What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Designer Consultant/Expert position at FastTek Global?
Position Description
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories . Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra . We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years !
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused .
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Benefits
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Workplaces in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 , 2022 and 2023!
To view all of our open positions go to: https://www.fasttek.com/fastswitch/findwork
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fasttekglobal
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fasttekglobal
Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fasttek
You can become a fan of FastTek on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fasttekglobal/
- They are at the forefront of setting strategic design direction for our financial suite of products and championing the voice of the user throughout our organization.
- What you’ll be doing Designs lean, iterative, and development-ready solutions that can scale for the future, but understands the technology constraints of the now.
- Thinks deeply about the user experience balanced with business goals to inform their designs.
- Leads the product team (Product Owner, Project Manager, Software Engineers) through the user-centered design process with collaborative workshops for discovery and ideation.
- Applies user research insights to drive product design and strategy, and help your team understand why and how to build better experiences.
- Plans and executes user research in collaboration with internal stakeholders, and shares findings broadly across the organization.
- What you’re good at Craft beautiful and usable designs for digital products by applying your domain expertise, deep research findings, and collaborating with peers across the product organization.
- Conduct user research and experiments from planning to synthesis.
- Play an active role in advocating for a Human-Centered Design process and creating a collaborative environment.
- Engage and inspire the product organization about our customers' experiences through powerful story-telling of the human-centered design process, research insights, and customer journeys.
- Lead as a ‘player/coach' – owning UX design and mentoring less experienced designers.
- Craft beautiful and usable designs for digital products by applying your domain expertise, deep research findings, and collaborating with peers across the product organization.
- Conduct user research and experiments from planning to synthesis. Play an active role in advocating for a Human-Centered Design process and creating a collaborative environment.
- Engage and inspire the product organization about our customers' experiences through powerful story-telling of the human-centered design process, research insights, and customer journeys.
- Lead as a ‘player/coach' – owning UX design and mentoring less experienced designers.
- Demonstrable experience in UX design and research in all phases across a variety of projects and mediums. Deep expertise in Interaction & Visual Design, Information Architecture, UX Writing, and UX Research.
- Advanced knowledge of Sketch, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite, and/or other design and prototyping software.
- Visualize and test concepts at varying levels of fidelity – napkin sketches, sacrificial concepts, wireframes, interactive & functional prototypes, development-ready assets.
- Experience synthesizing research findings into actionable insights that inform strategic decisions and design solutions.
- 4 years of experience as a working across a breadth of digital media.
- 2 years of experience leading the human-centered design process with highly collaborative, multidisciplinary teams.
- Familiarity with code and closely working with development teams
- Bachelor’s degree in user experience, human-computer interaction, interaction design, service design, graphic design, or digital design-related degree.
- Master’s in user experience, human-computer interaction, interaction design, service design, graphic design, or digital design related-degree.
- Additional Bachelor's in sociology, anthropology, psychology, or related degree.
- 6 years of experience as a UX or Interaction Designer.
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories . Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra . We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years !
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused .
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Benefits
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
- Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
- Vision
- Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
- Long Term Disability (100% paid)
- Life Insurance (100% paid)
- 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Workplaces in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 , 2022 and 2023!
To view all of our open positions go to: https://www.fasttek.com/fastswitch/findwork
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fasttekglobal
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fasttekglobal
Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fasttek
You can become a fan of FastTek on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fasttekglobal/
