Product Designer

Workrise is changing the way hard work gets done in energy. Each one of our teams exists to move us closer to our north star -- “to empower the people who power the world.” The Product and Design team at Workrise is building a platform of products and services to better serve the evolving needs of the people working in energy. Our growing platform enables our customers to do what they do best, with greater efficiency, less complexity and lower costs, while maintaining the highest safety and environmental standards. 

Workrise is hiring a Product Designer that will be responsible for defining user problems and designing solutions collaboratively within a product team. This individual must have experience as a product designer responsible for conducting usability studies and designing the UX/UI of a complex product. 

Why join us? As part of the Product, Engineering, and Experience (PEX) team, you will focus on the lifecycle of workers, and customers. You’ll have the opportunity to work with a wide array of stakeholders across sales, marketing, product, design, engineering, operations, and support to build our supply of workers and make sure they’re ultimately successful. The Workrise Design team is open-minded, low-ego, and hard working. We’ve built a reputation for being force-multipliers by introducing new methods and ways of thinking to our teammates. Our designers influence big decisions through a test and learn mentality. Combining careful observation, thoughtful critique, and design expertise, we craft experiences that solve real problems for real people.

** Must submit a portfolio to be considered

• Collaborate with Designers, Engineers, Product Managers, and Stakeholders to define problems and work together to solve them 
• Build a design community with a growing team of fellow designers and dedicated researchers
• Mentor other designers in methods, craft, presentation, and communication
• Translate complex user and business needs into simple, viable solutions
• Partner with developers to ensure that your designs are feasible
• Work within and contribute to our design system

What you should have:

• 4+  years of experience working in-house, embedded on a cross-functional product team.
• BA/BS + 5 yrs or Masters +4 yrs of experience and a background in the study of user experience, design, research or related fields
• Knowledge of design methods, innovation, ideation, storytelling, prototyping, design frameworks, concept visualization, problem-framing skills and design principles
• Comfort giving and receiving feedback, explaining reasoning behind your work
• Experience designing and validating end-to-end visuals and workflows 
• Ability to lead usability studies and facilitate workshops 
• A working understanding of how marketing tools, messaging, and product interaction combine to shape and influence the overall user experience. 
• Comfort with producing multiple design interactions to run as experiments
•  Experience building mobile responsive web or native mobile applications.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to convey ideas to diverse people and roles 
• Experience working with ambiguity and complexity 
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, largely autonomous environment 
• Familiarity and experience with standard design and prototyping tools, such as Figma, Miro, Sketch, and Invision.