Introduction

Summary

Areas of Focus

• Visual design of interaction and interface concepts and prototypes
• User testing and validation
• Visual design of high fidelity, engineering-ready designs

Accountabilities

• Participate in the discovery process to understand the problem, users and their objectives, customer and their objectives
• Ideate with the Product Owner and Project Architect to identify possible solutions
• Create artifacts (questions, visual concepts and prototypes) to aid in user testing and customer validation
• Iterate on ideas to arrive at a solution (interaction and visual design) with team and customer buy-in
• Create high fidelity designs and design guidance for the engineering team to implement the interactions and interface
• Support the engineering team as needed through implementation
• Advocate and design for accessibility
• Follow Agile methodologies
• Estimate effort to complete planned design work
• Support the development and improvement of design processes and best practices
• Participate in our design community and help grow our design expertise
• Be a supportive team member and leader
• Be candid and respectful
• Maintain a growth mindset

Evaluation

• Have you been an active participant in and valuable contributor to the discovery and planning process with clients and the engineering teams?
• Have your design efforts met the needs of the project timelines?
• Have you communicated proactively with the team and client, including as any changes in timeline or direction arose?
• Have you taken responsibility for any mistakes that you may have made and worked with the team to resolve them?
• Have your contributions built trust with your teammates and clients?
• Are you continually working on ways to improve your skill set as a designer?
• Do you treat others with respect and lead by example?

Job Requirements

• Servant-leadership approach to team members and clients
• Proven (3+ years) experience leading the product design process
• Strong proficiency designing with collaborative tools (e.g. Figma)
• Deep experience creating visual concepts and testing them with users
• Deep experience creating engineering-ready visual designs for web and mobile
• Experience with agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, Lean UX)

• Proven effectiveness engaging with remote, distributed teams
• Experience designing themes and editorial workflows for WordPress
• Experience working with major technology companies and publishers
• Experience collaborating on projects in Github and Atlassian’s Jira
• Interest in participating in and passion for giving back to the WordPress community

• Highly organized, motivated, and execution-oriented
• Self-starter comfortable working in a highly technical environment
• Demonstrated ability for continuous learning, creativity, and problem solving
• A bias for clarity and alignment, proactively reaching out to teammates and/or clients to address uncertainties and realign as needed.
• Ability to work effectively and dependably in a remote position

Payscale

Work Environment

• Trust and support from your colleagues (we look out for each other as we work towards a shared purpose)
• The rewards of a highly collaborative culture (we’re a team, not a working group)
• The joys of remote work: schedule flexibility, skip the commute, more time for family and interests outside of work
• The chance to play an important part in helping XWP achieve its full potential and make a meaningful difference for our clients, team members and the WordPress community