Senior Product Designer
Finally, employee engagement software that works.
Applause is a SaaS start-up founded by experienced entrepreneurs and backed by some of the best VCs in Silicon Slopes. We’re focused on helping companies supercharge their team’s performance so they can win more lifelong customers. We use automated, real-time incentives & recognition to motivate their employees to...
- Increase sales by getting more google reviews and upsells
- Retain more customers by improving NPS and customer service
- Stick around longer and be more engaged in company goals
Building a performance-based culture is hard. Applause makes it easy.
Job Description
Job Description
As a Senior Product Designer, you will be a critical part of our product team, responsible for creating exceptional user experiences that balance aesthetic excellence with functional efficiency. Ensure designs are focused on user and business outcomes, above all else. This role will be instrumental in elevating the user experience to new heights with premium, modern design that delights our customers. You will need to operate at a high velocity, producing polished designs that unblock our engineering team and ensure the timely delivery of our product roadmap. At the forefront of all this is ensuring that the designs address user pain points, align with company standards, and showcase the value of our products.
Responsibilities:
- Own the full design lifecycle for core product experiences—from discovery and ideation through prototyping, refinement, and implementation
- Produce designs at a high output to unblock engineers and help complete 90 %+ of roadmap features on time
- Lead and manage IA frameworks to ensure consistency across our product design process and brand
- Use Figma and existing design components, and build customer components for other designers to use
- Conduct customer interviews, competitor analysis, and usability testing to guide design decisions and ensure alignment with user needs
- Utilize data across our apps, along with customer feedback, to improve future designs
- Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and executive stakeholders to shape product direction and ensure every release delivers real value to both users and the business
- Communicate effectively across teams, with strong written, verbal, and facilitation skills that help drive alignment and lead cross-functional projects
- Manage and mentor a GTM shared-service designer supporting brand, sales, and marketing needs
Requirements
- 5+ years of product design experience, with a strong focus on B2B SaaS applications
- Bachelor's Degree in Design or related field
- Outstanding portfolio demonstrating your ability to create premium, modern UI/UX designs
- Proven track record of high-output design work that meets business objectives and timelines
- Expert proficiency with design tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, etc)
- Experience creating and maintaining design systems at scale
- Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and methodologies
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate design decisions
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments
- Very effective in a remote work environment
- Ownership mentality with high standards of work output
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
Benefits
Benefits: 100% remote with no office mandate | Unlimited PTO | 22 official company holidays | Health care | Life insurance | Stock options | Amazing colleagues | Energetic culture that is positive and celebrates together | Inspiring mission & software product | Ability to grow your career by being early in a fast-growing tech startup
