Arondite Head of Product Design

Arondite is hiring the first member of our Product Design Team, which will be responsible for the human experience of using our software As Arondite's Head of Product Design, you will be hands-on and expected to drive the direction of design at the company You will embed design systems and implement a design-centric approach to our product development You will hire, shape and lead your team to realise Arondite's product vision You will work closely with both engineers and our Strategy and Partnerships team to understand user needs This is a critical role for the company and demands an ambitious, experienced, driven Product Designer who can make design central to the way Arondite operates and builds You will find yourself: leading design sprints with engineers and other designers you've hired; designing interactions; creating UX consistency by building flexible, reusable components; and literally getting your hands dirty on military exercises to interview users alongside our engineers Interaction and visual design. You will be Head of Product Design, but must also be a strong individual product designer: you'll be involved at every stage of design work, especially early on before the team grows You'll help define early product concepts, flesh out the high-level workflow and micro-interactions of a feature, and execute on a crisp and effective visual design, ensuring it remains consistent across our products You should have experience using industry standard mockup and prototyping tools User research. We expect to do regular informal user research, and we value people who can be flexible with their research processes to achieve the outcome needed. Some of this will take place in the field alongside users Prototyping. You will prototype, both to communicate and validate Partnering across the company. You will work closely with product and forward deployed engineers as well as with our Strategy and Partnerships team to understand user needs Collaboratively building software interfaces. You should be familiar with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Typescript You don't need to be an expert at building interfaces yourself, but you should be fluent enough to collaborate with our engineers, and understand what's possible from the latest technologies available and curious to learn and expand your technical knowledge

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