Principal Product Designer

Description:

What You'll Do

• Advocate for the user - Understand the needs of the users, learn what's possible and challenge the impossible.
• Collaborate - Simplify concepts into exciting and engaging experiences collaborating with your peers, partners, and stakeholders.
• Lead - You will be a leader in design through best practices, attention to detail, and sometimes non-traditional thinking to ensure the impact of the work. You will help drive forward the overall design strategy and foster the design culture at 23andMe.
• Execute - Work closely with the Design Director to develop and execute interactive systems, including but not limited to; accessibility, information architecture, user interface, animation, and end-to-end product lifecycle.
• Communicate - Articulate recommendations and decisions through designs sketches, wireframes, high-fidelity comps, interactive prototypes, and specifications that improve the user experience, supporting design systems, various platforms and overall creative process.
• Craft - Contribute to the design team's culture through never-ending curiosity, refinement, and excitement of our craft creatively transforming problems into additive solutions.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of work experience in design with a proven ability to recognize and stay ahead of design trends.
• A strong portfolio that demonstrates compelling interactive design work, showcasing a perspective on the creative process and aesthetic.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams delivering high-quality work while advocating for design, brand, research, and user experience continuity.
• Proficiencies in one or more of the following software applications: Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Figma, Principle, Unity, Xcode, and Cinema 4D.
• Ability to pivot through creative problem-solving.
• Genuine passion for health, science, and education.
• Bachelor's Degree in HCI, Graphic Design, Media Arts or similar.
• Experience working on other platforms like TV, Wearables, Hardware etc.
• Prototyping or animation experience.