Sr. Product Designer

Act-On Software

$130K — $135K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of design experience, ideally in a senior role
  • Strong background in desktop web application design
  • Proficient in creating high-fidelity mockups with sound UI skills
  • Experience in B2B product design with a focus on web applications
  • Familiarity with SaaS environments and front end development
  • Portfolio showcases design processes and past projects
  • Curiosity about AI's role in design

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Product Managers on design solutions and prototypes
  • Develop and execute user research plans; summarize findings and recommendations
  • Leverage AI in design processes for enhanced creativity
  • Work closely with Engineering teams to address concerns and review design implementations
  • Contribute to team initiatives for improving design quality and workflows
  • Take ownership of large feature projects from conception to completion

Benefits

  • Generous medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Flexible time off policy
  • Monthly wellness and commuter allowances
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and child care
  • EAP access for employees and their families
  • 3 weeks paid parental leave plus state-paid family leave
  • Paid volunteer time off
  • Disability and life insurance options
Full Job Description
The Act-On Design team is in an exciting phase of applying our new design language to legacy UI. We're improving existing features and bringing new ones to life. Our team is small so this role has a lot of room for contribution and ownership. We're looking for a Sr. Product Designer already performing at this level or someone with 5+ years of experience who's ready to take the next step into a senior role.

Who You Are:
  • You're curious and aware of how other products and services stand out and routinely ask yourself how you can bring those qualities into your own work
  • Experienced designing for desktop web applications where browsers and their capabilities are a familiar canvas to you
  • You anticipate how things can fail and proactively design to avoid or limit those outcomes
  • A modern visual UI aesthetic that resonates in today's digital age and surpasses the common expectations of productivity software is something that excites you
  • Curious about AI and how it can meaningfully contribute to the design process
  • You aim to reduce complex workflows into simple ones
  • Understand that your ability to visualize ideas makes you the conduit to get stakeholders on the same page
  • You crush low bars and set high standards fueled by consistent effort that results in a winning mentality that your peers can't help but notice
  • Someone who's familiar working within a SaaS environment with front end software engineers
  • A creative type with an online portfolio that demonstrates:
    • How you approach design challenges by sharing your design process
    • Detailed, high-fidelity mockups of past design solutions with sound fundamental UI skills and it shows in your decisions about layout, color, iconography, typography, visual hierarchies, and use of white space
    • Designing digital experiences and workflows in B2B products with an emphasis for the web

What You'll Be Doing:
  • Partnering with Product Managers exploring design solutions, creating prototypes, and highly detailed UI specifications that engineers refer to during implementation
  • Develop and execute research plans, summarize findings, and make recommendations based on that input
  • Using AI to assist your design efforts
  • Partnering with Engineering teams to keep them informed of what they'll be working on, understand their concerns and limitations, soliciting feedback and ideas for future iterations, and reviewing the implementation of design work to ensure it's completed as expected
  • Contributing to team initiatives to improve the quality of life for yourself and other designers (design system, process improvements, educating designers or other teams on design related topics, etc.)
  • Owning large feature projects from start to finish and assisting with other projects as-needed

Compensation:

The anticipated compensation for this position will be $130,000 - $135,000 annually. Compensation packages are based on a combination of factors, including the selected candidate's skills, experience as well as internal and external equity.

What We Offer:
  • Generous Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits
  • Flexible time off
  • Monthly wellness allowance
  • Monthly commuter allowance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for health and child care
  • EAP access for you and your immediate family
  • 3 weeks paid parental leave on top of state paid family leave, (including for fostering & adoption)
  • Paid time off to volunteer
  • Disability Insurance
  • Life Insurance

Culture:

Our values are active guidelines we attempt to live by every day - Put People First, Be Yourself, Do Your Best (Together), and Make It Better. We are working to ensure that all our people feel seen, respected, supported and connected at work, and we celebrate our differences for all the ways they make us stronger together.

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