Product Designer
NPR
Washington, DCThis was removed by the employer on 2/15/2019 7:45:00 AM PST
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Full Time Job
Product Designer (Term: March 2019-March 2020)
This is a one-year temporary position.
Role Summary
As a Product Designer, you will be involved in every aspect of design process, from concept development to inspecting pixels just before launch. You will rely on a full range of design skills from interaction design to product design to prototyping. This role represents design on multidisciplinary project teams, working with interaction designers, product managers, and developers. Your job is to help inform product vision and foster positive digital experiences for millions of NPR consumers.
Responsibilities
• Create elegant and useful design systems that define the NPR digital experience across platforms.
• Distill complex interactions into clear, understandable design solutions and communicate them to stakeholders.
• Help create end-to-end design experiences, interaction models and design systems.
• Work closely with interaction designers, developers, and audience research analysts to transform data into defensible design solutions.
• Recommend user research for new and existing products, and make recommendations for change.
• Help tell the story of our product user experiences through storyboarding, user journeys, and other storytelling methods.
• Collaborate daily with a team who are is passionate about user experience as you are.
• Work in a highly efficient, interactive design process using minimal documentation to support your vision.
• Work closely with developers to help build prototypes and refine working products.
Required qualifications
• Bachelors in a design-related field (e.g., interaction design, product design, graphic design) or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience as a professional interaction designer or equivalent practical experience.
• Fluent in all things digital design, including mastery of Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, HTML5, CSS3, accessibility, and cross-platform compatibility best practices.
• Above-average understanding of storytelling and a passion for editorial and NPR content.
• Tireless advocate for the user.
Desired qualifications
• Proven track record of designing and helping to ship successful products and services.
• Skilled at digital prototyping and coding.
• Experience designing across multiple devices and contexts (desktop, mobile, accessories).
• Experience working in an agile project methodology.
• Have some experience with existing and new prototyping methods.
• Have an active curiosity for emerging technologies, and contribute relevant findings back to the NPR team.
• Passion for telling compelling stories about your work and presenting it confidently to stakeholders.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
NPR offers a competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package including health and wellness benefits, retirement, and work/life balance programs, as well as opportunities for career growth and development. NPR is an Equal Opportunity Employer.