Product Designer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote, Hybrid (Falls Church, VA; Boulder, CO; Durham, NC)
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

As a Product Designer at Viget, you’ll help our clients concept, design, and launch complex digital experiences and compelling products. Your work will include all aspects of the design process including research, explorations, prototyping, and visual design. Our Product Designers work alongside industry-leading researchers, product managers, and developers. In between projects, we share our opinions and write about our methods.

Requirements

• Experience: 2+ years of professional experience designing digital products.
• Portfolio: An online portfolio or other example work to share.
• Tools: Proficiency in Figma.
• Knowledge:
  • Understanding of accessibility and its impact on product usability.
  • Familiarity with modern development approaches (web applications, client-side applications, and native mobile applications).
  • Knowledgeable about user research methods and data-driven design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design high-quality digital products and experiences.
• Use creative user research methods and available data to inform design decisions and evaluate the effectiveness of those designs.
• Design high-quality, thoughtful interfaces that balance function, aesthetics, and usability.
• Communicate recommendations to clients and teammates and build alignment on product strategy, design, functionality, and usability.
• Work with agile development teams on software applications and help clients focus on realistic deliverables.
• Meet deadlines and be considerate of clients’ project budgets and timelines.
• Listen, communicate, and collaborate exceptionally well.
• Participate in project planning meetings and workshops.
• Facilitate client workshops to evaluate product concepts.
• Create screen designs and flows for new features.
• Evaluate the usability of proposed features by testing prototypes with users.

Company Information

Viget is an independent digital agency that has been branding, designing, and building digital products and platforms since 1999. Our culture is ideal for lifelong learners seeking a variety of meaningful work, supportive collaboration with positive teammates, and a healthy work/life balance. We work from Falls Church, VA; Boulder, CO; Durham, NC; and remote locations throughout the U.S., and utilize a proven cadence of virtual and in-person meetings and retreats to build camaraderie and stay connected. We love our team.

Core Values

• Integrity
• Work Ethic
• Collaboration
• Creativity
• Lifelong Learning

Additional Information

• Viget emphasizes mentorship and knowledge sharing.
• Team members are expected to embody these characteristics: integrity, work ethic, collaboration, creativity, and lifelong learning.