Senior Product Designer - Driver Compliance
Summary
Geotab is hiring a Senior Product Designer for its Driver Compliance area to drive design initiatives across cross-functional teams, conduct user research and testing, mentor junior designers, and champion its design system. Day-to-day work centers on user-centered product design for fleet telematics web applications using tools like Figma and Sketch.
Who we are:
Who you are:
We are always looking for amazing talent who can contribute to our growth and deliver results! Geotab is seeking a Senior Product Designer who will contribute to the product design vision, collaborate with the design team, and mentor junior designers. If you love technology, and are keen to join an industry leader — we would love to hear from you!
What you'll do:
As a Senior Product Designer, your key area of responsibility will be driving design initiatives in cross-functional teams, promoting cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring the seamless integration of design solutions throughout the product development lifecycle. You will need to work closely with cross-functional teams, developers, product managers, senior leadership, and stakeholders. To be successful in this role you will be a strong team player with an entrepreneurial mindset, excellent communication skills, and strong interpersonal relationship-building skills. In addition, the successful candidate will have deep knowledge of product design, proficiency in UI design tools like Figma or Sketch, and the ability to lead all aspects of the user-centered design process.
How you'll make an impact:
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Responsible for driving design initiatives in cross-functional teams, promoting cross-functional collaboration and ensuring the seamless integration of design solutions throughout the product development lifecycle.
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Take a proactive role in identifying opportunities to enhance design capabilities and effectiveness, initiating improvements in design methodologies, tools, and workflows to optimize efficiency and deliver exceptional user experiences.
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Conduct research, user testing, and analysis to gain deep insights into user behaviors, preferences, and pain points, guiding the development of user-centered design solutions.
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Take responsibility for knowledge sharing within the design team, mentoring and supporting junior designers to foster their professional growth and excellence.
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Advise manager on user-centric design principles and best practices, ensuring that design solutions align with user needs and industry standards.
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Gather requirements and align design efforts with business objectives, actively seeking opportunities to improve the overall product experience.
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Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and design best practices, continuously evolving design skills and knowledge.
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Advise on design concepts and communicate ideas effectively to stakeholders, presenting design solutions and justifying design decisions based on user research and data.
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Work independently with developers and product managers to ensure the successful implementation of design solutions, providing guidance and support throughout the development process.
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Champion the adoption and evolution of a design system, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive its implementation and maintenance by establishing and encouraging the adoption of design system guidelines.
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Lead efforts within a cross-functional team to advocate and contribute to our design system, ensuring consistency and scalability across products and platforms.
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Mentor earlier stage designers across the design team; leveling up the team, helping to improve best practices, processes and tooling.
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Help build a high-functioning design team and culture; contributing to hiring processes, providing thoughtful feedback in design critiques, identifying internal and external opportunities to level up design at Geotab.
What you'll bring to the role:
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5-8 years of relevant industry experience.
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Deep knowledge of product design, including common interaction patterns used and associated trade-offs, and best practices for responsive web applications.
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Proficiency in UI design and using tools like Figma, Sketch, InVision, Principle, etc.
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Ability to lead all aspects of the user-centered design process from conception to completion and develop high-level design strategy and vision.
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Relevant Bachelor’s Diploma/Degree or relevant industry experience (Degree specialization in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical or Electronics Engineering or any other related field).
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas, goals, and problems to diverse stakeholders.
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Highly organized, entrepreneurial mindset, strong team player comfortable in a flat organization, and able to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
Why job seekers choose Geotab:
Flex working arrangements
Home office reimbursement program
Baby bonus & parental leave top up program
Online learning and networking opportunities
Electric vehicle purchase incentive program
Competitive medical and dental benefits
Retirement savings program
*The above are offered to full-time permanent employees only
How we work:
The annual base salary for this position is the expected annual salary for this role, and may be subject to change. Geotab offers various perks and benefits and other compensation components that an individual may be eligible for. The actual base salary for this position depends on a variety of factors such as but not limited to skills, qualifications, education and overall experience, including the location the applicant lives while performing the job. This also includes equity with other team members and alignment with local market data. All offers of employment are contingent upon proof of eligibility to work and the individual's ability to pass a background check.
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