Senior Product Designer

As a Senior Product Designer at Edia, your primary responsibilities include leading the design of innovative products from inception to implementation. You'll collaborate with the CEO to craft a compelling product vision, conduct meetings with prospective clients for research, and create high-quality visuals and prototypes. You will also work closely with engineering to ensure pixel-perfect execution and iterate on key workflows to solve critical customer problems.

Candidates for the Senior Product Designer role at Edia should have at least 5 years of experience in software design, showcasing strong problem-solving skills and a thorough understanding of design principles like typography and composition. Proficiency in Figma, basic front-end development knowledge (HTML, CSS), and a proven ability to handle complex projects are also vital for success in this position.

The Senior Product Designer at Edia plays a crucial role in advancing our mission by ensuring that our products are user-friendly and impactful. By designing intuitive interfaces and workflows, you help create a seamless experience for educators and students, allowing them to focus on learning and growth – which is at the heart of what we do at Edia.

The design system is essential for the Senior Product Designer at Edia as it provides a consistent framework for creating products. As the design system evolves, you'll be responsible for maintaining and enhancing it, ensuring that all new features adhere to the established guidelines and promote a cohesive user experience across our growing product suite.

When applying for the Senior Product Designer role at Edia, candidates should curate a portfolio showcasing their best work, particularly projects that highlight their problem-solving abilities and design processes from start to finish. Remember to include a password for accessing your portfolio in your application, as this allows us to review your work effectively.

When answering this question, focus on outlining your design process in clear stages, including research, ideation, prototyping, and testing. Provide specific examples from your portfolio to illustrate how each stage contributed to a successful outcome and how you adapted to feedback.

Discuss your approach to feedback by emphasizing open communication and collaboration. Illustrate how you take constructive criticism into account to improve your designs and share examples of how you’ve successfully integrated feedback into your work.

Mention tools like Figma and their advantages in facilitating collaborative design work. Explain how these tools help streamline your process and enhance your ability to create high-quality prototypes efficiently.

Choose a specific project where you encountered obstacles, whether technical, communicative, or time-related. Explain the situation succinctly, your thought process, and the actions you took to resolve the issue while highlighting the positive outcome from your efforts.

Talk about your user-centered design approach, including user research and usability testing. Explain how involving users in the design process allows for better understanding of their needs, leading to more intuitive product designs.

Demonstrate your commitment to continuous learning by mentioning specific resources you follow, such as design blogs, webinars, or industry conferences. Share how you implement new trends and technologies into your work when appropriate.

Illustrate your experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product managers and developers. Discuss how effective collaboration leads to better outcomes and provide examples of successful projects that resulted from teamwork.

When addressing this question, convey your decision-making process by discussing user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility. Share examples of how prioritization has influenced your design work and contributed to creating effective solutions.

Describe your user research methods, such as surveys, interviews, or usability testing. Explain how the insights gained from these methods inform your design decisions and help tailor your products to user needs.

Express your passion for education and how Edia’s mission resonates with you. Discuss your enthusiasm for the opportunity to impact K-12 education through innovative design, making a meaningful difference in how students learn and interact with educational tools.