
Senior Product Designer (Hybrid)
- Richmond, BC
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Create intuitive and elegant product design solutions that solve complex consumer problems and drive business results
- Communicate solutions to stakeholders and executives in a manner that simplifies complexity and generates excitement
- Participate in user experience research to understand consumer needs, opportunities and pain points to continually inform an iterative design and discovery process
- Collect and synthesize qualitative and quantitative research to inform and validate design decisions
- Collaborate and partner with Product Managers, Designers, Analysts and Developers throughout the discovery, design and development process
- Create visual artifacts to articulate, inform and validate ideas with consumers and stakeholders (prototypes, wireframes, sketches, journey maps, personas, etc.)
- Create detailed design deliverables utilizing and contributing to the CarMax design language system and pattern library
- Stay current on all the tools, principles and practices in product design, prototyping and development, and drive for continuous improvement
- Facilitate meetings and brainstorming sessions that are organized and productive
- Mentor and train junior members of the design team on industry and CarMax best practices
- Advocate for high standards of excellence in providing delightful and rewarding user experiences, and proactively support the team in achieving them
- Proven track record devising and designing high-quality consumer products (web or mobile) in collaboration with product management and engineering partners.
- Passion for technology and design, and the drive to stay on top of industry trends and best practices
- Persuasive communicator – able to explain complex or intangible concepts to stakeholders at all levels
- Good listener – weighs input from multiple perspectives when forming opinions and recommendations
- Collaborative and team oriented work approach
- Solid understanding of user-centered design processes and ability to balance customer needs with business goals and metrics in developing solutions
- Experience with brainstorming techniques and getting consensus among a large, diverse group of stakeholders
- Experience leveraging user research and the ability to clearly articulate your design decisions and what problems they’re solving
- Strong Product Design principles and deliverables, including rapid prototyping, journey maps, detailed flows, and pattern libraries etc.
- Ability to convert ideas quickly into design artifacts
- Ability to perform design critiques and supply objective feedback to others
- Strong critical thinking and analysis skills
- Able to train and mentor others in design methodologies and best practices
- Experience designing and prototyping native app and web solutions for a range of screen sizes/resolutions: mobile, tablet, desktop, etc.
- Experience with Agile development processes
- Responsive/adaptive design experience a plus
- E-commerce experience a plus
- 5+ years experience within the fields of product, interaction and visual design/development
- BA/BS degree
- Portfolio or work samples showcasing product design prowess, creativity, and depth of thought coupled with fluency in best practices for Interaction Design, Visual Design, Prototyping and Front End Development
- Have an advanced understanding of:
- mobile technology
- web technology
- design principles
- user-centered design process
- presentation methods
- usability and user research methods
- data analysis
- collaboration techniques