So, what’s the role?

We are looking for a creative, hands-on and versatile Product Designer to be a part of our growing design team. As a Product Designer, you'll be involved in a wide range of activities, from conducting customer research and prototyping design concepts to shipping new product features in collaboration with other designers, product managers, and engineers. You will also contribute by assisting on various customer facing marketing initiatives as needed and help maintain our design system to ensure design quality and consistency across our product development efforts.

A day in the life could include: 

• Think holistically about product design from a bird’s eye view and dive into solving problems on the interaction/pixel level with great detail
• Work cross-functionally with stakeholders in business, product, marketing and technology to understand business goals and customer needs
• Use an evidence based approach that leverages data and product analytics to inform design decisions
• Design product solutions with a focus on human centered design techniques
• Create specifications, wireframes, prototypes to communicate design vision
• Use brand guidelines and visual direction to inform and create high-fidelity mockups
• Define UI motion and micro animation guidelines
• Define and contribute to the Kin UI design system for mobile and responsive web
• Work with marketing and content partner to ensure tone and voice in the experience is consistent
• Conduct research and usability testing to validate product designs and inform design decisions
• Collaborate with marketing on customer facing advertising 

I’ve got the skills… but do I have the necessary ones?

• Bachelor's degree in HCI, graphic design, cognitive science or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience designing products for mobile and responsive web
• Experience working in a test and learn hypothesis driven product environment preferred
• Experience creating and contributing to design systems and working with other designers
• Passion for making complex business tasks easy through user-centered design
• Empathy for customers and passion for helping them solve difficult problems
• Solid communication skills, both written and verbal
• Learning mindset and willingness to absorb lots of new information and context
• Self-starter personality who’s lean and eager to take action
• Extremely collaborative work style thriving in a dynamic team environment
• Facilitation and collaboration skills aimed at aligning cross functional peers
• Experience designing and prototyping with Figma is required
• Portfolio of your work highlighting your design process and examples of product design

Oh, and don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! 

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (including 100% employer-paid plans)
• Flexible PTO policy 
• Very generous equity options and 401K
• Parental Leave
• Continuing education and professional development 
• Disability and Life Insurance 
• The excitement of joining a high-growth Insurtech company and seeing your work make an impact