Senior Product Designer

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Product Designer to shape innovative smart security products. This role combines creativity and technology, focusing on user-centered design principles to create seamless experiences across digital and physical interfaces. Join a dynamic team that values diverse perspectives and fosters personal growth, all while making a positive impact on people's lives through cutting-edge solutions. If you are passionate about design and eager to work on IoT products, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Benefits

Comprehensive health plans

401(k) program with company contribution

Flexible time off benefits

Employee Resource Groups for inclusivity

Product discounts

Qualifications

• 5+ years of design experience, with 2 years focused on IoT products.
• Expert proficiency in Figma for UI/UX design and prototyping.
• Strong skills in developing and applying design systems.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to user experiences spanning digital and physical interfaces.
• Design independently and take ownership throughout the product lifecycle.
• Communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

UX Design

Interaction Design

Prototyping

Visual Design

User-Centered Design

Communication Skills

Education

BA/BS in Design, UX/UI, or HCI

Tools

Figma

Jira

Protopie

Job description

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too. When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength. Explore life at Fortune Brands here

Job Description

We’re excited to be adding a Senior Product Designer to our growing team! This is an engaging and challenging opportunity that plays an integral role in shaping the development of our upcoming connected Master Lock products. We are looking for a creative, user-obsessed and results-oriented product designer who wants to live on the edge of technologies that bring software and hardware together, within the connected home.

This position will report directly to the Principal Product Designer. We are seeking a Senior Product Designer to support our efforts in building world-class solutions for our direct-to-consumer products, as well as our business partners. You will play a key role in building smart security products that people love.

POSITION LOCATION:

This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule with all work performed in Deerfield IL, or San Francisco CA where the candidate will be expected to be on-site 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).

RESPONSIBLIITIES:

· Using your full range of skills (UX design, design thinking, interaction design, prototyping, visual design) to contribute to elegant user experiences that span digital (mobile, web) and physical (devices) interfaces, guided by market and product requirements to solve real problems for real people.

· Designing independently and taking design ownership throughout the entire product lifecycle, in multiple product areas.

· Consistently leveraging all available quantitative and qualitative data to inform design decisions and creatively suggesting data sources when they are not readily available.

· Communicating and closely collaborating with software and hardware product managers, engineers, and executive stakeholders.

· Advocating for changes, refinements, and ongoing improvements to the user experience.

· Working across the entire design stack including helping to refine understanding of problems and needs, ideating, iterating, prototyping interactions in detail, and producing high-fidelity visuals.

· Playing a lead role in maintaining documentation of user experience in accordance with design practices.

· Facilitating workshops with cross-functional teams and with multiple stakeholders and constituencies. Leading design activities and workshops like journey mapping, design critiques.

· Planning and leading user testing.

· Working with ecosystem and business partners to develop user experiences that work seamlessly for people, across multiple physical and digital technologies.

· Mentor and support junior and mid-level designers by providing constructive feedback, sharing best practices, and foster a collaborative, growth-oriented design culture through regular design reviews and informal coaching.

Qualifications

· 5+ years of design experience, with 2 years focused on IoT products.

· A BA/BS in design, UX/UI, HCI, or equivalent professional experience.

· Expert proficiency in Figma for UI/UX design, prototyping, and collaborative design processes, along with experience in leveraging Jira for project and issue tracking.

· Strong skills in developing and applying design systems.

· Fluency with interaction design, and advanced prototyping, including proficiency with Protopie.

· A profound understanding of user-centered design (UCD) principles, with the ability to distill complex physical and digital interactions into seamless, intuitive user experiences.

· A solid understanding of Material Design and Apple’s human interface guidelines.

· Knowledge of Swift UI and Jetpack Compose capabilities is a plus.

· Experience working independently through an end-to-end product design process as a part of a scrum software team (product owners, mobile, backend, and quality assurance engineers).

· Superior communication and teamwork abilities, proven through experience in diverse, cross-functional team settings.

· A proactive approach to design decision-making, self-management, and organization, with a talent for identifying and solving complex design challenges.

· Mastery in thinking holistically about user experiences across diverse product categories and focus on all possible states and micro-interactions (error handling, edge cases, success states) with relentless attention to detail.

· Expert in developing user models, use cases, and user journeys in close collaboration with product managers within a scrum agile framework.

· Knowledge of how devices connect to and communicate with each other over the internet, including familiarity with IoT platforms, protocols (such as MQTT, CoAP, and HTTP), and network security.

· Familiarity with the basics of electronics and an understanding of firmware development processes for IoT devices.

· Knowledge of encryption, authentication, and secure communication protocols to ensure the privacy and security of users. Understanding of the vulnerabilities specific to IoT device design and how to mitigate them.

· Advanced command of current design tools and methodologies, with an openness to adopt new technologies and skills essential for realizing cutting-edge designs and prototypes.

Additional Information

Additional Information:

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $115,000 USD - $140,000 USD for non-California candidates, and $140,000 - $170,000 for California-based candidates. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates’ feeling of belonging at work.

Fortune Brands is a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential.

Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN

FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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