Designer
Full time Microsoft in Internet and Software Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Career Level Others
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Experience 2 Years
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Qualifications Degree Bachelor
Job Description
About the role
The Windows Modern Input and Accessibility design team is looking for a product designer who’s excited to design Windows assistive tools and modern input experiences (touch, pen and ink, voice features).
In this role, you will have the opportunity to look at the diverse needs and preferences of our Windows customers and design solutions that unlock their access and productivity. You will also push the capabilities of “modern Windows computing” by envisioning and designing scenarios beyond the traditional mouse and keyboard setup.
About Windows & Devices
The Windows & Devices Experiences team is responsible for creating the next generation of experiences for Windows and the Surface line of products.
We are a multidisciplinary team of designers, product managers and engineers who work collaboratively on creating research-backed, people-centric experiences that bridge the gap between software and hardware, while being inclusive, accessible, and modern. We believe that our products reflect the people and the culture behind them, and we foster a synergetic work environment where curiosity, critical thinking and diverse perspectives are highly valued.
Windows is going through an exciting transformation and the Windows & Devices Experiences team is at the center of it. We partner closely with business and technology team members to envision, design, define, validate, and deliver experiences which reach over 1.3 billion people.
Meet the makers and join us in building the next generation of Windows.
PS: We are a remote-friendly team. While co-location is not mandatory, it is required of this role to align to Redmond office hours.
About Modern Input and Accessibility team
The Modern Input and Accessibility team is responsible for designing accessibility tools for diverse customers in the accessibility community. We do this by leveraging the Inclusive Design process and co-creating with our customers. We talk to customers to understand their unique and shared needs to find innovative solutions to make their Windows experience possible, complete, and efficient.
We also design the experience for different input modalities like touch, voice, pen, you name it! We recognize that our customers have different preferences for interacting with Windows and we want to make this experience valuable and differentiated.
We collaborate closely with product and engineering partners to design, validate, and implement experiences for over 1.3 billion people.
Check out our story for designing accessible and input experiences.
PS: We are a remote-friendly team. While co-location is not mandatory, it is required of this role to align to Redmond office hours.
Responsibilities
- Partner with a cross-functional team in a collaborative design process.
- Work closely with Research, Product and Engineering to identify, plan, scope and execute design solutions end to end.
- Generate and collaborate on actionable insights that both explore potential opportunities and evaluate existing experiences.
- Synthesize insights, communicate results, and illustrate recommendations in compelling ways and/or design deliverables that measurably improve the use of Windows.
- Be a user advocate, driving user needs and goals into both creative, pragmatic, and scalable design solutions that are fully compliant with engineering and accessibility requirements.
- Understand and implement against the Fluent design language on Windows to create a set of memorable experiences that will help strengthen and differentiate our product and brand.
Qualifications
- A portfolio that demonstrates exceptional design skills, attention to detail, and the ability to solve complex problems through thoughtful solutions
- 1-2+ years track record of building successful products that demonstrate system thinking
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, both visual, verbal, and written
- Expertise with industry standard design tools (Figma, ProtoPie) and ability create pixel-perfect designs, prototypes and other design artifacts
Skills that will set you apart
- Experience designing voice-only multimodal products, e.g. conversational UI.
- Passion for building solutions for people with disabilities.
- Passion for leveraging unique ways to tell stories (sizzle videos, prototypes).
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.
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