Product Designer

The Product Designer has a great eye for typography, a passion for user-centered design, and desire to build experiences that amplify the work of AccuWeather product portfolio; consumer & enterprise. This role requires a balance of strong visual design alongside an understanding of creating design systems and software tools.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Track record of rapid design and launching impactful products from concept to delivery
• Produce pixel perfect high fidelity visual comps and guides to the development team
• Advanced understanding and experience working with responsive and adaptive layouts
• Help develop, manage, and refine UI pattern libraries and interaction guidelines
• Communicate, defend, and build consensus around product design direction
• Strong portfolio with a highly refined aesthetic
• UX sensibility and exceptional eye for detail Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Minimum of 3-5 years’ graphic / product / UI design experience
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and UI best practices
• Ability to design within brand guidelines and create guidelines as needed
• Strong presentation skills
• Experience within an Agile delivery team to iteratively plan and develop products
• Experience with rapid prototyping applications and ability to prototype for user testing
• Basic understanding of HTML, CSS
• Keynote and/or PowerPoint skills
• Expert knowledge of Figma, Adobe Creative Suite and other industry tools
• Experience designing high-profile, complex experiences for the web, mobile and app interfaces
• Strong portfolio with a highly refined aesthetic including examples of digital media and data driven experiences.
• Exceptional time and project management skills
• Organized, self-motivated, and able to think creatively and quickly
• Well-developed interpersonal communication skills, diplomacy and tact
• Strong portfolio with a highly refined aesthetic

ABOUT ACCUWEATHER

AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved over 12,000 lives, prevented injury to over 100,000 people, and saved companies tens of billions of dollars through better planning and decision-making.

Billions of people around the world rely on AccuWeather’s proven Superior Accuracy™ across our consumer digital platforms. AccuWeather.com is the #1 weather destination and one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world, and our award-winning AccuWeather app delivers detailed real-time forecasts to millions of smartphones.

AccuWeather forecasts also appear on digital signage, in 700 newspapers, are heard on over 400 radio stations, and viewed on 100 television stations. The AccuWeather Network and AccuWeather NOW® reach an audience of over 125 million on cable and streaming platforms including DirecTV, Charter Communications - Spectrum, Verizon, Philo, Frndly TV, Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Stream, Roku, Xumo, Rockbot, LG, and Amazon Freevee.

AccuWeather For Business serves more than half of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of other businesses and government agencies globally.

Dr. Joel Myers, Founder and Executive Chairman, established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the “father of modern commercial meteorology.” Myers, a leading creative thinker and visionary, has been called “the most accurate man in weather” by The New York Times and has been recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur’s Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs. 

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. 
 
AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.