Product Designer

Job Description

About Us

Led by some of the most innovative, experienced people in the business, FreeWheel Advertisers powers over 1,200 media buying agencies and advertisers, processing more than $50bn per year. Over 7,500 media buyers in the U.S. and Europe rely on us to effectively manage their business. Through a scalable, global platform and open architecture, we offer a flexible system to support all media types in a rapidly changing landscape. As part of FreeWheel, a Company, we power the technology, data enablement, and convergent marketplaces that allow buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, across all data types and all sales channels.

Position

Design thinking is a critical part of the product development process at FreeWheel. We design and develop B2B applications in the advertising space. As a designer, you will work with cross-functional teams in conjunction with product managers, engineers and other UX designers to develop and improve FreeWheel applications. You will join a dynamic, passionate and growing UX team; that is shaping the future vision for FreeWheel’s products.

Essential Functions

• Ground your work in observations, research and analytics to help you come up with ideas.
• Translate high-level ideas into tangible user centered requirements.
• Develop userflows, wireframes, visual designs, specifications and prototypes.
• Seek feedback. We thrive on feedback and look for our team members to actively seek feedback, thoughtfully process it and apply where necessary.
• Advocate for user-centric design practices.
• Contribute to the FreeWheel Design System.

About You

We are fundamentally looking for bright, enthusiastic problem solvers. If you are someone who loves a challenge, constantly evaluates and questions we are looking forward to meeting you. A successful candidate will have the following experience and expertise in the skills listed below:

• Strong online portfolio demonstrating examples of product thinking through navigation, user flows, interaction design and information architecture
• Fluency using tools such as Adobe XD, Invision. (optional: Sketch, Zeplin, Abstract)
• Good visual design skill set; capable of producing hi-fidelity, working within the realms of a UI toolkit
• Technical experience in web development (HTML/CSS/JS/React) and a fundamental understanding of responsive web design standards and methodologies are a plus
• Bachelor’s Degree in user interface design, HCI, interaction design, visual communication/graphic design or related field preferred.
• 4 + years of experience in designing shippable web applications
• Media / Ad-tech industry experience is a strong bonus, but we’re looking for skills and experience over knowledge
• Experience mentoring junior designers a plus