What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Product Designer position at Mediabistro?
If you’re passionate about technology, have a knack for creative ideas, and lead with a growth mindset, we want to hear from you.
The Microsoft AI Design & Research team is a creative community of designers and researchers on a mission to create and deliver holistic customer experiences while imagining the future of web browsing. Our diverse team works collaboratively to create products and ideas that empower us to move fast to build seamless and delightful experiences for billions of customers worldwide. Join us!
We are seeking a
Principal
Product Designer
for the Edge Browser Design team. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background consumer product design at scale, a deep understanding of customers and openness and curiosity about the future of the web AI. For this role we’re looking for a leader with both strong design skills and strategic thinking; you should have superb visual and interaction design skills and be comfortable with ambiguity involved in inventing totally new experiences. You will influence teams with concepts, prototypes, and evangelize new customer experiences to create beautiful, inclusive, and accessible experiences that customers love.
While our preferred location for this position is Redmond, WA, we are open to candidates based anywhere in the United States.
Responsibilities
Drive product experience strategy, interaction design, creative direction, and craftsmanship for a v1 product
Drive cross-team collaborations among all disciplines from early product stages to implementation
Understand the behaviors, motivations, and needs of our customers to develop relevant and impactful experiences
Contribute to strategic product planning via experience roadmaps
Propose creative solutions to complex user experience journeys, drawing on your ability to map end-to-end experiences
Identify new opportunities and generate innovative ideas to improve our processes, products, and culture, influencing design direction and research methodologies
Sets, drives, and executes design’s direction for a product or set of products, influencing partners and stakeholders based on priorities that balance the customer needs and business impact
Lead design on highly visible products or set of design initiatives with notable risk and complexity
Drives cross-organization experience to impact broader organizational at scale or enable the team to scale
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelor'sDegree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 8 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 6 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
8 years experience working in product or service design
Demonstrated sense of interaction design attuned to the fundamentals of user experience, including accessibility and inclusive design
Extensive experience delivering high craft and strong Visual Design and Interaction Design skills
Excellent communication and presentation / storytelling skills, with the ability to energize teams and advocate for your ideas
Experience designing in Figma and other prototyping tools
Demonstrated experience or curiousity with AI
Able to work well in ambiguous and ever-changing environments
Resume must include a link to design portfolio and password if applicable.
Product Design IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 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 March 5, 2025.
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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and / or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https : / / careers.microsoft.com / v2 / global / en / accessibility.html) .
Salary : $137,600 - $267,000
