We are looking for a Senior Product Designer with a human-centered mindset to join our growing, distributed team at Coforma.
Product designers at Coforma serve as the bridge between research and delivery. They work toward business goals and user needs with a bias toward scalable systems. They benefit our clients by building holistic, informed design systems while ensuring the rapid delivery of iterative designs to agile development teams. They collaborate with research, content design, product management, engineering, project management, and client business owners, showing up as creative problem solvers who can unearth elegant solutions to complex issues.
As a Senior Product Designer, you’ll join a team dedicated to improving the experiences of critical services and products for government agencies, nonprofits, and values-aligned organizations. You’ll demonstrate consistently high-level execution even when encountering ambiguity in complex, multi-stakeholder project environments. You’ll showcase a clear passion and enthusiasm for learning and sharing your expertise. You’ll demonstrate working knowledge of visual design and front-end development concepts and relationships, including the use and maintenance of design systems. You’ll be a compassionate representative for the Product Design practice area and proactively seek collaboration across practice areas and with other departments.
$147,290 to $156,560 Annual Salary + Benefits + Growth Potential
Placement within this range will be based on the competency level of the candidate. An offer will be made at one of the following tiers:
Tier 1: $147,290 — Meets minimum qualification/experience requirements. Beyond onboarding, will need additional guidance and training to perform key responsibilities of the role.
Tier 2: $156,560 — Experienced and fully-competent. Beyond onboarding, can independently perform key responsibilities of the role.
To honor our company-wide equitable pay system, the posted salary range and corresponding tier salaries are non-negotiable.
The job posting for this role is set to close by 5:00pm PDT on Monday, March 18th, 2024.
The desired start date for this role is mid-April 2024.
This is a U.S.-based remote position (open to applicants in select states listed below) and some travel will be required.
Note: to ensure we remain compliant with all state, county, and local employment and tax regulations, applicants must currently reside in one of the following states to be considered for employment with Coforma. This list will be updated periodically as our PeopleOps team works to open up hiring in additional states.
-Arizona
-California
-District of Columbia
-Florida
-Georgia
-Idaho
-Illinois
-Maine
-Maryland
-Massachusetts
-Montana
-Nevada
-New York
-North Carolina
-Oregon
-Tennessee
-Texas
-Washington
-Wisconsin
Overview
The Senior Product Designer will bring human-centered design processes and methods to our work wherever possible, sometimes serving as a project's design lead. Your passion for designing simple and effective products, informed by insights of real people and key business needs, will inspire and ground your peers. You’ll help us better understand the people we aim to serve, the needs of the organizations and agencies we work with, and the changes we can make to have a significant and lasting impact. You’ll incorporate accessibility best practices and standards into all your work, and help others do the same.
We participate in E-Verify. Upon hire, we will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
Due to the nature of our work with the federal government, this role is required to work from the contiguous United States.
We're Coforma
The stress of job searching can make you wonder if you’re enough. Studies have even shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs when they don’t meet every qualification. We believe that you ARE enough, and that it’s okay not to meet every requirement. We’re building a culture that’s authentic, inclusive, and diverse. If you’re excited to work with us but not sure you check every box, apply anyway! You may be just right for this role or another one.
About Us
We use creativity to get results for clients and the communities they serve.
We’ve honed a modern, agile, user-centered approach that elevates human needs through thoughtfully-designed systems and products.
From connecting families in crisis at the US border to improving the way governments consume COVID-19 mobility data through a more accessible and user-friendly tool, we’re dedicated to improving people’s lives through thoughtful technology products and services. Together. Our cross-functional team works closely with each other and with our government, nonprofit, and commercial partners to research, design, and build better products and services.
Coforma employs over 100 talented creators. Our leadership has decades of experience in improving government digital services from a civic service mindset, and a strong record of developing innovative technology solutions for government, enterprise, and nonprofits.
We thoughtfully integrate design into product development. We are experts in leading the design and development of products to meet business goals, build alignment, and deliver value through technically feasible and iterative design activities.
Business objectives and human beings are at the center of our work. We work very closely and collaboratively with our partners, from solicitation through to delivery, to ensure that the solution provides a high level of value to the business. Accessibility is never overlooked in our work, and our iterative approach validates the utility and delight of the final product.
Equal Opportunity & Inclusive Workplace
Coforma is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination. Background checks and other security clearances may be required for some roles as it relates to the nature of our client work.
Our team and our office aims to be an accessible and hospitable place to work. We welcome applicants, contractors, and employees who are committed to improving our culture and practices.
Subscribe to Rise newsletter