Senior Product Designer

Itoya Topdrawer Corporation • Brookline, MA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Itoya Topdrawer (Brookline, MA) seeks a Senior Product Designer to lead the design process from concept to execution, ensuring that our products not only meet business goals but also delight our users. This role involves leading the end-to-end design process for new product features and enhancements, designing user-centric interfaces and experiences for web and mobile applications, and conducting user research and usability testing, along with data analysis to gather insights and validate design decisions. The designer will develop wireframes, prototypes, and user flows using UX/UI design tools such as Figma, Keynote and Adobe XD. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is key to define and implement innovative solutions for product direction and visuals, translating business goals into seamless user experience. Responsibilities also include managing the website’s content, design and technical aspects, applying a data-driven methodology to optimize user interaction, and leading the product development of main proprietary brand categories. A critical part of the role is establishing and maintaining a design system for consistency across all product touchpoints, mentoring junior designers, and applying user research methodology to automate workflows and research. Additionally, the role requires building and establishing vendor relationships worldwide, ensuring accessibility and ADA compliance on the website, and displaying working knowledge of programming using HTML, CSS and Javascript to collaborate with developers. Position requires travel 10% of the time within the US and internationally to meet vendors.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Industrial Design, Product Design, or a closely related field of study
• 2 years of experience in the job offered, or as a Category Manager, or similar product designer position
• 2 years of experience working with NetSuite
• 1 year of experience working with Shopify and managing websites
• Specific experience must also include working with each of the following: Inventory management, E-Commerce, supply chain and sourcing
• Working with UX/UI design tools including Figma, KeyNote, and Adobe XD
• Working with frontend development
• Applying user-centered design principles and methodologies
• Conducting user research and usability testing with a focus on iterative design
• Communicating and collaborating to work effectively with a team
• Working in an agile team environment
• Applying quantitative and qualitative data to UX Design
• Developing innovative design solutions and leading the design of multiple features that have been shipped to end users
• Designing and delivering improved engagement and retention for minimally one year

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design process for new product features and enhancements (10%)
• Design user-centric interfaces and experiences for web and mobile applications (5%)
• Conduct user research and usability testing, and data analysis to gather insights and validate design decisions (5%)
• Develop wireframes, prototypes, and user flows using UX/UI design tools such as Figma, Keynote and Adobe XD (20%)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement innovative solutions for product direction and visuals, translating business goals into seamless user experience (5%)
• Manage the website’s content, design and technical aspects (10%)
• Apply data-driven methodology to optimize user interaction (5%)
• Lead the product development of main proprietary brand categories (15%)
• Establish and maintain a design system that ensures consistency across all product touchpoints (5%)
• Mentor and guide junior designers, providing constructive feedback to help them grow in their roles (5%)
• Apply user research methodology and usability testing to automate workflows and research, build and establish vendor relationships world-wide (5%)
• Ensure accessibility and ADA compliance on the website (5%)
• Display working knowledge of programming using HTML, CSS and Javascript to work closely with developers (5%)

Benefits

• Generous Employee Discount
• Vacation and Sick Leave
• Paid Holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Health and Dependent Care
• Company-Paid Short-Term Disability (STD), Long-Term Disability (LTD), and Life Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (IRA) with Company Matching
• Commuter Benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior