Product Designer II (Microsoft Teams)

at  Microsoft

Microsoft Teams is a product that serves hundreds of millions around the world and has seen unprecedented growth in the recent years. Our design team is a highly collaborative group of user researchers, product and visual designers. We value creativity, open idea sharing, and having fun while we work. Most of all, we’re motivated by our millions of users because we want to build a product they love.
We’re looking for a Product Designer II to help define and create compelling experiences that empower teams to achieve more together. In this role, you will partner with passionate people to shape the direction of meetings and large events.
You will work with other designers, product managers, and engineers to create forward-thinking designs that are scenario driven and meet business goals. At the core of this role, you will identify user-centered design patterns, establish scenarios, place designs into user context and create interactions that align to those requirements.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

REQUIRED/MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 3+ years experience working in product or service design
• OR equivalent experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3+ years of experience in interaction design, information architecture
• Ability to articulate your thinking using a variety of mediums from information diagrams, wireframe flows to detailed prototypes.
• Experience in software design.
• Proficient in Figma.
• Graphic/visual design experience.
• History of impacting shipping products with your work.
• Effective communication/presentation skills to tell your design stories to fellow designers, developers, and product management.
• Ability to multi-task on multiple features.
  Product Design IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $83,600 - CAD $159,600 per year.
  Find additional pay information here:
  https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html
  Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 29, 2024.
  Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations

• Deliver world-class interaction designs and design systems from initial concept through to shipping
• Create and manage designs for multiple feature areas.
• Help solve complex design problems in simple and intuitive ways, blending brand personality, visual, motion, and sound to create delightful experiences.
• Create and assess design solutions based on user research data and user goals.
• Produce design visualizations to help everyone understand what the best experience should be: storyboards, flows, wireframes, prototypes, and vision pieces.
• Work closely and constructively with product management, visual and interaction designers, editors, engineers and user researchers to iterate and deliver flawlessly.
• Contribute to product planning alongside a cross-functional team.
• Align with partner teams across Microsoft to achieve experiential consistency and bring unity to our features.
• Frame problems holistically, set context at the right altitude, and bring alignment across disciplines to move the product forward.
• Advocate for your design solutions by putting them in context of business and user goals.