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Senior Product Designer (UX) – Article – Vancouver, BC Freelance
Description
Hey there, we’re Article. We’re a digital-first furniture brand that’s working to make everyday living better by providing an easy way for people to furnish their space. We don’t have brick and mortar stores, so we’re able to deliver better value on beautiful, modern furniture. We’ve ranked as one of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies for the last three years, we’re on the hunt for talented, enthusiastic team members who want to solve meaningful problems, in pursuit of being remarkably better for our customers.
The Senior Product Designer is an essential contribution to the Article team. You will be working to conceptualize, design, and maintain the user experience within our internal suite of applications; the applications we’ve engineered to drive the business. A background in enterprise or very data-driven application systems would be ideal. You will also help in contributing to maturing our design processes and building our design systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Designing and building digital interfaces that promote usability and enhance a user’s experience of our products
- Translating complex tasks and large data sets into intuitive, accessible, and easy to use interfaces
- Delivering project artifacts such as prototypes, process flows, journey mapping, wireframes, etc.
- Delivering reusable, cross device and responsive prototypes
- Collaborating with data and technology teams to define, design, and deliver efficient digital solutions that have a direct impact on your colleague’s daily job
- Collaborating with product managers to inform and plan the products’ vision
- Collaborating on the development and maintenance of user experience design standards and guidelines for internal Article digital products
- Contributing to the design team’s growth and development
- Advocating for best practices in user experience design and especially interaction design
- Providing and soliciting critique from team mates and stakeholders during design phases
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
- 8+ years of relevant industry experience designing applications, experiences, products, and services that balance user needs, business objectives, and technological constraints
- Bachelor or Master Degree in Interaction Design, Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction, Service Design, with emphasis on UX or equivalent education
- Experience with multiple user research methods (walkthroughs, user testing, interviews, surveys, etc)
- Strong problem solving skills with the ability to quickly understand complex systems and iterate ideas to improve them
- Able to work independently and prioritize work effectively
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- Able to communicate ideas clearly
- Proficient in common design softwares and tools
- Understanding of common web technology such as JAVA, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc
Nice to have:
- Experience with Javascript frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue
- Data visualization and information architecture design skills.
- Ability to prototype and translate designs to code like CSS/HTML/JS with, or without libraries
- Experience mentoring other designers
*Please note that this is not a visual or graphic design position, nor is it a front end developer position.
Benefits
At Article, we believe in an “Ownership Mindset” where you’ll be given autonomy and the ability to own your work. Beyond a competitive salary:
- We reward that ownership mindset, so we offer stock options after one year of employment
- With our fast growth, we have a culture of curiosity, where learning happens on the fly — and while having a lot of fun
- Access to dental and health benefits package plus a health/lifestyle spending account for your total physical and mental well-being
- 45% discount on our products so you can experience first-hand why our customers love Article
- Your choice of state-of-the-art laptops with the tech and tools to easily collaborate
Most HQ employees are working from home due to COVID-19. When it’s safe to return to the office, we have flexible solutions if you want to be in the office a lot, sometimes, or not at all.
When our office is safe to reopen, you’ll love that:
- The Article HQ is a converted warehouse with in-house photo studios, an airy open layout, an open kitchen filled with snacks, premium coffees and teas (and ALL the milks).
- A dog-friendly office. We love our dog friends here at Article. If you have a well-behaved, well-socialized pup, we’d love to have them in the office too.
- Onsite fitness equipment, change rooms (including towel service!) and bike storage
- Regular extra-curricular activities, such as socials, open-mics, picnics… even cross-country skiing! For now, we’ve replaced them with creative virtual events for the time being – like virtual trivia night or a cooking class through Zoom!
Ready to become a Particle? Apply today. We’re excited to meet you
#INDARTICLETECH
Article is the easiest way to create a beautiful modern space.
Article started from a desire to improve efficiency and make furniture less expensive for everyone. In 2014 we had 4 employees; now we have over 700 and have been growing at about 50% yearly.
Our office and warehouse space has grown from under 15,000 sq ft to over 1,200,000 sq ft, and our yearly revenue has grown to match.
Our head office is based in Vancouver, Canada, an office in Ho Chi Minh City, and warehouses in Seattle, Los Angles, San Fransisco, Jacksonville, Austin, Dallas, Portland, Houston, Denver, Baltimore, Toronto, Boston, and New Jersey.
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