Head of Product Design
Evive people are game-changers.
Evive was founded by two people who wanted to challenge the status quo...and did. Since 2007, that spirit has defined our culture. The work we do is redefining how people use their employee benefits, with SaaS-based services that help people to improve their lives and Fortune 1000 enterprises to optimize their benefits investments. We strive every day for the ideal of #benefitslove. Are you one of us?
We’re looking for a creative Head of Product Design. Is it you?
As the Head of Product Design, you will have the passion to solve complex business problems through design and visionary thinking, as well as, provide leadership to a small team of global product and graphic designers. You will work closely within the Product Strategy and Development teams including Product Managers, Solution Architects, Engineers, and our customer teams to create holistic and compelling experiences for our customers. You are an analytical and creative product designer who is able to grasp user needs and problem solve to make the product more user friendly and intuitive to attract and retain customers.
Here’s what a Head of Product Design does at Evive (for people who like bullet lists):
- Lead and mentor the global product design team.
- Own and drive a product design roadmap for all of our products.
- Works within Evive product design systems to develop and maintain a consistent user experience and brand across products.
- Collaborates with product designers and developers to create intuitive, user-friendly software.
- Creates user flows and wireframes to build user interface mockups and prototypes
- Understands product specifications and user psychology to conduct research, concept, testing, and gather feedback.
- Plans and conducts user research and competitor analysis, interprets data and qualitative feedback, defines the right interaction model and evaluates its success.
- Researches, evaluates, and implements new technology and UI/UX best practices to optimize user interface efficiency, reliability, usability, and scalability.
- Ability to communicate the product design ideas and prototypes to product management teams and stakeholders.
- Ability to quickly adapt to new technologies and a willingness to keep skills and industry knowledge current.
- Collaborates with developers to design, deploy, and test user interface enhancements and technical solutions that meet the needs of the company, its clients, and the end users.
- May survey users to gain insight and valuable feedback for user experience improvements.
- Adapts schedule as needed to participate in meetings with the Bangalore, India team.
- Utilizes familiarity and expertise with systems and coding languages, as well as having knowledge of programs like Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and other prototyping tools.
- Engages regularly in peer review with other creative professionals and participates in creative team meetings.
- Use data and feedback to inform better designs with the goal of continuous improvement.
- Participate in documentation development processes such as user experience specifications, testing and evaluation.
- All other duties as assigned.
You bring a lot to the table.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Design, Computer Science, Engineering or similar field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- An inspiring portfolio representing the process you follow to build insanely great experiences.
- At least 8+ years of experience in product development, UI/UX design, across desktop and mobile form factors with experience designing SaaS products.
- At least 3 years of experience managing design teams.
- Proficient in design software (Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, or other prototyping tools.
- Animation and illustration skills are a plus.
- Knowledge of HTML/CSS; JavaScript is a plus.
- Excellent communication and time-management skills, analytical mind, problem-solving aptitude, background in project management and research.
Evive takes care of its teammates. Here are our current benefits:
- Laid-back office, casual attire—jeans and a t-shirt are always okay!
- Weekly catered lunch + daily stocked kitchen with drinks, fresh fruit, and a variety of other snacks
- Competitive salaries with annual bonus pay
- Paid Time Off—both for vacation and volunteering
- Paid Sick Time
- Employer-paid medical insurance + subsidized vision, dental, and short-term disability insurance
- Voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- 401(k) with up to 2% company match
- Student loan assistance program
- Employee assistance program
- Currently 100% WFH (eventually moving to the hybrid model)
- Pre-tax commuter benefit + convenient location (right off the CTA blue line and Union Station)
- Treadmill desks: walk and work!
If you’re prepared to go big, go bold, and go beyond, you’re ready to go Evive. Apply now!