Senior Designer

Job Description

You will be a senior designer with the Microsoft Teams design team in Bangalore. Teams is core to Microsofts vision for intelligent communications and productivity pane into modern workplace. We are fast becoming THE hub for teamwork in Office 365 with hundreds of thousands of organizations and more than 115 million users across the globe using Teams. As a senior designer your focus would be to solve for how over 100 million users search for chat, files and knowledge in Microsoft Teams. Search as a task is fundamental to productivity and this role focuses on making that a delightful experience for our users.Responsibilities
• Conceptualize and design original ideas that bring simplicity and ease of use to complex design issues. Be a conceptual thinker as well as a craftsperson. Your design work is clean, focused and inspiring to others.
• Develop deep understanding of our customers, their needs and problems. Ensure the experience vision is driven by a well-defined nucleus of user needs, tasks, marketing and business requirements.
• Communicate, document, and represent design direction to team members, senior management, and key stakeholders. Advocate for your design solutions by putting them in context of business and user goals.
• Work with Design, Research, Program Management, and Engineering teams to deliver elegant and engaging end-to-end user experiences across multiple screens and input modalities. Ship these high quality experiences, in an agile environment.
• Work with user researchers to coordinate testing efforts, interpret test results, and incorporate results into design efforts. Participate in and contribute to foundational research.
• Leverage and build upon existing design systems and guidelines. Effectively communicate with developers through implementation phase to realize design vision. Be open-minded, responsible, and organized. Follow and contribute to our design processes.
• Oversee timelines and deliverables, guide production, and communicate evolving project goals . Drive alignment and harmony with partner design teams across Microsoft.
• Contribute to broader Design team creative processes, team building, and our strong cultural values around diversity, inclusion, transparency and growth mindset. Provide guidance, oversight, mentorship and inspiration to the extended team.
• Oversee timelines and deliverables, guide production, and communicate evolving project goals . Drive alignment and harmony with partner design teams across Microsoft.
, Qualifications
• A portfolio demonstrating strong interaction + visual design and prototyping skills. Proficiency in translating research insights into intuitive product experiences. Strong command of all aspects and levels of interaction/UX design from information architecture, to systems and workflows to micro-interactions.
• A minimum of 8+ years of professional experience in product and/or interaction design.
• A proven track record of creatively solving hard problems, driving complex design issues across multidisciplinary groups such as engineering, product management, research and marketing; and shipping relevant experiences within deadlines.
• Ability to seamlessly switch between strategic and tactical altitudes of design. Experience in balancing user goals, business requirements and technical constraints to deliver delightful and meaningful product experiences.
• User-centric approach to design and an understanding of how to apply research insights into design and development of product experiences. Experience in data driven decision-making.
• Outstanding storytelling ability to generate empathy; using written and verbal communication, presentation, and organizational skills.
• Mastery in modern design and prototyping tools. (Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC) and a willingness to adopt new tools, processes and workflows. Experience working within and contributing to a structured design system.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with fellow designers and partners in Research, Product Management and Engineering. Experience in crafting a product vision and enrolling key stakeholders and leaders.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, and have a keen attention to detail. Ability to multi-task and prioritize between multiple projects.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Keyskills :
design directionsenior managementdesignsamplingproduct visionwinning others overoffice 365research