Digital Product Designer
Crema, United States

Crema’s designers are passionately curious, humbly confident, and possibility-oriented individuals eager to work with others to bring great experiences into the world. They are versatile, and able to show strong visual design chops, but also robust UX capabilities.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about beautiful and purposeful design to join our design team. This person is highly creative, and is obsessed with designing interfaces that are both aesthetically pleasing and usable. We want someone who helps create the right solutions so that we can design amp; build the best product experiences for our clients.

This position will be responsible for designing custom interfaces for multiple platforms and views; any project that is viewed on a screen will be touched by this person. And since we create web and mobile applications, that means you will have an impact on every project that comes through our doors.

While we have an office in Kansas City, we are a Work from Anywhere company so this is a remote position available to anyone based in the United States.

• Work closely with other members of the production team to create designs, concepts, layouts, interfaces and an overall creative strategy that reflects our creative expertise while meeting the client’s goals.
• Provide elegant, meaningful digital experience designs, including photos, color, typography, graphics, information flow, and layout.
• Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to development team. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, meet with stakeholders to discuss requirements, demonstrating user-centered designs and receiving feedback on draft sites.
• Work with the production team to continually review and improve the outcomes of web and mobile applications.
• At times, conceptualize and design brand assets for Crema clients in conjunction with, or separate from, application projects.
• Serve alongside all team members of Crema, attending and participating in team meetings as needed.
• Work closely with the design team to research and identify design best practices, stay current on design trends, and "think differently".
• Provide excellent customer service to all Crema stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Provide assistance on special projects, tasks, and other duties as assigned

Requirements

Knowledge

• You are familiar with common design concepts such as: user-centered design, value-centered design, double-diamond
• You understand common design principles including accessibility, color combination, imagery, typography, visual composition, hierarchy, flow, and brand.
• You understand design-related applied research methodologies
• You are familiar with and able to adjust problem-solving approaches as necessary
  
• You care about understanding the stage and nature of the client’s business to effectively design products

Skills

• You are proficient with common design tools like: Figma, Sketch, InVision, or other prototyping tools
• You work well with a product team to define questions, expectations, and scenarios to be researched, in competitive, generative, and evaluative research stages.
• You can facilitate design-related input and feedback sessions
• You can create wireframes, mockups, user flows, process flows, and site maps as necessary to communicate interaction and design ideas.
• You are willing to experiment amp; iterate quickly using a variety of tools including whiteboards (digital and physical), paper, and pixels.
• You can design well within a range of constraintsfrom unknown to very restrictive, business to technical, and stable to shifting.
  

Abilities

• You understand project goals and meaningfully synthesize them into cohesive digital experiences
• You can clearly present work as appropriate, including designing the presentation itself, preparing work for presentation, discussing the work, and thoughtfully responding to feedback
• You are open to giving and receiving feedback
• You can learn from and teach others
• You are able to communicate technical concepts clearly to a diverse range of stakeholders
• You can jump into ambiguous situations and help define a path forward
• You are eager to learn from anyone in any situation, coachable in times of growth and generous with experience
• You considerately refine questions, challenge assumptions, and seek additional input to drive clarity and trust
• You think critically about the problems, opportunities, solutions, and approaches for designing a product
• You can move between abstract and concrete concepts to improve clarity and drive decisions
• You take initiat

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