Product Designer (Contract)

POSITION: Product Designer - (Contract/Part-time)
REPORTS TO: Sr. Product Manager
LOCATION: Remote
THE COMPANY: BIRDY GREY (www.birdygrey.com)
Birdy Grey is a direct-to-consumer brand whose mission is to celebrate and elevate friendships during one of the most important milestones in a person's life: THE WEDDING.
Founded in 2017 by best friends Grace Lee (CEO & Founder) and Monica Ashauer (COO & Co-Founder), Birdy Grey offers affordable bridesmaid dresses under $100, and fun gifts and accessories for everyone in the bridal party. Brides and bridesmaids alike count on Birdy Grey for their most important day-so much so that we've dressed over half a million bridesmaids (and counting) in less than 5 years.
THE OPPORTUNITY: Product Designer (Contract)
Birdy Grey is looking for an awesome Product Designer (Contract) to join our team. The Product Designer will be responsible for creating end-to-end customer experiences. and communicating concepts, implementing strategies, and developing interactive customer flows and experiences. We are looking for a designer to help us with a refresh of our product detail page (PDP). Birdy Grey's PDPs provides our users with detailed information about our products and are a crucial part of our site, helping users decide whether or not they want to purchase an item. Our goal is to enhance the customer experience of these pages in order to intuitively provide customers with the information they need to make a purchase with confidence.
SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with product manager, engineers, visual designers, and business stakeholders to shape product design vision and strategy
• Manage the end-to-end design process from discovery and concept ideation and cCreate frameworks, conceptual diagrams, user flows, wireframes, detailed visual mockups, and prototypes to communicate high-level design strategies.
• Plan and execute qualitative and quantitative user research.
• Analyze customer behaviors, identify opportunities to solve problems, and create cohesive, best-in-class experiences to our most challenging and high impact areas.
• Build and test prototypes with users and stakeholders.
• Responsibly and effectively advocate for the customer; fostering a shared understanding of the customer-centric intersection between design, technology and business.
• Deliver high quality creative products while insisting on high standards and attention to detail.
• Present to executive-level leadership and support your design rationale using quantitative data and site metrics, customer feedback, and usability findings.
• Analyze research findings and provide insights to stakeholders, delivering user-centered insights for strategic experience design decision-making.
• Identify and execute unmet research opportunities that can add insights and value.

THE RIGHT CANDIDATE: QUALIFICATIONS & PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree Required
EXPERIENCE / REQUIREMENTS:

• 3+ years professional experience as a UX designer, interaction designer, or product designer or related, preferably in the e-commerce industry.
• 3+ years of experience running results focused research projects that drove enhancements to customer experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Design, or a related field, or commensurate industry experience.
• Portfolio of work demonstrating ability to create customer experiences across a range of touch-points as well as proficiency in UI and interaction design.
• Proficiency in high fidelity prototyping software such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe Creative Suite.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders in all levels of the client organization and internal team.
• Excellent time-management and organizational skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple milestones and projects efficiently

NICE TO HAVES:

• Start-up experience
• Interest in bridal and fashion

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Birdy Grey is #305 on Inc5000's List of Fastest Growing US Companies 2022
• Be part of a company innovating the $75B+ US wedding market (IBISWorld, 2019)
• Birdy Grey is making waves on BuzzFeed, The Knot, Brides, People, Allure, PopSugar, Bustle and more
• Named #5 on LA's 50 Hottest Startups in 2020 by Pitchbook & Dot.LA
• Customers can participate in Birdy Grey's giveback program with The Princess Project, a non-profit that provides prom dresses and accessories to teens in need

Birdy Grey is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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