Senior Product Designer

at  Karbon

ABOUT KARBON

Karbon is the global leader in practice management software for growth-minded accounting firms. We provide an award-winning, highly collaborative cloud platform that streamlines work and communication, enabling the average accounting firm using Karbon to save 16 hours per week, per employee.
We have customers in 34 countries and have grown into a globally distributed team, with our people based throughout the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Philippines. We are well-funded, ranked #1 on G2, have a fantastic team culture built on our values, are growing rapidly, and making a global impact.
Karbon is looking for an experienced Product Designer to join our top-quality Product Design team to help invent the future of the Karbon product. We are about to tackle some really big things and need experienced end-to-end Product Designers with the full suite of UX, UI, and visual design skills to make it happen — if this sounds like you, let’s talk.

WHY WORK AT KARBON?

• Gain global experience across the USA, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Canada and the Philippines
• 4 weeks annual leave plus 5 extra “Karbon Days” off a year
• Flexible working environment
• Work with (and learn from) an experienced, high-performing team
• Be part of a fast-growing company that firmly believes in promoting high performers from within
• A collaborative, team-oriented culture that embraces diversity, invests in development, and provides consistent feedback
• Generous parental leave
  Karbon embraces diversity and inclusion, aligning with our values as a business. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single criteria. If you’ve made it this far in the job description but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align, we do encourage you to still apply. You could still be the right person for the role!
  When we look for talent to join our team, we want unique, creative, and amazing people that align with values, and help us build a world-class product and company.
  We recruit and reward people based on capability and performance. We don’t discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, physical or cognitive ability, and other diversity dimensions that may hinder inclusion in the organization.
  Generally, if you are a good person, we want to talk to you.
  If there are any adjustments or accommodations that we can make to assist you during the recruitment process, and your journey at Karbon, contact us at people.support@karbonhq.com for a confidential discussion.

This is a senior role that will work closely with the Design, Product Management, and Engineering teams to research, understand user needs and explore design solutions to push the Karbon product to be the global leader in practice management.
You’ll drive projects big and small, assess problems, take ownership, find solutions, and see things through to delivery with autonomy. You’ll communicate clearly with your colleagues and lend a helping hand when needed.This is an office-based role at our new office on Pitt Street.

Some of your main responsibilities will include:

• Design leadership — working alongside Product Managers and Tech Leads to deliver successful solutions
• Applying your design expertise and experience to all aspects of the product design process
• Providing design solutions that solve customer and business needs while maintaining a high-quality, premium customer experience across the product
• Developing user stories, prototypes, design mockups, and detailed specs to communicate the design solution to the team
• Providing constructive, detailed feedback to your sprint team
• Being a thoughtful and passionate voice for design
• Mentoring less experienced colleagues
• Being the guardian of the brand experience in product — simplicity, usability, and quality should always be a part of your decision-making process
• Discussing and debating design concepts robustly to find the best possible solutions
• Constantly thinking about new ways to improve the efficiency of your design process while maintaining high design standards