About the role
Job Overview:
ShakaCode is looking for a skilled Product Designer who can bring valuable product management skills to our team. This role is perfect for a UX Designer who wants to broaden their scope and play an active role in shaping product direction and strategy. While your main responsibility will be product design, product management skills are a significant plus. The ideal candidate can occasionally contribute to product strategy and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, ensuring design decisions align with broader business goals.
What We Offer:
- 100% remote position with flexible working hours
- Work independently on big projects and make decisions based on varying amounts of information. Our projects range from new products to refinements on existing products.
Key Responsibilities: • Product Design: • Lead the end-to-end design process, from user research and wireframing to prototyping and final UI design. • Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure designs are implemented accurately. • Create prototypes and high-fidelity designs that align with the product vision. • Maintain and evolve design systems to ensure consistency across the product.
Nice to have: • Product Management Skills: • Work closely with product management to align design work with business goals and user needs. • Contribute to product roadmaps, providing insights from a design perspective. • Assist in prioritizing features and defining product requirements that enhance user experience and business impact. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: • Partner with cross-functional teams, including marketing, customer support, and engineering, to ensure a cohesive product experience. • Act as an advocate for the user throughout the product development lifecycle.
Required Skills & Qualifications: • 3+ years of experience as a product or UI/UX designer with shipped products in your portfolio. • Proven ability to balance design tasks with strategic product management responsibilities. • Experience creating designs either mobile-first or desktop-first. • Experience with both consumer and business systems • Skills • Excellent spoken and written English communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and present ideas clearly. • Proficiency in design tools like Figma, or similar. • Strong understanding of product strategy and the ability to contribute to roadmap planning. • Analytical mindset with experience in user research and data-driven decision-making.
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