Overview
Our company's mission is to empower people and organizations to achieve more, and Microsoft 365 is at the heart of this effort. The IDEAS team is dedicated to fostering a culture informed by data and inspiring the entire Experiences + Devices group at Microsoft to make better decisions through the use of data. We see this as a tremendous opportunity to provide valuable information to the organization, improving efficiency and empowerment, and helping Microsoft deliver the best possible experiences to our customers.
We value individuals who embrace continuous learning, celebrate mistakes as opportunities for growth, and strive for constant improvement. We firmly believe that a diverse range of experiences and backgrounds, combined with an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe to share their insights in a data-driven, objective, and supportive manner, is the key to creating the best possible workplace. And the best workplace leads to the best products and services.
The IDEAS team is seeking a Senior Product Designer who can inspire, define, articulate, and deliver exceptional solutions. You will be responsible for gaining a deep understanding of your stakeholders needs and desires, then using these insights to create an experience design strategy and final deliverables. You must be able to communicate your ideas using a variety of methods, from storytelling to sketches to fully rendered designs. You will work closely with Product Management and Engineers, as well as other design teams, Copilot teams, and app partners, to meticulously bring ideas to life.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 5+ years experience working in product or service design
- OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 4+ years experience working in product or service design
- OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Portfolio demonstrating well thought through and polished end-to-end customer journeys.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Awareness of trends in mobile, communications, and collaboration.
- Ability to create highly polished design prototypes, mockups, and other communication artifacts .
- Ability to scope and estimate efforts accurately and prioritize tasks and goals independently.
- History of impacting shipping products with your work.
- Proficiency in a variety of design tools, such as Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Sketch.
- Designing user experiences for enterprise software, services, and data analytics.
- Creating and applying established design principles and interaction patterns .
- Aligning or influencing design thinking with teams working in other geographies.
Product Design IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $153,600 - $250,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until December 15, 2024.
Responsibilities
- Deliver world-class interaction designs from initial concept through finished product.
- Create and assess design solutions based on user research input, user goals, and business requirements.
- Solve complex design problems in simple and intuitive ways that blend together brand personality, visuals, motion, and sound to create delightful experiences.
- Produce design visualizations to help everyone understand what the best experience should be: storyboards, flows, wireframes, prototypes, and vision pieces.
- Work closely and constructively with product management, visual and interaction designers, editors, engineers, and user researchers to iterate and deliver flawlessly.
- Advocate for your design solutions by putting them in context of business and user goals.
- Have the ability to travel for work occasionally.
