Remote Associate Digital Product Designer, General Motors - Est. Salary: $62K - $97K
Job Description
Remote: This position does not require employee to be on-site full-time to perform most effectively. The employee’s role enables them to work off-site on a permanent basis
About the Team and Role:
Our customer is our compass. Their needs are the foundation of our design, and they are the reason we do what we do. The associate product designer will create innovative digital solutions for the Enterprise Consent Privacy & Preferences and Notifications team. This project team focuses on customer facing and internal corporate interfaces for consent and privacy management, and notification preferences. Our world class user experiences build trust by putting our customers in control of how we use their data through a centralized view, that allows them to effectively manage consent and privacy preferences and notifications.
In this position, you will work hand in hand with design teams across in-vehicle, web, mobile, and contact advisor to create world-class experiences.
Responsibilities
Work alongside a senior product designer to break down business and IT requirements and user stories and turn them into intuitive user experiences
Design user-focused wireframes, hi-fidelity mockups, interaction models, specifications, style guides and prototypes that elegantly illustrate a deep understanding of the user’s needs
Build strong relationships with business partners and IT to ensure the user is well represented in the product development cycle
Learn and develop personas, user workflows / story boards and logical information architecture
Ensure compliance with all standards of usability, design best practices and accessibility
Participate in workshops for journey mapping, brainstorming, vision sessions, and requirements gathering
Research design trends and forecast future experiences
Foster collaboration among teammates
Take ownership and create personal professional growth objectives and find ways to achieve them
Key Characteristics
Empathy: You are curious about how other people work, live, and think, you will enjoy meeting the users of our products, and thinking about design by visualizing yourself as one who will use it.
Creativity: You can generate numerous potential solutions to a problem. More importantly, product designers can screen out bad ideas and identify good ones. In our design environment, a designer needs the ability to brainstorm without ego attachment to any idea.
Strong communication skills: You can communicate broad concepts as well as fine detail through written and graphical media. You can convey design solutions through sketches and visualizations, as well as through prose.
Strong collaboration skills: You are an effortless collaborator. You welcome ideas from any source, and are prepared to build on them to make the work of your team successful.
Comfort with ambiguity: You are comfortable working in a space where problems and solutions are not well defined. You can cope with change, shift gears comfortably, and can decide and act without having the total picture.
Requirements
1 to 3 years of experience creating user interfaces, digital products, or complex software applications across a range of channels
Formal degree or training in HCI, Product Design, Interaction Design, Visual Design or related
Solid understanding of how the user-centered design process drives design thinking and implementation
A strong portfolio of school projects, freelance or internship work demonstrating creating user-centered designs that illustrate the ability to turn requirements into creative solutions
Open to feedback, knows how give and receive criticism, and how and when to defend design decisions
Experience incorporating research into the design process
Prototyping experience (software and/or hardware development experience a plus)
Understanding of A11Y and WCAG Level AA accessibility requirement standards
Strong written, visual, and verbal communication skills
Education and Experience:
Industry Standard Design Tools (Figma, Adobe CC, Miro, Azure DevOps)
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Creative Design, Human Computer Interaction or similar
Please only apply if you DO NOT need sponsorship to work in the Unites States now or in the future. We are unable to consider candidates who require sponsorship.
Compensation: The expected base compensation for this role is: ($62,202.48 - 97,290.96 USD Annual) . Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Benefits Overview
The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.
Diversity Information
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities. GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statements
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