Product Designer

As a Product Designer at Prelude, you'll be responsible for owning end-to-end product design for our Dashboard and customer-facing interfaces. You will collaborate across engineering, product, and customer teams, transforming user feedback and requests into actionable design proposals. Engaging directly with customers, you’ll conduct interviews to gather insights, ensuring your designs truly resonate with user needs. Your role will also include developing our design system to scale with our products while actively improving the overall user experience.

To qualify for the Product Designer position at Prelude, you should have at least 3 years of experience designing web apps or SaaS products. Proficiency in design tools like Figma is essential, along with a strong understanding of UX and visual design principles. We’re looking for someone with a builder mindset, who embraces collaboration and is comfortable with ambiguity. Strong communication skills in English are a must, and knowledge of French is a plus.

The work environment for a Product Designer at Prelude is dynamic and highly collaborative. Located in Paris, we encourage in-person teamwork with a hybrid model of 3 days in-office and 2 remote. Our team thrives on camaraderie, tight feedback loops, and fast-paced ideation. You will be part of a close-knit team that is dedicated to improving customer experiences through innovative design solutions.

At Prelude, we primarily use Figma for our design processes, allowing our designers to transition smoothly from low-fidelity sketches to pixel-perfect creations. We embrace agile methodologies, facilitating design sprints and rapid user testing to iterate on designs quickly. Familiarity with prototyping tools like Framer and a solid understanding of responsive design and accessibility are definitely beneficial.

As a Product Designer at Prelude, you will work on a variety of exciting projects aimed at enhancing user authentication flows. Your work will include designing the Prelude Dashboard and other customer interactions, developing and evolving our design system, and integrating customer feedback into your designs. Your role will contribute to shaping the future of user verification solutions and improving the overall user experience across our platform.

When discussing your design process in an interview for the Product Designer role, start by outlining how you gather requirements and insights. Highlight your approach to ideation, prototyping, and testing. Discuss how you collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensuring that you incorporate feedback from both teammates and customers. Conclude with examples of how you've iteratively refined designs based on user testing results.

In your response, emphasize the importance of constructive criticism. Explain how you view feedback as an opportunity for growth and improvement. You might share a specific instance where you revised a design based on team input and how that ultimately led to a better user experience. Mention your willingness to advocate for user needs while also being open to others' insights.

Here, share specific examples of collaborations with teams outside of design, such as product management, engineering, or marketing. Highlight how you facilitated communication, managed project timelines, and ensured that everyone's perspectives were integrated into the design process. Mention tools or methodologies you used to promote effective collaboration.

When asked this question, choose a project that showcases your strengths and the impact of your work. Describe the problem you were solving, your design process from initial research to final implementation, and the collaboration involved. Be sure to mention how this project improved user experience or achieved specific business goals.

Discuss your approach to prioritizing user needs by stating the importance of user research and feedback loops. Talk about how you identify pain points and needs through interviews or surveys, and how this data informs your design choices. Illustrate your answer with examples where prioritizing user needs led to successful outcomes in your projects.

Explain that you always start by understanding the company's mission and objectives. Discuss how you align your design strategies with these goals, demonstrating an awareness of how user experience impacts overall business performance. Share a specific experience where your design contributed to achieving a business target.

Usability testing is crucial in validating design decisions. Talk about how you incorporate testing, whether through A/B testing, user interviews, or usability sessions into your workflow. Provide an example of how insights from usability tests led to significant design adjustments that enhanced the user experience.

Highlight your familiarity with design systems, mentioning the role they play in maintaining consistency and scalability across products. Discuss any experience you have had in developing or contributing to a design system, including how you ensured team adherence to it and provided documentation for its use.

Share your strategies for staying current with design trends, such as following industry leaders, participating in design communities, or attending conferences. Mention any books, podcasts, or courses that you find particularly inspiring or useful. This demonstrates both your passion for design and your commitment to professional development.

Express how you manage time and prioritize tasks under pressure. Discuss techniques you use to stay focused and efficient, such as breaking projects into smaller tasks, using project management tools, or leveraging team resources. Provide an example of a successful project you delivered within a short timeframe, emphasizing your adaptability and problem-solving skills.