Overview
This role as a Senior Product Designer is a contract position focused on transforming user experience for a prominent energy business. The contractor will collaborate with a Technical Product Manager and a User Researcher to unify existing internal applications and develop efficient design practices. They will play a crucial role in setting design direction, utilizing AI tools, and establishing foundational design systems for a variety of engineering tools, ultimately supporting the organization in its transition to net zero solutions.
Responsibilities
- Work with the researcher to identify employee usage patterns of current applications, noting pain points and gaps.
- Transform research insights into user journeys, information architecture, and service flows for a unified application suite.
- Design wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity user interfaces, validating them with real users.
- Establish foundational design practices, including design patterns and a starter design system.
- Leverage AI tools to enhance design processes, including synthesis, ideation, and documentation.
- Collaborate closely with the Product Manager and engineering teams to ensure designs are feasible and prioritized.
- Effectively communicate design thinking and rationale to stakeholders with limited design experience.
Requirements
- Significant experience as a Product Designer or UX Designer, with comprehensive skills in research, interaction design, and UI.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience using AI in workflows for research synthesis, ideation, prototyping, or design documentation.
- Proven experience designing internal tools or complex multi-application environments is preferred.
- Ability to advocate for user-centered design in organizations with low design maturity.
- Strong prototyping capabilities, particularly in Figma or similar tools.
- Experience working in Agile, cross-functional teams.
- Background in energy, utilities, or infrastructure is a plus but not essential.