Lead Product Designer

Everything at Verkada begins with design. Every part of our product experience is carefully crafted to be simple, elegant, and powerful. As a Lead Product Designer, you will be responsible for delivering best-in-class web and mobile tools (user interface designs, interaction models, prototypes, etc.) in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You’ll work with product managers, designers, and engineers to design our software, from defining a product vision to tweaking pixels before each release.

Responsibilities

Collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and product managers in a highly agile development environment with quick ideation and prototyping; Build and foster a collaborative work environment; Run inspiring and formal brainstorming sessions with engineers, product, and other designers; Developing product strategies that deliver on customer needs and the company’s vision; Build clear, concise and intuitive UX/UI with everything from low-fidelity wireframes to pixel perfect final designs; Mentoring junior designers, providing constructive feedback and elevating their work to the highest standards; Serve as a project lead, co-owning the final product with product and engineering leads; Manage multiple projects and stakeholder relationships; Manage and maintain a project’s scope and schedule; Initiate and participate in user research as needed on key projects

Requirements

7+ years of product design or mobile product design experience; Portfolio that demonstrates polished visual and interaction design skills; Bachelor's degree in design, art, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent; A drive to solve complex problems with simple and elegant solutions; Proven experience in creative problem solving and partnering with product, engineering, and other designers to do so; Experienced in creating and integrating animated visuals and interactive design; Proficient in: Figma, Adobe Creative Suite

Benefits

Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans; Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage; Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options; Expanded mental health support; Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits; Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time; Professional development stipend; Fertility Stipend; Wellness/fitness benefits; Healthy lunches provided daily; Commuter benefits; We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role