Senior Product Designer, Design Systems

As a Senior Product Designer at Hone, your main responsibilities will involve evolving our product design language, creating foundational elements, and maintaining design system artifacts. You will build a robust Figma library and documentation to enhance user experience across platforms while collaborating with designers, product managers, and engineers to improve UI craft and usability. Your role will also include championing design system adoption and establishing clear usage guidelines as our product and team grow.

To qualify for the Senior Product Designer role at Hone, candidates must have 6+ years of experience in consumer product design, including at least 2 years focused on design systems. A strong portfolio showcasing your design expertise, mastery of Figma, and understanding of accessibility standards and front-end frameworks are essential. Familiarity with healthcare or health tech will be an added advantage.

Essential skills for the Senior Product Designer role at Hone include mastery in Figma, strong visual design sensibility, and experience working with design tokens and theming. Proficiency in HTML and CSS is crucial, along with excellent communication skills and a collaborative spirit. Value for detail and a proactive approach to design system education will also be vital in this position.

At Hone, we believe in continuous learning and development opportunities for our Senior Product Designers. You will have access to a variety of resources, including company-sponsored activities that foster engagement. The supportive remote work environment encourages sharing knowledge and innovative ideas, ensuring you grow along with our fast-paced organization.

The compensation range for the Senior Product Designer role at Hone is between $130,000 and $190,000, depending on your location and experience. This competitive package is complemented by equity options and a comprehensive benefits offering to support your well-being and work-life balance.

When answering this question, focus on specific projects where you developed design systems from start to finish. Discuss the processes you used, the challenges you faced, and how you overcame them. Highlight your collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure the system met everyone's needs and contributed to a cohesive user experience.

Mention the frameworks you follow when incorporating accessibility into your designs, such as WCAG guidelines. Explain how you test your designs for accessibility and any tools you use to ensure all users have a seamless experience. Share examples of how you’ve implemented accessibility features in past projects.

It’s important to show that you value constructive feedback. Discuss how you actively seek input from peers and stakeholders and give examples of how feedback has improved your work. Explain your approach to integrating suggestions and making revisions while maintaining your design vision.

Choose a specific scenario that showcases your problem-solving skills. Outline the challenge and your thought process in addressing it. Explain how you communicated with your team and how the outcome impacted the overall project positively, reinforcing your ability to adapt and evolve.

Your answer should include tools like Figma for design work, analytics tools for user research, and prototyping tools for testing designs. Describe how these tools aid in your workflow and contribute to better collaboration, consistency, and efficiency in your design processes.

Discuss your approach to task management, whether using tools like Trello or Asana, or methodologies like Agile. Explain how you assess project deadlines, stakeholder needs, and the overall impact on the user experience to prioritize effectively.

Provide a clear breakdown of your design process, starting from research and brainstorming to creating wireframes and prototypes. Explain how you gather feedback at each stage before moving into final design, emphasizing collaboration and iterative design as key components.

Highlight the importance of user research and testing in creating user-centered designs. Discuss how you incorporate feedback from real users and how testing informs and validates your design decisions, ensuring the end product meets user needs effectively.

Discuss your method of understanding the brand’s core values and maintaining consistency in your designs. Use examples where you’ve successfully aligned your design work with brand messaging, ensuring that your visuals resonate with the target audience.

Focus on Hone’s mission to transform healthcare and how that aligns with your personal beliefs. Share your enthusiasm for collaborating with a passionate, mission-driven team and how you hope to contribute your skills to improve the user experience and the overall quality of life for clients.