Skylight
Government Services
Staff/PrincipalProductDesigner
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“Staff/Principal Product Designer at Skylight. Skills: Product design, User research, Interface design, Design systems. Plan and conduct research. Define end-to-end flows”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver better public services
Industry & Context.
Systems thinking
Ability to travel, Background check, US citizenship (federal contracts), Work in the U.S.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Portfolio of end-to-end product design, Plan, synthesize, and share user research, Define scalable end-to-end interaction flows, Create simple, elegant user interfaces, Contribute to product strategy decisions, Facilitation and communication skills, Experience setting design direction, Mentoring other designers, Ability to work in professional services environment, Legally authorized to work in the U.S.
Nice to Have
Experience designing services with sensitive data, Prior experience in civic tech, Experience working in a remote-team environment
What You'll Do.
Plan and conduct research
Define end-to-end flows
Create simple user interfaces
Evolve existing visual systems
Uphold human-centered design principles
Evangelize design principles value
Balance user and business needs
Promote empathy for public and government workers
Mentor other designers
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Stakeholders; Engagement partners; Subject matter experts; Product team; Engineers; Clients
Communication Scope
Client communication; Stakeholder communication
Process & Methodology
Lean-agile approach
Full Job Description
About Skylight Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services. We’re at the forefront of a civic movement to reinvent how all levels of government serve families, patients, and many others in today's digital world. If you want to play a part in driving this critical movement forward, we’d love for you to join our growing team of public interest technologists. The work we do matters. About the job At Skylight, product designers play a critical role in understanding the problem space, identifying opportunities, and developing solutions using a lean-agile approach. Product designers are the primary user advocate on their team and engage in continuous research throughout the product life cycle. Working end-to-end from concept to implementation, product designers conduct research, facilitate design activities, and ensure the product team is building the right thing. What you’ll do Plan and conduct research that informs strategic product and design direction across multiple workstreams Define end-to-end flows that incorporate well-thought-out information architecture, systems thinking, design principles, and common design patterns — including for secure, sensitive data exchanges Create simple, elegant user interfaces and evolve existing visual systems with clear rationale Uphold human-centered design principles and evangelize their value to stakeholders, engagement partners, and subject matter experts Balance user and business needs within an agile working environment, and promote empathy for the public and government workers as we improve their tools Set design standards across the engagement and mentor other designers, raising the quality bar beyond your own work What we're looking for Minimum qualifications A portfolio of end-to-end product design for complex products — from research through accessible UI — and the patterns, components, and standards that other teams adopt Able to plan, synthesiz
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