*Senior Product Designer* -W2 role
Posted Today by Kellton
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote
Summary: Kellton Tech is seeking a Senior Product Designer for a long-term remote contract role. The position involves collaborating with engineers and stakeholders to create user-centered product solutions, utilizing design thinking and research methodologies. The ideal candidate will have experience in complex data systems and a strong understanding of design execution and delivery. This role emphasizes user advocacy, collaboration, and the application of design systems in product development.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct product discovery and design strategy through design thinking and user research.
- Facilitate workshops and co-creation sessions to align teams and uncover opportunities.
- Translate user and operational data into actionable insights.
- Work closely with product and engineering teams to create detailed, production-ready designs.
- Apply and contribute to design systems ensuring visual and functional consistency.
- Conduct usability tests and accessibility audits to validate design decisions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and participate in design operations.
Key Skills:
- Experience in product design for complex, content-rich websites and applications.
- Proficiency in design thinking and human-centered methodologies.
- Strong skills in information design, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI design.
- Experience with generative and evaluative research methods.
- Understanding of design systems, responsive design, and accessibility standards.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
- Curiosity and adaptability to new tools and trends, including generative AI.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Kellton Tech is a full-service software development company, offering end-to-end IT solutions, strategic technology consulting and product development services in Web, SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud), ERP-BPM, and IoT space Our methodology of inventing infinite possibilities with technology helps us develop best in-class and cost effective solutions for our clients.
Currently Kellton Tech is looking for talented resources for one of our listed client. Below are the position details
Role: Senior Product Designer
Location: 100% Remote
Mode: long term contract
Profile: (Creative team integrated deeper into the tech teams and titles were redefined)
- Experience understanding and digesting complex data systems
- Experience mapping this complexity
- Experience collaborating closely with engineers - and working with a user group that is not as experienced working with designers, so great "teaching" and "consultative" abilities.
In this role, your responsibilities include:
Product Discovery and Design Strategy
Design Thinking. Apply design thinking within complex education ecosystems to deeply understand user needs, reframe complex problems, and drive the creation of intuitive, scalable, and human-centered product solutions.
Research. Constantly conduct and synthesize generative, formative, and evaluative research, using methods such as user interviews, usability testing, and surveys.
Design with Users. Facilitate workshops and co-creation sessions to align teams and uncover opportunities.
Data into Insights. Turn user, behavioral, and operational data into actionable insights.
Prioritization. Influence prioritization and roadmapping efforts by connecting user needs with business goals and mission.
User Advocacy. Champion human-centered and inclusive design principles.
Storytelling. Use strategic storytelling to communicate vision, value, and direction.
Design Execution and Delivery
Product Design. Work closely with product and engineering teams to translate concepts into detailed, production-ready designs, creating artifacts such as user flows, sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI design.
Design Systems. Apply and contribute to design systems, ensuring visual and functional consistency
Plain Language. Write and test content using plain language for clarity and accessibility
Testing. Conduct usability tests and A/B tests to validate design decisions.
Accessibility. Perform accessibility audits to meet inclusive design standards.
Responsive Design. Design for responsive, mobile-first experiences, and mobile apps.
Artificial Intelligence. Experiment with generative AI tools to support ideation and prototyping.
Tools. Use tools like Figma (preferred), Miro, and Dovetail to design, document, and test work.
Collaboration and Communication
Collaborate. Rapidly iterate through daily partnership with product managers, engineers, researchers, leadership, and other stakeholders throughout the design and development process.
Ceremonies. Participate in standups, sprint planning, design reviews and QA cycles.
Specifications. Translate design decisions into clear specifications for implementation.
Presenting. Present ideas, research findings, and designs with confidence and clarity.
Design Operations. Contribute to organization-wide design efforts, including shared tools, systems, and templates.
About You
A product design mindset and experience designing for complex, content-rich websites and applications, including strong skills in creating and communicating design artifacts, such as user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs.
Proficiency in design thinking and human-centered methodologies, with the ability to reframe challenges and translate insights into actionable design direction.
Strong skills in information design, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI design, with fluency in tools like Figma (preferred), Miro, and Dovetail.
Experience applying generative and evaluative research methods, along with facilitation skills to lead workshops and co-creation sessions.
A strong understanding of design systems, responsive design, and accessibility standards, including designing for web and native mobile platforms.
Comfortable discussing technical constraints and collaborating with engineers to ensure design feasibility (experience with front-end technologies is a plus).
A commitment to inclusive, ethical, and user-centered design, with the ability to write and test content using plain language principles.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a user advocacy mindset and the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
Curiosity and adaptability you re self-motivated, continuously learning, and excited by emerging tools and trends, including generative AI.
Self-managing, but also used to working within a team
Highly adaptable to new information, situations, or challenges and can work independently.
Apply: Interested candidates can apply with their detailed word formatted resume along with their contact information\availability to raj (dot) sekhar (at) kellton (dot) com Phone 703-5 9 2 .9.5.1.7
Thanks for all your time!