Job Description
About Us
At Accenture Song product design plays a critical role in our process. Our product designers are a diverse team of empathetic and strategic designerswho also possessthe technical skills to contribute across the entire design process. Product designers span from research and problem definition through to design system development andvisual designand further intoproductoptimisationand experimentation. While our product designers havestrong skills in both User Experience(UX)and User Interface(UI) design, they collaborate where needed with more specialised design researchers, service designers and visual designers tomake apositive impact for our clients and the world by creating products and services that people love.
You’d be a great fit if youare:
Naturallyengaging people at a deep level whether observing or interviewing customers, working with fellow team members, clients and channeling the inner creative
A visual and verbal storyteller, delivering insights about people and behavior in a way that generates empathy, emotion, and engagement from the client and design team
Comfortable with ambiguity in a fluid organization
Ready to collaborate on products and services that change the way our clients do business creating service at scale
Passionate about creating experiences that fuse physical and digital through research, analytics, design and delivery
Role Description
As a Product Design, you’llconceptualise, prototype and design innovative screen-based digital experiences that effectively bring to life the values of a brand, deliver on user and business requirements and drive results.
A professional in this position, at this level within Accenture has the following responsibilities:
Help identify key customerproblem, ideation, testing and designing potential solutions, whilst championing the voice of the customer / user throughout the design process
Envision, design and prototype how the digital experience and interactions translate across multiple devices, from conceptual to detailed design fidelity
Uses a variety of data sources (qualitative andquantative) to inform the design and improvement of digital products and experiences
Plans and run user and usability testing and uses these insights to guide the improvement and evolution of digital products.
Define, maintain and evolve design systems to guide the evolution of a digital product across its entire lifecycle.
Effectively and compellingly presents design artifacts, rationale and their guiding experience principles.
Works with product and engineering to identify user, brand, business and technical drivers to define digital product experience requirements.
Works alongside product and engineering in delivery cycles, to translate user stories and requirements into shippable digital experiences that delight and deliver user and business outcomes, generating detailed wireframes, task flows and user interface solutions
Plan, oversee and finalize all detailed digital product design deliverables (e.g.user flows and journey maps, wireframes, user interface and interactive prototypes, design systems, digital product specifications etc.)
Be an ambassador, attending and helping to plan studio and community events, workshops, and conferences.
Qualifications
These are the minimum requirements for an aspirant to be considered for the position applying to:
5+ years’ experience of Interaction Design, User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) Designacross varied users, business problems, and devices.
5+years of working and conceptual knowledge of cross platform design within the service experience–e.g.mobileapps, responsiveweb;
3+years experiencecreating, using, and evolving design systems in practice.
5+ years creating experience maps, user journeys, interaction models,userflows, and wireframes.
Highlyadvanced skills and experience inSketch, InVisionand Figma, and otherrapid prototyping methods, ranging from paper sketching to digital prototypes.
Candidatemust possess a digital design portfolio and include a link to this as part of application
Preferred:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
Knowledge of and experience with applying user-centereddesign processes.
Understanding of areas of specialization within the greater design landscape, including but not limited to Design Research, Visual Design,Interaction Design,Service Designand Content Design
Experience working incross-functionalproduct development squads
About Accenture
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services and Accenture Song — all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 710,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
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