Product Designer I

Vertafore•Denver, CO

16h•$70,000 - $80,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Product Designer I you will be an influential contributor in improving the workflows and overall user experience of hundreds of thousands of insurance providers and consumers. This person will partner with the other Product Design team members, Product Managers, Product Owners, and Software Engineers to identify design problems and validate useful, usable, and feasible design solutions. You’ll be joining a small but growing team of experienced designers who strive to create user-centered platforms. Our team thrives on cross-functional collaboration and connecting one-on-one with our customers to gain a deep understanding of their needs. Insurance is complicated, but we believe its software doesn’t have to be!

Requirements

You are curious and have a deep willingness to learn.
You ask questions to get to the heart of the problem at hand.
You have a good grasp of design thinking methodologies, using empathy and critical thinking to understand and frame problems.
You are interested in developing your research skills, by participating in usability testing: planning, recruiting, leading, analyzing results, making design recommendations, and communicating findings & recommendations.
You can communicate ideas, perspectives, user research, design problems, and design solutions in a diplomatic and persuasive manner.
You are comfortable working with design systems and/or pattern libraries.
You have a solid understanding of visual design fundamentals: color, typography, composition, space, time/motion, information visualization.
You fully grasp of the theories, concepts, and methods of user-centered design and interaction design.
You balance passion for your craft with a dedication to on-time, on-target delivery of work.
You have an interest and desire to understand the scalable capabilities of AI technology, in your work and for the benefit of users.
You have 1+ years of professional experience in a software or agency setting or comparable education/work experience.
You have a solid understanding of user-centered design principles and data driven design strategies
You have experience in user research fundamentals such as user interviews, data analyzation, and usability surveys
You have experience in working in an agile development process
You have experience with design systems and interaction patterns
You are a collaborator across teams, including Product Design, and Development
You have a compelling portfolio that showcases your problem framing, research, problem solving, and visualization skills.
You have experience in UX and design collaboration tools like Figma, Sketch, Miro, Adobe XD, etc.

Responsibilities

Engage in product definition discussions with Product Managers and Product Owners in order to identify user needs
Participate in research including user interviews, user discovery, concept validation, and usability testing.
Document and socialize usability findings with cross-functional teams.
Translate research findings and recommendations into insights and evidence-based wireframes, presentations, and ux documents.
Partner with team members in developing and evolving the visual language, interaction patterns and design system for Vertafore’s products and platforms, incorporating Vertafore’s brand and voice.
Partner with designers to facilitate design thinking workshops with users and internal teams to identify problems.
Partner with designers to create reusable, scalable visual design assets that fit into a greater pattern library and are consumable by developers and engineers .
Build amicable, productive, trusting relationships with partner teams.
Participate in design reviews, learning from other product designers.
Present concepts, wireframes, data insights and prototypes to users and internal teams.