Product Designer

A Product Designer at FanDuel is responsible for creating user-centered designs that drive customer engagement across our gaming platforms. This role involves leading design projects, collaborating with stakeholders, and developing innovative solutions to enhance the user experience. You’ll also conduct user research, prototype designs, and ensure that your work aligns with both user needs and business goals.

To excel as a Product Designer at FanDuel, candidates should have a strong portfolio demonstrating key contributions to multiple projects, alongside a solid understanding of UI principles, user research methodologies, and design systems. Experience in both customer-facing and internal application design, along with excellent communication and collaboration skills, are essential for working effectively with cross-functional teams.

At FanDuel, we believe in fostering the growth of our Product Designers by providing ongoing coaching in technical and behavioral skills. Team members also play a key role in mentoring less experienced colleagues, allowing for knowledge sharing and skill development. We encourage our designers to stay current with industry best practices, and we offer resources for continuing education and career advancement.

The team environment for Product Designers at FanDuel is collaborative and supportive. You’ll have the opportunity to lead projects and facilitate team meetings while working closely with peers in product and engineering. We prioritize effective communication, team dynamics, and inclusivity, ensuring that every team member’s voice is heard and respected.

FanDuel offers comprehensive benefits packages to its Product Designers, including a variety of health plans, generous paid time off, fitness benefits, and a 401(k) matching program. Additionally, we provide mental health and wellness support, pet insurance, and opportunities for long-term incentives based on performance. Our aim is to create a rewarding and balanced work environment.

When answering this question, focus on highlighting your ability to understand user needs and articulate how you gather insights, sketch ideas, create prototypes, and test solutions. Share specific examples from past projects to illustrate your process, ensuring you mention collaboration with stakeholders and iteration based on user feedback.

It’s important to show that you value feedback. Discuss your approach to gathering feedback from both users and team members, how you assess and incorporate their suggestions, and how this process leads to improved designs. Include an example of a time you successfully adapted your designs based on feedback.

Emphasize your method for prioritizing design features based on user needs, stakeholder feedback, and project goals. Discuss tools or frameworks you use to balance multiple priorities and focus on delivering the most impactful solutions first.

Illustrate your experience with user research methodologies and how you incorporate user insights into your design work. Give examples of specific research techniques you’ve employed, such as usability testing or surveys, and explain how the findings shaped your design decisions.

Choose a relevant example that showcases your problem-solving skills. Describe the challenge, your approach to finding a solution, and the outcome. Highlight your critical thinking and resilience in navigating obstacles while working collaboratively with your team.

Talk about your strategies for making usability a priority in your designs. Include methods such as user testing, iterating on feedback, and adhering to established design principles to create intuitive user experiences.

Highlight the importance of empathy in understanding user perspectives. Demonstrate how you incorporate empathy throughout the design process, from user research to prototyping, ensuring that the design solutions meet actual user needs and improve their experience.

Discuss your experience with design systems, including how you advocate for their use and incorporate them into your design processes. Mention specific design systems you’ve worked with and the benefits they bring to maintain consistency and scalability.

Provide a comprehensive list of design tools you are proficient with, such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe Creative Suite. Explain how these tools aid you in visualizing concepts, prototyping, and maintaining effective collaboration with your team.

Share your strategies for staying current, such as following industry leaders, participating in design communities, attending workshops, or enrolling in online courses. Show that you’re proactive about continuous learning and how it enriches your design work.