Senior Product Designer - BlackLine

Make Your Mark::

We are looking for a strong Senior Product Designer who will be responsible for UX strategy and designing a consistent, usable, and engaging interface for BlackLine Consolidation & Financial Analytics. The Senior Product Designer will work with internal teams, such as Product, Engineering, and other designers, to build a user-centered product, illustrate a concept, prototype an idea, and create a market-leading product design. Together with the Product Design team and product leadership, this individual will contribute to the design direction while assisting, supporting, and collaborating with our team of designers.  

The ideal candidate should have strong skills in user interface design, design system design, and translating a high-level concept & requirements to high-fidelity mocks and prototypes. 

You'll Get To::

• Apply product strategyand visionto design and deliver an innovative end-to-end user experience that optimizes user needs, business goals, and technological realities across web and mobile platforms. 

• Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, product design/research teams, and other stakeholders to create a user-centered, market-leading product design. 

• Communicate and influence internal teams, partners, and customers by visualizing ideas and concepts through documentation, reviews, and presentations. 

• Deliver hands-on design artifacts from conceptualization to the final product, including CJM, sketches, user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes. 

• Support and adhere to BlackLine Design System and best practices and work with other designers as needed 

• Conduct and analyze quantitative and qualitative UX research. 

• Set up and collect success metrics for the products. 

• Stay up to date on best practices, competitor UI designs, emerging technologies, and industry trends.  

• Advocate for accessibility within the team and develop applications that are global in reach, universal in design, and designed for international users. 

• Contribute to scope, estimate, and plan design and research efforts. 

• Solicit feedback and contribute constructively to design reviews. 

• Support the vision for the product's creative identity, articulate it clearly, and guide the team through its implementation. 

• Evangelize design thinking and lean UX 

• Emphasize and advocate for users. 

• Perform other duties as assigned. 

What You'll Bring::

• 4+ years of experience designing software as an interaction, user experience, or product designer from start to finish as a part of a cross-functional team 

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Interaction Design, Graphic Design, HCI, or other related discipline or equivalent experience  

• Strong user experience or interaction design experience 

• Excellent visual design skills 

• Expert knowledge of responsive design and mobile UI 

• Expert knowledge in Figma and design system 

• A knowledge of design processes and methodology  

• Excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills to articulate concepts, feedback and rationale and promote design led initiatives 

• Ability to influence and persuade around design concepts 

• Ability to lead and integrate the design thinking process in fast-paced, high-visibility environments 

• Competency in interaction design, prototyping, visual design, data visualization, design strategy & planning, UX research, information architecture, and workshop facilitation 

• Experience in design processes, methodology, and lean UX(rapid discovery, prototyping, testing, and iteration) 

• Experience in designing AI/ML products, reporting and data analytics, dashboards, and data visualization 

• Familiarity with agile environment 

• Experience with HTML/CSS and JS  

• Kind, positive team player with a strong work ethic 

• Strong product design portfolio to demonstrate the above qualifications 

• A formal portfolio presentation is required during the interview 

We’re Even More Excited If You Have::

• Experience working with large data sets/volumes of information  

• Enterprise SaaS experience  

• Experience in legacy system transformation  

• Experience in designing within a large product organization 

Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining::

• A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation!
• A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.
• A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity.

BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, age, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, ancestry, color, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, medical condition, genetic information, or any other protected class or category recognized by applicable equal employment opportunity or other similar laws.

 

BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture. Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 2 days a week.

Salary Range::USD $145,000.00 - USD $193,000.00