Product Designer

Panda Game Manufacturing

35d•Remote

About The Position

Panda is currently seeking a full-time, Product Designer with a minimum of 4 years experience to help build the next generation of our web-based platform, which spans our entire company workflow. This is a chance to work on an exciting, complex and ambitious platform that will be used by our internal workforce across multiple regions and our external clients. This is a fully remote position, with occasional travel, and is ideally suited to candidates who enjoy working in a smaller, cross-functional team environment where they can have a big impact on all design decisions, work quickly and iteratively, and can explore opportunities to wear different hats and pursue growth in areas that interest them. Our team and the products we produce are at the core of our company’s success and your work will make a meaningful difference across the entire company. As well, we greatly value work-life balance and you will be joining a happy and tight-knit tech team where we support each other’s professional goals while also taking an interest in everyone’s personal well-being.

Requirements

A portfolio that showcases strong UX thinking and clean, intuitive interface design
4+ years of experience designing digital products, ideally in B2B product environments
Strong generalist background across research, UX, UI, and visual design
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English — able to articulate design rationale clearly to technical and non-technical partners
Skilled in Figma and experienced with rapid prototyping tools to communicate ideas clearly and quickly
Experience working with distributed, cross-functional teams
Comfortable with ambiguity and skilled at creating structure where none exists
Experience working with component-based design
Ability to travel internationally for at least 1 week per year, including to Canada, the USA, the EU, the UK, Hong Kong, and China. If you have any visa or passport issues that would prevent you from traveling to the locations listed, please let us know as soon as possible.
Ability to work up to 2 overlapping hours between 9 AM and 4 PM, Pacific Standard Time.

Nice To Haves

Experience prototyping and designing in-browser (ideally in VueJS)
Experience prototyping in Axure
Experience designing for SPA web applications
Understanding of front-end development constraints and opportunities
Understanding of the board game industry, or hobby board games in general

Responsibilities

Plan and conduct UX research, including user interviews, usability testing, and prototype validation with internal and external users
Translate research insights into clear, actionable design decisions, represented in user flows, specifications, wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes
Produce high-fidelity, pixel-perfect UI designs for new features and product improvements when required
Collaborate closely with Engineers and our Director of Technology to define problems, discuss solutions and align on goals
Oversee and maintain the evolution of our design system, guidelines and best practices

Benefits

Remote Work: Flexible working hours and the ability to work from virtually anywhere
Games Allowance: We provide a monthly allowance for game purchases. This can be used for any tabletop game, not just games made by Panda
Productivity Allowance: We provide a monthly allowance for new computer or mobile device purchases, home office upgrades, or even co-working space memberships.
Training Support: You can use your Productivity Allowance for any kind of training, classes or courses related to your job, and when you do, we will match each dollar spent (doubling the value of your Productivity Allowance).
Travel Allowance: We provide a bonus for every day you spend traveling for business
Health and Wellness Allowance: We provide a monthly allowance for personal health and wellness, such as sporting equipment, yoga classes, massages, gym memberships, mental health care, and more
Investment Allowance: We encourage our employees to save money for retirement, and we provide a yearly allowance for retirement savings.
Team-based cash bonuses
Flexible Vacation Benefits: 10 to 12 Flex Days off per year + 5 days off for Chinese New Year + 12 Flex Fridays + National statutory holidays honored
Parental paid time off
Fun and dynamic industry: If you are a tabletop gamer, you will definitely appreciate the excitement, friendliness and innovation of our industry
In-person Training Camp to kick off your journey with Panda.