Job Description
Product Designer
UrbanBound
Remote
Full Time
UrbanBound is looking for smart, motivated, passionate team players to join our growing team of technologists revolutionizing the relocation industry. We believe that through innovative technology and superior support, we can turn a stressful, confusing, and overwhelming process into a predictable and manageable experience that exceeds our client’s needs.
UrbanBound is the leading provider of relocation management software. Our fast-paced team builds smart software to help HR and mobility professionals manage and track relocation benefits while offering employees a proven, self-guided process to relocate for their job. Our bold vision for the future of relocation challenges the way the industry has worked for decades, and we’re gaining significant traction as a result. Organizations ranging from the fastest-growing companies in the world to the Fortune 500, view UrbanBound as a critical component for their workforce attraction and retention strategy.
We’re building an inclusive workplace that offers top performers from all backgrounds the opportunity to collaborate and grow their careers. Learn more about our history, our core values, and what it’s like to be UB: http://urbanbound.com/careers
What we are looking for:
You’re innately curious; you’re driven to understand, learn, and solve problems every day. You may not have the answers right away, and that’s OK; what matters is getting in and figuring it out. We’re looking for a person who wants to make an impact; who will challenge the status quo; who is not afraid to fail; and who will continue to drive forward until the solution is in place.
- Work with the product management team to understand the goals of both the business and our users to design innovative, user-friendly solutions for our existing software products;
- Create wireframes based on product requirements, or with direction from the product team, that display well-reasoned system and process design rationale;
- Iterate on concepts based on feedback from technology, internal stakeholders, and test participants to identify the best solution to take to market;
- Build prototypes to help with design exploration;
- Produce high-fidelity mockups that will help the business and the engineering team fully understand the design solution;
- Write clear, concise, friendly UI copy that helps the user successfully navigate the workflow;
- Collaborate with the engineering team to ensure your designs are properly understood and implemented (both from a visual and interaction perspective).
- Organize and participate in design team UX practices including but not limited to working with personas, evaluating user behavior to inform your work, and conducting usability testing;
- Work within and contribute to an existing component library of design elements and patterns.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience building web-based products;
- Demonstrable success working with cross-functional teams to deliver results on time with limited direction;
- Ability to thrive in a high paced, agile environment;
- Familiarity with the challenges faced by modern web applications, and the array of solutions to those problems;
- Enjoy working with people in engineering, product development, sales, marketing, and customer support;
- Strong creative problem solving and communication skills;
- Effective writing skills;
- Demonstrated experience participating in UX best practices such as user research and testing, and working with personas;
- Demonstrated ability to explain the design decisions you’ve made, and how best practices inform your solution;
- Proficiency with Adobe Illustrator;
- Experience with Figma and Invision, or comparable prototyping tools;
We provide:
- A collaborative work environment where you will make decisions daily that positively impact the business.
- A competitive salary and benefits that include pre-tax commuter benefit, 401K, discounted membership to Chicago office building’s gym, and competitive health, dental and vision coverage.
- A work-life balance where family and health come first. Need to take a break? No problem. We have an open vacation policy, as we want everybody to feel well-rested, energetic, and ready to seize the day.
- Company-wide celebrations; game night is a regular occurrence at UrbanBound as is wine night, book club, and sporting events. From trolley rides to boat tours to Whirlyball outings when we meet our quarterly goals, everyone celebrates!
When applying, please include links to your portfolio of work or a github account, blog, etc. where we can learn more about you and your work.
