Lead Product Designer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Michigan.

📋 Description

• Drive the complete design process for customer-facing digital experiences, from initial discovery and ideation through UX/UI design, prototyping, validation, and implementation.

• Take ownership of intricate marketing design projects aimed at enhancing customer acquisition, engagement, and conversion rates.

• Utilize AI tools throughout the design process to speed up iterations, expand exploration, and elevate the quality of deliverables.

• Establish and implement a visionary product strategy while enhancing the quality of visual design.

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Brand, Content, SEO, and various other cross-functional teams.

• Convert customer insights, business goals, and data into well-considered design solutions.

• Create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs.

• Perform usability testing alongside user researchers, utilizing analytics and customer feedback to refine experiences.

• Design scalable experiences using Rocket’s design system while identifying areas for pattern enhancement.

• Work closely with engineers during the implementation phase to guarantee quality, accessibility, and craftsmanship.

• Lead design critiques, workshops, and collaborative working sessions.

• Keep abreast of design trends, customer behaviors, and industry best practices.

• Champion customer-centered design while balancing user needs, business objectives, technical feasibility, and quantifiable outcomes.

• Mentor fellow designers and foster a collaborative, inclusive design culture.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of experience in product design.

• A portfolio showcasing robust UX, interaction, and visual design across both web and mobile platforms.

• Practical experience utilizing AI in product design workflows, including ideation, AI-assisted design exploration, and rapid prototyping.

• Proficiency in tools such as Figma Make, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, or similar applications.

• A strong willingness to embrace emerging AI capabilities.

• Deep understanding of interaction design, information architecture, visual hierarchy, typography, and responsive design principles.

• Capability to simplify complex customer and business challenges into elegant design solutions.

• Experience in conducting user research and usability testing, and integrating findings into design.

• Exceptional communication, presentation, and teamwork skills.

• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality digital products.

• Familiarity with front-end development concepts and implementation considerations.

• Experience in working with and evolving an established design system.

• Preferred: Background in designing marketing websites, landing pages, and top-of-funnel experiences.

• Preferred: Experience in experimenting with, assessing, and promoting AI-enabled design workflows.

• Preferred: Knowledge of using analytics, experimentation, and A/B testing methodologies.

• Preferred: Experience in balancing brand expression with usability and business objectives.

• Preferred: Understanding of motion design or micro-interactions.

• Preferred: Experience in agile product development environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus eligibility.

• Incentives.

• Medical benefits.

• Dental benefits.

• Vision benefits.

• 401K retirement plan.

• Paid time off.

• Career growth opportunities.

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.