*This is a hybrid work environment in Chicago only**
About XSELL
Ready to write the best chapter of your career? XSELL Technologies is an artificial intelligence company focused on increasing sales. Our cloud-based machine learning engine uses predictive analytics and natural language processing to equip sales professionals with the best real-time responses, driving improved conversion rates and customer experiences. We pride ourselves on our high performing, collaborative culture. We are passionate about our product, our customers, and our industry leading results.
As a Product Design Lead at XSELL, you will be instrumental in shaping the design of our products. Your role will involve creating innovative design solutions that drive the overall user experience. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality designs that align with both user needs and business objectives. Your expertise in Figma and digital design will be crucial in bringing ideas to live and ensuring consistency across all touchpoints.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Product Design: Take ownership of the end-to-end product design process, from initial research and ideation to final delivery, ensuring a seamless user experience.
- Design Strategy: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals, and experience.
- Decision-Making: Make informed design decisions that align with business goals, user needs, and technical constraints.
- Prototyping: Create wireframes, low-fidelity, and high-fidelity prototypes in Figma to communicate design concepts and interactions effectively.
- Visual Design: Utilize your strong design eye to craft visually appealing interfaces, ensuring consistency and a polished look and feel across all digital products.
- Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure design solutions are implemented effectively and meet business and user requirements.
- User-Centered Design: Conduct user research and usability testing to gather feedback and iterate on designs based on user insights.
- Design Systems: Contribute to and help maintain our design system, ensuring that it evolves to meet the needs of the product and the team.
- Digital Design: Assist with digital marketing assets, web design, and other digital design needs as they arise.
Background & Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you will need the following:
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, or a related field, or equivalent specific industry experience.
- 5+ years of experience in product design with a strong portfolio demonstrating your ability to solve complex design problems.
- Proficiency in Figma and familiarity with other design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, etc.
- A strong design eye with an attention to detail in typography, color theory, and layout design.
- Experience with maintaining and evolving design systems.
- Experience in creating digital marketing materials, including web design, social media graphics, and campaigns.
- Familiar with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
- Interest in the Generative AI and/or Artificial Intelligence space.
- Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and other product management tools.
- Ability to prioritize and multitask, passion for learning and professional development.
- Ability to work on multiple projects at once.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across different teams.
- Driven, reliable, self-motivated & emotionally intelligent.
- Help maintain a great company culture and a passion to scale the business.
XSELL is committed to a culture of teamwork; where everyone works together to plan, do, learn, and continuously improve. We accomplish that by staying true to our core values.
- Best Chapter: Every XSELLer is plugged in and focused on writing their “best chapter yet ”, both personally and professionally. We believe in working hard to achieve success, but that success only comes if we are doing it together. We do this with a high level of humility, integrity, and compassion towards our coworkers. We celebrate and recognize each other and have a lot of fun along the way.
- Know Us By Our Results: We do what we say and say what we do. Our coworkers and clients will “know us by our results ” – we welcome that and embrace transparency and measurement.
- Do It The XSELL Way: Together we are building an inclusive culture full of top-performing, talented people that are striving towards common goals with resilience. People will admire not only the work we do but also that we “do it the XSELL way ” – as one team. We do this through strong communication, collaboration, and accountability to each other.
- Open for Business: We are always “open for business ” – fiercely committed to improving ourselves, our team, and our company. We stay curious and approach every situation as an opportunity to learn and grow.
- Conversations Happen In the Room: Feedback is imperative to our collective success. We approach the “conversation in the room ” with respect, empathy, and candor. Our dialogue with each other is always open and honest.
XSELL Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and all employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and/or receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us.