Product Designer

As a Product Designer at Figured, you'll be responsible for conducting deep user research to understand farmers' needs, crafting intuitive user journeys, creating wireframes and prototypes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement user-centered designs. Your role will be essential in advocating for the user experience and ensuring that our platform meets and surpasses expectations.

To be a successful Product Designer at Figured, we prefer candidates who demonstrate a strong understanding of user-centered design principles, excellent visual design skills, and familiarity with design tools like Sketch or Figma. Knowledge of user research techniques and the ability to work on interaction design, prototyping, and user testing are equally important in this role.

Figured places high importance on professional growth, providing a dedicated budget for courses, workshops, and conferences that align with your personal development goals. This ensures that as a Product Designer, you can continually enhance your skills and stay current with industry trends.

The work environment at Figured is dynamic and collaborative, prioritizing flexibility. Our hybrid work model allows you the option to work comfortably from home while enjoying the buzzing atmosphere at our Auckland city office. With 25 days of annual leave and fun team lunches, we create a supportive culture that emphasizes well-being.

At Figured, Product Designers commonly use tools like Sketch and Figma for design tasks, along with various prototyping and user testing tools. Familiarity with these resources is essential for creating efficient workflows and developing user-friendly designs.

When discussing your design process as a Product Designer, be sure to outline your steps, starting from user research, through ideation, prototyping, testing, and final implementation. Highlight how you integrate user feedback into each stage and collaborate with team members to ensure the end product meets user needs.

In your response, mention various methods you utilize for user research such as surveys, interviews, usability testing, and analytics reviews. Explain how these methods help you understand user behavior and preferences, and how they feed into your design decisions.

Discuss your focus on the user in every stage of the design process. Mention how you advocate for users through feedback loops, usability testing, and collaborating closely with product managers to align business goals with user needs.

Prepare to walk through a selection of your portfolio pieces that effectively communicate your design choices, processes, and learnings. Be sure to discuss the challenge, your approach, and the result, emphasizing how your work aligned with user-centered design principles.

Speak to your ability to communicate effectively with other disciplines. Share examples of how you've engaged with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to iterate on designs and ensure all team members are aligned on the vision and goals.

Discuss the design tools you are proficient in, such as Figma and Sketch, and explain why you prefer them. Highlight their features that enhance your design process—be it for collaboration, prototyping, or accessibility.

Mention how you follow industry blogs, attend workshops or webinars, and engage in design communities. Emphasize your commitment to lifelong learning and adapting your designs to incorporate new trends and technologies.

Choose a specific project where you faced obstacles, detailing the problem, your thought process, and the outcomes. Show how you remained user-focused while navigating these challenges, and what you learned from the experience.

Explain your structured approach to receiving and applying feedback. Discuss how you value constructive criticism and how you test and refine your designs based on user insights and team recommendations.

Share your enthusiasm for Figured's mission and culture. Highlight how your own values align with the company’s goals in making a meaningful impact in the agriculture industry and your excitement about contributing to innovative solutions.