Product Designer (San Diego Only)

Company Description

Whova is a fast-growing company with a top product in our space, supporting events in 100+ countries. Our brand-name customers include US-Bank, Stanford, L’Oreal, Hilton, LEGO, Microsoft, NASA, IKEA, TEDx, and more. We are proud to be recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in San Diego ️ 5 years in a row, and also won the ⏫ Fastest Growing Private Companies award for 3 years. Recently, Whova won the Event Technology Awards’ Best Product Team Award , People’s Choice Award , and Best Event App Award.

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Role Description

This is a full-time hybrid role based in the San Diego Metropolitan Area. As a Product Designer, you will work with the product team to design the digital experience across Whova’s web and mobile products. Your role will contribute to all aspects of design: visual, user experience, product and interaction.

***Online portfolio is required to apply.

Responsibilities

• Drive design projects from ideation to execution.
• Work closely with the product and engineering managers to design new features and improve existing features across Whova’s web and mobile products.
• Successfully communicate your concepts, ranging from strategy and UX concepts to UI and individual components, to a broad range of audiences.
• Conduct user research to identify problems and validate designs.
• Present work to stakeholders and make improvements based on feedback.
• Contribute ideas to help grow and shape the design culture and improve processes within the company

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with a major in Product Design, Interaction/UX Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) or related field
• Proficiency in current design and prototyping tools (Figma, etc) and ability to learn new ones as projects require.
• Knowledge of Web, iOS, and Android design standards.
• Strong understanding of user-centered design methods.
• Creative, curious, and not afraid of asking questions.
• Ability to connect design decisions back to business objectives and user research.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Genuine passion for empathizing with and understanding our users.
• Ambitious and constantly striving for personal growth and development.

What You will Gain

• Salary: $60K-$80K per year, based on experience and skills in product design(years of software product designer experience, design system building experience, degrees relevant to product design, etc)
• ️ Health insurances, HSA, 401(K), paid sick and vacation leave
• Two company-provided lunches each week
• Working from home every Friday
• Collaborative office environment
• Fast-growing career potential
• ❤️ Fun, upbeat, and collaborative office environment