Senior / Lead Product Designer

You might be our new Product Designer if:

• You enjoy the challenge of complex software design experience and have the work experience to prove it
• You thrive on finding the best path forward that solves both business objectives and user needs
• Your passion for design shows up in the conversation, and you have the professional know-how to bring client product visions to life
• You enjoy when your project work overlaps with those of different technical backgrounds, giving you the opportunity to learn, adapt, collaborate, and coach as a member of your product team
• You are willing to do the daily commute throughout the entire work week to work from our headquarters at 16080 Westfield Blvd, Carmel, IN 46033

Responsibilities and Duties

• Guides design strategies and executes with an iterative mindset within their cross-functional product team and clients to create and refine digital product experiences
• Is decisive when balancing many different inputs to make the best decision for client and project outcomes
• Possesses a high level of comfort working with developers - we don’t expect you to code but want you to know what code can do
• Works end-to-end in the product development process on a client team - from generative research and discovery, flows and diagrams to prototyping and evaluative testing, to pairing with other designers and collaborating with engineers, using dual-track Agile where appropriate
• Participates and/or facilitates continuous discovery sessions
• Plans, coordinates, implements, and synthesizes generative and evaluative research
• Crafts design artifacts to align teams around the broader user experience (conceptual designs/modeling, user flows, systems design, information architecture, and prototypes)
• Helps our team, client, and SEP continually get better
• Contributes to the growth of design at SEP through blogging and knowledge sharing
• Occasionally travels within Indiana and surrounding states to work onsite with clients or conduct research on products

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years professional design experience
• 4+ years of experience focusing on complex software problems for multiple platforms (web, mobile, desktop, IoT devices, etc.)
• A Bachelor’s degree in an applicable major
• A portfolio showcasing a variety of project types
• Proven experience in working with tools such as Figma and Adobe CS
• Strong communication skills and ability to stay highly organized
• Experience collaborating with a cross-functional team in an agile environment
• Experience coaching and mentoring growing designers, engineers, and clients in their design awareness and understanding
• Experience with modern product thinking principles to pragmatically inform design decisions
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
• Must not require visa sponsorship or have work authorization based on OPT or CPT

Nice to have

• Experience building software in Agile and Lean development environments
• Experience designing for desktop platforms
• Experience integrating AI into product design
• Experience working with metrics to inform product decisions
• Online portfolio

Benefits

• Flexible time off (FTO)
• Flexible work schedule
• Paid parental leave
• Medical, dental, vision, long- and short-term disability, and life insurance
• 401(k) and ESOP retirement programs
• Project variety
• Professional development reimbursements
• Fitness classes and on-site gym
• Employee-owned
• Free EV chargers