Advocacy: Conduct user research and translate insights into design improvements, prioritizing user needs.
• Articulation: Present and justify proposed solutions and articulate design intent with key stakeholders
• Start/Stop: Know when is “good enough”
• Interpret Requirements:
• Understand and interpret Service Design Manager’s direction into scope of work for Product Design
• Utilize design research or user testing insights to help inform and improve upon overall experience direction and validation of solution
• Understand product requirements and interpret business context and goals surrounding the product or feature
• Flexible when needed:
• Use lo-fi scrappy mock-ups as an effective and efficient way to quickly gain alignment with others
• Adaptable in the use of different design techniques, without the need to always default on using a design tool like Figma or BuildMe to communicate design intent and gain alignment
• Visualize experience concepts through the creation of wireframes, mockups, user & process flows, and prototypes
• Thorough-thinker: Think through all aspects of downstream operational implications when recommending ideas and experience solutions.

What You'll Need to Have:

• A strong portfolio showcasing foundational understanding of UX and UI design, thought process and how you've contributed to solving specific problems with functional designs with enterprise products.
• 7+ years of experience in UX and product design
• Experience with prototyping to explore and convey design solutions
• Proficiency in industry-standard design software (e.g., Figma, Miro, etc.) including proficiency and knowing when to use which tools (e.g. full stack of design tools, Figma or hi-res designs from the get-go)
• Ability to quickly visualize concepts in sketches or lo-fi wireframes to guide conversations.
• Ability to quickly iterate based on feedback from multiple stakeholders and user studies.
• Ability to build user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and polished designs.
• Ability to translate design decisions into style guides, patterns, and reusable components for other platforms Skill Sets.
• Fluency in the architecture of site maps.
• Expertise in Interaction Models or UX Patterns.
• Ability to translate information through visualization and design.
• Expert at creating user flows, and building design systems.
• Good aesthetic and accessibility sense.
• Experience in Food Industry or Healthcare Digital Products industry preferred.

Pay Rate: $65-$70/hr +

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