Product Designer (UX/UI) - Contract

Irvine, California, United States. Posted 4 months ago

The role

You will contribute to all aspects of product strategy and design including ideation, research, interaction design, and visual design. You will collaborate with engineering, product, design, and project management teams to build products.

What you will do

Collaborate with product managers on product concept ideation and development.
Develop conceptual diagrams, interaction flows, wireframes, visual mockups, and interactive prototypes.
Think through and visualize all paths including edge cases, error states, and real world flows.
Design UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of web and on-device software.
Conceptualize and bring to life the visual aesthetic of digital projects.
Conduct user research and testing to validate designs and prototypes.
Identify and apply market trends to design recommendations.
Present design work and lead review discussions with the project team.

Required qualifications

A portfolio featuring your design work
10+ years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar UX-related role
Experience in interaction design, usability, visual design, prototyping, and research
Hands-on experience using AI and LLM tools to build functional prototypes
Experience with designing for multiple types of devices
Understanding of composition, balance, symmetry, and white space
Ability to use human-centered product discovery methods to infer product design
Experience building products in an Agile software development environment
Demonstrated experience incubating and commercializing new ideas, working closely with technical teams from concept generation through implementation
Ability to build trusted partnerships and work seamlessly across internal and external teams
Strong consumer product instincts and a pragmatic design philosophy
Strong leadership skills to drive projects to completion

About the company

Cie's Creative team works on the next big startups and tech innovations.