Product Designer

Ninety

91d•Remote

About The Position

As the Ninety organization continues to experience exceptional growth, we are looking to bring on a Product Designer. As a Product Designer, you will report to the Head of Design and use your skills to deliver and build robust, intuitive UX patterns, and produce exceptionally designed and easy to use products. You will work closely with product managers to ensure designs meet product requirements and with developers to ensure ideas can be brought to life. You will play a very important role in our product development process. To be successful in this role you need to be well versed in designing and building intuitive user experiences. A background in successfully designing responsive web applications and mobile apps is a must. This position will require working with an existing suite of tools, along with developing new tools in the coming years.

Requirements

5+ years in a similar UI/UX role with a proven record of success
Ability to communicate complex ideas well
An understanding of wireframing and tools
Experience with Figma, Figma Make, or similar design software
Worked in an agile environment
Strong portfolio demonstrating user-centered design process, visual craft, and ability to solve complex product problems
5+ years of experience in UX/UX or product design
Strong user empathy and ability to balance user needs with business goals and technical constraints
Ability to work in a fully remote environment
Worked in a high-growth entrepreneurial environment
SaaS Experience
Experience building end to end prototypes both in low/high fidelity prototypes using tools like Figma and Figma Make,
Firm grasp of responsive design principles
Experience bringing AI agents to life in customer-facing products

Nice To Haves

Understanding of technical constraints to effectively collaborate with engineers and make pragmatic design decisions
Taken a product through its full lifecycle (starting from scratch)
SMB B2B experience
Understanding of WCAG accessibility standards and commitment to designing inclusive experiences

Responsibilities

Apply design-thinking methodologies to drive evidence-based design decisions
Leverage research tools to efficiently gather, analyze, and share user insights across the product development lifecycle
Present key findings to stakeholders
Navigate ambiguity and complexity while maintaining design quality
Create intuitive user experience
Design and prototype new features and ideas for current and next-generation products
Work closely with product managers to ensure designs meet product requirements and with developers to ensure ideas can be brought to life
Work closely with brand teams to ensure designs meet brand requirements
Contribute to all stages of the design process from brainstorming, research, create wireframes, mockups, user flows, interactive prototypes and refine user experiences
Communicate design goals and specifications to the engineering team
Conceptualize, design and execute modern, complex digital designs and product experiences, including user interfaces and product flows for desktop and mobile applications
Have a deep understanding of typography, color, grid, and composition in pixel-perfect production comps and prototypes
Develop and perform usability sessions, conduct user research with key stakeholders and customers to get feedback
Synthesize your research findings to develop user workflows, information architecture, and prototypes
Building process flows, storyboards, and / or other methods for communicating product design ideas for stakeholders
Be actively involved in defining the strategy of the Ninety Platform, thinking in terms of design systems, not just screens
Represent the UX voice and be an advocate for the user in all conversations when collaborating closely with developers and product managers.
Maintain, innovate upon, and surpass industry best practices for UX and product design methods, trends, and processes.
Rapidly design and prototype iterative concepts, collaborating with users and stakeholders to test assumptions and validate product ideas
Collaborate with Product Managers, Developers, and other stakeholders to deliver compelling UI/UX solutions.
Help lead projects across the entire product lifecycle and multiple product launches.
Perform research with users of the 90 platform, which can include clients, staff, and more.
Work with the design team on developing and stewarding the long-term UX strategy for our internal tools to make design a natural part in the way we build products with the developer teams.
Demonstrate strong ability to contribute to design consistency by adhering to design patterns and contributing to the design system through reusable components and documentation.