Associate Product Designer

Reporting to the Director of Product Design, you will join a talented, cross-functional team creating new loyalty shopping solutions for some of the world's top airline and banking loyalty programs. You'll work with a diverse team to deliver exciting new products—from ideas to production-ready pixel-perfect comps— across responsive web, mobile apps, browser extensions, and more. As an Associate Product Designer, you will be involved in many aspects of the product development process, from conducting market and user-centered research, concept sketching, low-fidelity wireframing, and high-fidelity pixel-perfect mockups. Key Responsibilities: Work closely with the Director of Product Design and the Senior Product Designer. Partnering closely with product management, project management, engineering, quality assurance, marketing, sales, and account management. Translating client needs into compelling and practical workflows and solutions. Creating design deliverables from low-fidelity sketches/wireframes to high-fidelity pixel-perfect mockups Participating in both internal and external design critiques and reviews. Conducting thorough design reviews of finished code to ensure it matches the specs as designed. Be an expert in Cartera's products, unique market value, and future goals. Prioritizing product design work that supports product strategy and company objectives. Work with product management colleagues to Initiate and manage user experience research and testing to inform UX optimization efforts Required Experience and Skills: 1-5 years of product design experience. Strong User Experience skills. Solid Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, MS Office, and JIRA knowledge. Strong understanding of responsive web design principles, mobile web, and app design (iOS and Android). Excellent communication skills with the ability to present work effectively to internal and external clients. A team player who thrives working cross-functionally. Ability to effectively design for multiple client brands at once. Ability to quickly shift focus or direction when required.

Rakuten International oversees 7 businesses with over 4,000 employees globally. The brand is recognized for its leadership and innovation in e-commerce, digital content, advertising, entertainment and communications, bringing the joy of discovery and access to more than 1 billion members across the world. Our teams deliver on the company's mission to delight merchants and customers through innovation, optimism, and teamwork. Cartera Commerce, a Rakuten company who is the pioneer and leader in online cash back shopping and a subsidiary of the global Internet services company, is looking for experienced, talented and passionate individuals to join our growing team. Cartera Commerce's loyalty solutions serves major airlines to top banks, we partner with elite companies who use loyalty programs to reward their customers. We help those customers earn more rewards by shopping with over 1,000 online retailers. If you want to join a dynamic team please apply. Cartera Commerce is based in Lexington, Massachusetts.