Principal Product Designer

Product management             ·             San Francisco (Hybrid)            ·          Full time

Principal Product Designer

• Hybrid
• South San Francisco, California, United States
• Deep Origin, Product management
• Full time

APPLICATION

Description

Deep Origin is a startup that is reinventing the way life scientists discover breakthroughs, with the ultimate goal of accelerating the development of drugs. To get there, we are building an operating system for science that will enable scientists to conduct unprecedented experiments quickly, easily, and cost-effectively.

We are looking for a talented full-stack designer to create amazing products for life scientists. You will work with our product and engineering teams to translate product requirements into intuitive, functional user interfaces, with an eye for simple UX and modern design.

As our first design professional, you will also own the visual expression of our brand. This will include working with our marketing and sales teams to design our brand, website, sales collateral, conference presentations, and design system.

Location

Deep Origin is located in South San Francisco, CA. This position will work onsite in our office at least 3 days per week, with flexibility to work remotely the rest of the week.

Requirements

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative products.
• Collaborate with marketing and sales to communicate our products to potential users.
• Execute all visual design stages from concept to live product.
• Conduct user research to gather insights into user goals, behaviors, and attitudes.
• Design interfaces that bring simplicity and user-friendliness to complex products.
• Develop a design system for our brand.
• Create site maps, user flows, process flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to effectively communicate ideas.
• Present and defend designs to peers and stakeholders.
• Work with developers to ensure the technical feasibility of designs.
• Establish and promote design standards and best practices.
• Keep abreast of the latest design trends, techniques, and technologies.

Qualifications:

• 8 or more years of professional experience designing digital products and marketing collateral.
• Strong portfolio with a clean, modern style.
• Experience working with product management and engineering teams to translate ideas into world-class products.
• Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction.
• Proficiency in Figma or other tools for rapid design and prototyping.
• Ability to build and enforce strong design processes.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently, as well as in a collaborative team environment.

Nice to haves:

• Experience designing complex products for technical users, such as scientists.
• Experience working cross-functionally as a design generalist with marketing and sales, such as on company websites and conference presentations.
• Experience working in startups, such as a founding designer.

Benefits

This position offers competitive salary, benefits, and equity.

Please click here to apply.