- Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 5+ years experience working in product or service design
- OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 4+ years experience working in product or service design
- OR equivalent experience (e.g., experience using design thinking to solve problems).
- A portfolio demonstrating thorough and polished end-to-end customer journeys.
- A willingness to collaborate with other designers on strategic solutions and a willingness to share your work openly for feedback and improvement.
- Adaptability to the changing needs of a rapidly evolving business and flexibility to quickly change direction, iterate, and learn.
- A customer-centric mindset, with experience turning abstract concepts into reality.
- A solid understanding of Figma for design and prototyping.
- An understanding of accessibility and inclusive design.
- Ability to represent your work to cross-disciplinary team members, stakeholders, and leadership with excellent presentation skills and storytelling.
- Guide and execute strategic design deliverables for multiple feature areas across a suite of products
- Help solve complex design problems simply and intuitively, blending brand personality, interactions, and visuals to create delightful experiences
- Create and assess design solutions based on user research input, user goals, and business requirements
- Represent Viva design to partner product and engineering teams across Microsoft
- Work closely and constructively with product management, visual and interaction designers, writers, engineers, and user researchers to iterate and deliver flawlessly.
- Contribute to the use and adoption of latest design system to ensure products are aligned with company-wide systems
- Advocate for design in context of business and user goals
- Embody our and Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.Industry leading healthcareEducational resourcesDiscounts on products and servicesSavings and investmentsMaternity and paternity leaveGenerous time awayGiving programsOpportunities to network and connect
Senior Product Designer - Vancouver, Canada - Microsoft
Description
Overview
Microsoft Viva is a suite of products integrated within Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams dedicated to supporting connection, insight, purpose, and growth within organizations. We are building products that foster deeper connection, collaboration, and productivity to improve the employee experience and to empower organizational leaders to accomplish more for their teams.
We are looking for a Senior Product Designer who can define, articulate, visualize, and deliver amazing design solutions. You will be responsible for deep customer understanding through users' needs, emotions, and behaviors to gather insights that inform our experience design strategy. You will need to be able to communicate your ideas using a wide variety of methods—from providing sketches,to creating fully rendered, pixel perfect high-fidelity designs. You will work closely with Research, Product Management, and Engineering as well as other Design teams and partners to meticulously execute ideas into production.
As a Senior Product Designer with our team, you'll have access to the best open source and Microsoft-internal technology, the ability to experiment and make data-driven decisions, and an opportunity to work on a massive scale as part of a suite with hundreds of millions of users. We value autonomy and provide the freedom to innovate.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Qualifications
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Preferred/Additional Qualifications:
Product Design IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $104,000 - CAD $193,200 per year.
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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until April 25, 2024.
Responsibilities