About the position
Join IBM's worldwide design organization for AI Applications, where our mission is to empower users to do their best work through intuitive and visually engaging interfaces. As a Designer, you'll play a crucial role in creating end-to-end customer experiences for AI-enabled solutions that help businesses make informed, data-driven decisions. Your role will involve translating insights from the design research team into actionable designs, creating visual assets, and collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure that the user interfaces are not only functional but also aesthetically pleasing. You will be expected to participate in discussions regarding common design patterns and contribute to the development of user interfaces using agile methodologies. Additionally, you will design business process scenarios and flows, share work-in-progress designs for feedback, and understand the business context to provide relevant deliverables. Your responsibilities will also include planning and moderating design thinking workshops to foster collaboration and innovation within the team.
Responsibilities
- Translate actionable insights from the design research team into low and high-fidelity mock-ups, patterns, prototypes, and development-ready specifications.
- Develop high-fidelity mock-ups, graphics, design patterns, prototypes, and demos to enhance user interfaces.
- Participate in discussions regarding common patterns, assets, and efficiencies within the product space.
- Work closely with design team members and developers to build, update, and modernize software product user interfaces using agile methodologies.
- Design business process scenarios and flows for user interfaces and demonstrations.
- Share work-in-progress designs and actively engage in giving and receiving constructive critique.
- Understand business problems across our customer base to provide context for deliverables.
- Collaborate with various stakeholders such as design researchers, content designers, developers, product owners, etc., across worldwide teams.
- Plan, lead, and moderate virtual and in-person design thinking workshops.
Requirements
- Ability to solve complex user problems through user interface design, creating mock-ups, prototypes, and documenting interaction patterns.
- Demonstrated experience with design tools such as Sketch, InVision, Adobe Creative Cloud, etc.
- Proficient in creating visually compelling artifacts, icons, high fidelity mock-ups, and other graphical elements for user interfaces.
- Knowledge of design principles including typography, layout, imagery, colour theory, and creating efficiencies in visual design workflows.
- Proven communication skills and the ability to understand and address customer requirements effectively.
- Comfortable working in a dynamic, team-based environment.
- Must have a portfolio showcasing previous design work.
Nice-to-haves
- Understanding of modern design thinking and design trends, including responsiveness and accessibility.
- Appreciation for detail, ensuring every pixel and interaction is meticulously crafted.
- Knowledge in planning and moderating design thinking workshops.
Benefits
- Paid family medical leave
- Disability benefits
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid holidays
- Paid sick time
