Product Designer – UI/UX

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

📋 Description

• Conduct discovery sessions on client projects by interviewing team members, observing their work via screen-sharing, and identifying discrepancies between reported and actual behaviors.

• Engage with users of Ajaia’s products utilizing the same thorough research methodology.

• Distill findings into user needs supported by evidence, distinct from user requests.

• Create user journeys, wireframes, and prototypes that engineers can execute without ambiguity.

• Implement human sign-off checkpoints within workflows.

• Validate designs with actual users prior to the existence of production code.

• Question stakeholder feature lists when evidence suggests alternative directions and articulate the reasoning.

• Maintain the design standards across Ajaia’s entire product range.

• Utilize AI tools for prototyping and assess when AI-native methods can enhance efficiency.

• Deliver implementation-ready designs and remain engaged during development to monitor for any deviations in implementation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Conduct your own discovery through interviews, usability testing, and analysis of behavioral data.

• Transition quickly from synthesis to a functional prototype.

• Integrate human checkpoints into workflows instead of adding them later.

• Confidently stand your ground when evidence leads in an unexpected direction for stakeholders.

• Proficient in AI: routinely employs AI for research, synthesis, and prototyping, with the ability to discern quality output from subpar work.

• Comfortable collaborating directly with engineers throughout the build process.

• No minimum years of experience required; we prioritize the quality of work.

• Fully remote role, adept at conducting interviews and user testing via video conferencing.

• A bachelor’s degree is preferred, but not mandatory.

• A public portfolio or case studies available for review prior to our meeting.

• Experience in designing AI-native workflows, including the placement of human checkpoints.

• Background in consulting, agency, or professional services with multiple concurrent clients.

• Familiarity with lightweight front-end implementation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance bonus of up to 100% of base salary

• Competitive benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement