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We are Optimum, a leader in the fast-paced world of connectivity, and we're on the hunt for enthusiastic professionals to join our team! We understand that connectivity isn't just a luxury anymore - it's a necessity that empowers lives, fuels businesses, and drives innovation. A career at Optimum means you'll be enabling progress and enhancing lives by providing reliable, high-speed connectivity solutions that keep the world connected. We owe our success to our amazing product, commitment to our people and the connections we make in every community.
If you are resourceful, collaborative, team-oriented and passionate about delivering consistent excellence, Optimum is the Company for you!
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Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Product Designer who loves to live in the details and specializes in creating, maintaining, and evolving Design Systems for digital products. Reporting to the Director, Product Design, the Product Designer is responsible for defining the design system architecture, insuring/instilling best practices to maximize the extensibility of components while ensuring the latest accessibility practices are inherent in every experience we ship to consumers, internal agents, and front-line workers. This role collaborates closely with the Director of Product Design, Brand, UX Research, other product designers, and our Engineering partners to evolve our Design System libraries and maximize the product development benefits.
Responsibilities
- Define and evangelize standards, practices, and the benefits of Design Systems
- Create, own and maintain the architecture for our Design Systems
- Integrate existing libraries into new Design System architecture
- Work with other designers to review their components and to guide them to the best practices
- Stay current on Accessibility guidelines and trends and ensure compliance in our styles and components
- Collaborate with UX Research to ensure usability and accessibility for styles, components, patterns, and interactions
- Collaborate with Engineering partners to maximize product development benefits of Design Systems
- Coordinate with Brand to keep our Design Systems in sync with brand evolution
- Constantly be evolving the design systems and enabling Product Development
Qualifications
- 5-8 years Product Design Experience
- 3+ years with specialized focus on UX/UI development
- Expert in color theory, typography, iconography
- Versed in mobile and desktop interaction patterns
- Mastery of Figma Design System tools
- A strong portfolio demonstrating past work
- A scrutinizing eye for design
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Proactive and self-motivated
- Accurate time estimation and timely delivery
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience
- Experience designing and prototyping micro animations is a plus
At Optimum, we're fueled by our four core pillars: Taking Ownership, Upholding Transparency, Creating Community, and Demonstrating Expertise. Our commitment to empowering employees to take responsibility and embrace proactive problem-solving underpins Taking Ownership. Upholding Transparency is at the core of our culture, with open and honest communication fostering trust among our dedicated team and loyal customers. Creating Community is more than a goal; it's our daily commitment to fostering an environment of collaboration, innovation, and positivity. Demonstrating expertise is a promise we uphold through continuous learning and engagement with our customers to consistently deliver top-quality products and services. These pillars not only shape our culture but define Optimum as a place of excellence, trustworthiness, and thriving community, and we invite you to be a part of our journey.
If you have the drive to succeed and are ready to embark on a thrilling career, seize this opportunity today, and join our winning team, so together, we'll shape the future of connectivity.
All job descriptions and required skills, qualifications and responsibilities for a particular position are subject to modification by the Company from time to time, in the Company's discretion based on business necessity.
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This position is identified as being performed in/or reporting to company operations in New York State. Salary ranges are supplied in compliance with New York State law. Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in the posted location is $133,661.00 - $219,586.00 / year. The rate/range provided herein is the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and does not reflect future job opportunity.
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Nearest Secondary Market: New York CIty
