Product Designer

Coates Group • Chicago, IL

6d • $115,000 - $126,000

About The Position

For over almost 60 years, our solutions have enabled impactful connections between some of the world’s leading brands and their customers. And while we’ve already done a lot of work we’re proud of, we’re just getting started! Coates Group has the values of a family-owned business and the innovative spirit of a start-up, both which fuel our purpose – Creating Connections. Empowering Partnerships. Always Evolving . Through hard work, dedication and creativity, we’ve become industry leaders who have won awards and set records while remaining focused on continual growth and evolution. We are a 2x Australia Good Design Award winner and successfully completed the largest hardware deployment in Quick Service Restaurant history. We are curious, charismatic, authentic and we value and leverage the diversity of our crew. We are imaginers, kindness enthusiasts, experts, creators, thinkers, challengers, collaborators and over-achievers. And together, as a Crew, we are revolutionizing the way the world’s leading brands leverage technology to drive the best customer experiences. The Product Designer role is focused on the user experience and interface design elements of the software product development of Coates’ software products, including the Digital Signage Content Management System (CMS), Switchboard.

Requirements

• Keen eye for design detail with a creative flair
• Exceptional quality and high-fidelity wireframing skills - grounded in strategy and insights
• Self-starter; driven and able to act autonomously
• Reliable partner
• 5+ years of experience working in a digital design role
• Experience with UI design tools such as; Figma, Sketch or Adobe XD
• Excellent working knowledge of design processes, methodologies and principles
• Excellent experience design skills and the ability to create artifacts, such as Information Architecture diagrams, Archetypes + Personas, Customer Journey Maps, User Flows, Scenarios, Wireframes and Prototypes, Usability testing scripts
• You will need to demonstrate your design capability by showing a strong portfolio full of beautiful, usable experiences designed for all kinds of devices and contexts
• Experienced in Adobe's Creative Suite, particularly After Effects, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
• Experience with graphic design and outputting assets for the Web
• Proficiently skilled in HTML5/CSS3 and CSS animation
• Experience with video editing and animation

Responsibilities

• Develop product design concepts from complex sets of requirements
• Produce high-quality solutions through flow diagrams, graphic designs, storyboards and site maps
• Develop solutions to product usability challenges
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Engineering leads to drive solutions
• Employ design best practices across all deliverables and adhere to accessibility standards
• Understand the design research process, collaborate and support the Product Owner, to formalize design research into insights and ideas
• Collaborate with Product Owners to drive the frameworks for success each product solution is measured by, and optimize to get the best results for our products

Benefits

• annual market competitive bonus program
• “Thrive Program” which includes a suite of flexible work options because we’re strong believers that you should never miss an important life or work moment.
• Thrive also provides dedicated time to prioritize our health and wellbeing (think virtual Yoga or meditation sessions), a Global Wellness paid day off to recharge as well as a “Give Back Day” to allow our Crew an opportunity to make an impact in the community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed