Product Designer

What You’ll Do

As a Product Designer, you will translate the needs of users into innovative designs that empower users.  You will manage the design process from discovery and concept ideation through  full-fidelity prototype designs.

Responsibilities 

• Execute all position responsibilities in alignment with Slingshot’s core values, mission, and purpose
• Set the long term product design vision along with plans for iterative updates continuously make progress towards that vision. Identify long term goals and near term objectives for design and user research.
• Advocate for and support Slingshot’s design and research processes, methodologies, and best practices. 
• Advocate for and support Slingshot’s design system, information architecture, typography, copy, and visual hierarchy to efficiently solve complex and abstract design challenges. 
• Design user experiences that are cohesive, comprehensive, intuitive, innovative and empowering.
• Lead the user research and design process to create new innovative products and features in collaboration with product, engineering, astrodynamics, data science, program, marketing, growth and leadership. Partner with engineering, product and program to ensure the successful integration of new designs and experience improvements into the product.
• Contribute to product documentation, user stories, product requirements, and roadmaps. Work with stakeholders to clarify user experience and the design. 
• Apply the design tools that best fit the needs of the product development process: whiteboard user flows, exploring multiple UX directions, draft low fi wireframes, craft high fidelity production designs or bake high fi prototypes, etc.  Ensure design deliverables are timely and appropriately comprehensive. 
• Conduct direct user research, analyze data, and gather insights to inform and validate design decisions. Share your perspective, insights and rationale with the team so they can have great understanding and empathy for our users.
• Synthesize research, insights and perspectives from subject matter experts to create simplicity from complex and abstract design challenges. 
• Develop informed perspectives that you can passionately and persuasively advocate for. Hold strong but loosely held opinions. Know when to disagree and commit wholeheartedly (and you can expect the same of your teammates). 
• Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships inside and outside your focus areas with product, engineering, growth / sales, marketing, and program to facilitate buy-in from leadership and cross-functional teams where appropriate for your product designs and vision.
• Perform other duties as assigned (to be less than 10% of the responsibilities listed above)

Pre-Requisites

• Must be a U.S. citizen eligible for government clearances, preference given for active TS Clearance. 

Minimum Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in product design, including a strong understanding of software technology 
• Industry experience in 3D spatial design, may include software, aerospace, or 3D gaming
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience (Advanced degree a plus) in a relevant design-related field

Preferred Skills

• Business skills: acumen of business principles and decision making
• Communication skills: excellence in verbal and written communication to drive the most effective exchange with stakeholders, including customers, partners, and investors
• Exceptional knowledge and experience with design processes, tools (Figma), and thinking
• Leadership skills: strong ability to motivate and inspire others to build high performing teams. First hand experience with applied leadership frameworks and principles highly desired.
• Industry experience in software tech (space industry experience desired)
• Strong understanding and experience with design thinking, human centered design and the product development process
• Able to synthesize input/feedback and turn into recommendations
• Comfortable shifting in between blue sky designing, rapid low fi wireframes and building high fi prototypes, etc as needed  
• Strong communication and design fluency 
• Demonstrated experience designing for multiple device platforms
• Capable of creating and leveraging design systems
• Excellent visual and interactive design skills

*These skills are guidelines, not hard and fast rules. You don’t have to meet every qualification listed- if your skills are transferable and you meet the minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply. 

Compensation Range: 125,000 - 160,000 (RD5)

Location: Remote

Classification: Full time Exempt