Our client is seeking a talented Product Designer to collaborate with product managers and developers to produce effective, intuitive and delightful user interfaces. The work you do here actually gets produced and tested. We move fast with little hierarchy. We A/B test everything, so there's no shortage of work. You're the first line of creativity, ideating, iterating, and producing user interactions that help customers seamlessly get through the process with ease and delight. For this role, we are seeking a candidate who loves all aspects of design and product development. We expect you to think conceptually, and execute pixel perfect, flawless designs.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with product teams to focus on and live-and-breath new products ideas, new features and improved customer interactions
- Adhere to our robust brand and style guidelines and Figma best practices
- Produce both mobile and desktop designs as well as high-fidelity prototypes for user testing
- Work with developers to ensure the final product adheres to your original creative vision
- Maintain web and brand standards and keep up-to-date with new technologies and user interface and interaction trends
- Brainstorm, concept, and collaborate with the Creative Team
- Work with internal customers to determine project goals, establish deliverables and set timeframes, all with a "customer first” attitude
- Have a passion for design and creativity, pushing the boundaries of existing creative, and be eager to explore new concepts: help grow and shape the LendingTree brand ongoing
- Have the ability to manage your own projects from concept to execution
- Be a strategic design thinker
- Bring a unique outside perspective to how our consumers interact with our advertising, products and marketing efforts.
Our Ideal Candidate:
- Is a graduate from a 4-year school with a graphic design degree (or close equivalent) and over 5 years experience, including web and mobile design
- Has a portfolio of stellar UI design that demonstrates excellent design principles, and problem solving through visual communication
- Has excellent interpersonal skills and significant experience working cross functionally – should be able to collaborate closely with Marketing, Product, and Tech peers as a key creative partner
- Can understand business objectives and proactively contribute both strategic and design ideas
- Interested in the analytics associated with the creatives you produce and test, to improve designs by making small but significant changes
- Is able to work in a fast-paced team environment and juggle multiple projects at once
- Can funnel constructive criticism into new ideas
- Produces quick and dirty concepts for review and testing before driving full speed ahead
- Front-end development knowledge is a plus
Professional Knowledge:
- Expert knowledge of Figma
- Expert knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite
- Experience using and adhering to a design system
- Familiar with agile development methodology
- Keen eye for stellar visual design including UI design, graphic design, layout, hierarchy, etc.
- A link to your online portfolio (***this is an absolute must)
*This is a hybrid opportunity and candidates must be local to Charlotte, NC!
