Lead UX Designer

As a Product Designer, you will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other designers. Together you will optimize product experiences that drive revenue and improve retention. You will own Goldcast’s user experience and visual design language. You’ll advocate for an exceptional user experience as part of a fully remote team that values experimentation, iteration, and a willingness to take risks. The ideal candidate for this position will be able to visualize an experience in the abstract, break down complex use cases and then be able to drive the vision into solid design deliverables. You think first from the customer’s perspective, use research and data to influence your designs, set relentlessly high standards for yourself and deliver best-in-class customer experiences.

 

Responsibilities

• Turning conceptual ideas into realistic product designs that address strategic and tactical goals, and help drive product discussions
• Delivering production-ready specs and following the work through implementation, release, and post-release to measure success and learn with your cross-functional team
• Being an active UX team leader by proposing new ideas, sharing your work early and often, and giving constructive feedback to ensure a cohesive design language
• Running evaluative usability tests of design prototypes and using existing research and data to surface insights that help solve business and user problems
• Advocating for and incorporating best practices for inclusive design

 

Experience/Qualifications

• Has a portfolio that demonstrates a firm grasp of visual design principles, the ability to solve user problems and experience creating design deliverables for product development
• Has experience in agile product development and UI design across desktop and mobile
• Familiarity with the technical considerations needed when designing, and experience collaborating with product managers and engineers to bring designs to life through the full product life cycle
• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills including the ability to communicate complex, interactive design concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization
• Develop and nurture relationships across teams and disciplines to promote collaboration and efficiency
• Can manage competing priorities and act on decisions in the face of ambiguity
• A degree or background in design - 4+ years of experience in delivering design solutions as a UX designer
• Experience in design tools - Goldcast currently uses Figma
• Willingness to work hands-on to build and deliver delightful designs, as well as mentor and lead a team of designers. This role will start as an individual contributor but grow quickly to lead a team of designers.