What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Product Design position at Crexi?
About This Role
Product Design at Crexi is responsible for designing effective, beautiful user experiences for our products in order to realize our mission of making commercial real estate transactions easy. As the Manager of Product Design, you will lead a team of designers as well as assist in creating/mentoring the team with; intuitive design solutions for native and web products that serve all sides of the commercial real estate marketplace. This role will work hand-in-hand with product managers and engineers to build products and features from concept to launch to iterative refinement.
You’ll be leading the team as well as participating in the creation of; user flows, wireframes, pixel-perfect mockups, interactive prototypes, and know how to best use these tools to properly communicate your vision using a strong understanding of user-centered design principles. These tools will help Crexi bring solutions to the table early in the product development cycle and anticipate the areas that design can solve problems. You will also be establishing and adding to design systems that touch a variety of products. Must thrive in a highly collaborative and agile product environment and be skilled at selling and defending work while professionally responding to feedback. You should also have an understanding of user testing and research practices to augment the design process. Come be a part of a team of designers & creatives passionate about creating a collaborative and exciting environment while shipping industry-changing products
What You’ll Do
- Evaluates issues, provides design resolution and communicates to management
- Manages, mentors and coordinates design development and enhancement of new and existing products
- Ensure team meets deadlines
- Oversee team of design professionals
- Collaborate with engineering, product managers, marketing, and other departments to identify requirements, use cases, and user journeys
- Translate requirements into process flows, wireframes/mockups, interactions, and high-fidelity prototypes for use in product specifications, product reviews, and user studies
- Pair with engineering throughout the product development life-cycle to iterate on and ensure the delivery of a world-class user experience
- Develop and maintain detailed design documentation including specifications, redlines, and style guides
- Use metrics to analyze and continuously improve the user experience
- Regularly present your work to senior leaders for review and feedback
- Participate in team reviews/critiques at various stages of the product life cycle
Who You Are
- 6 years of product design experience with demonstrable proficiency in the design process
- 3 years in managing/mentoring a team of designers
- Have a portfolio featuring examples of product UI, UX and interaction design work, particularly in shipped, successful products
- Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methods for user research, including A/B testing best practices in partnership with product teams
- Practiced communication and presentation skills allowing you to communicate and defend complex design ideas clearly and persuasively to influence peers and leaders
- Experience partnering with Product and Engineering to achieve impactful outcomes in an agile product development environment
- Fluent in UX, visual and interactive design best practices along with a strong knowledge of usability principles and techniques
- Comfortable leveraging data to guide design decisions that exceed product and user outcomes
- Experience designing for web, iOS, and Android along with a basic working knowledge of HTML5, CSS3 and native mobile technologies
- Experience working with design systems Proficiency with leading design software such as Figma and experience with prototyping tools
The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in our Playa Vista, California location is $139,000 to $188,000. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will depend on several factors, which may include, but are not limited to, the type and length of experience applicable to the role and within the industry, education, geographic location, etc. Commercial Real Estate Exchange, Inc (“Crexi”) is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.
Salary : $139,000 - $188,000
