Senior Product Designer

Description:As a Senior Product Designer, you'll take the lead in shaping key products and features from the ground up - defining how they work, look, and feel.You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to turn complex human needs into clear, intuitive digital experiences. This is a hands-on role: you'll sketch, prototype, test, and refine designs, ensuring that every experience is not only intuitive but also deeply human-centered.Interaction Design - Analyze business requirements and user needs to create user flows and task flow diagrams. Translate your ideas into wireframes and prototypes for stakeholder and user feedback.Visual Design - Create beautiful mock-ups of visual designs consistent with UI guidelines and brand standards.Design System -Utilize the company's design system to create new templates and user flows, working closely with the engineering team.Collaboration - Closely work with product managers and user researchers to understand customer needs and make informed design decisions. Negotiate technical feasibility of your designs with engineering and support agile teams in developing high-quality user interfaces.Work on a portfolio of mobile apps for healthcare/patients in the diabetes space.Lead design for web and mobile applications, creating intuitive, human-centered experiences.Design user flows, wireframes, and prototypes.Create visually appealing mockups aligned with brand standards.Work within and contribute to the design system.Collaborate with product managers, researchers, and engineers to ensure feasibility and quality.Required QualificationsBachelor's Degree in Design / Human Factors or related field, with a minimum of 3 years relevant work experience but prefer closer to 6 years of experience.A sophisticated design sensibility with a refined eye for UI patterns, visual hierarchy, and strong visual execution - including layout, typography, color, and micro interactions.Experience in creating, evolving, and maintaining design systems to ensure a cohesive and scalable visual language across all product surfaces and platforms.A robust portfolio showcasing recent work, especially consumer products, with clear evidence of the impact of design decisions.Proficiency in design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite.Ability to translate business goals and audience needs into impactful designs, from concept to final execution.Strong prototyping and animation skills across different levels of fidelity.Passion for crafting engaging, intuitive, and visually appealing experiences, with a clear vision for how designs should look and behave.Expertise in usability and accessibility, ensuring inclusive and functional design for all users.Strong communication and presentation skills, capable of effectively articulating design rationale to diverse stakeholders.Strong communication skills, capable of working effectively across different teams and disciplines.Portfolio Requirement: Must include a portfolio link with resume (include password if applicable).Strong interaction and visual design skills across platforms (not limited to websites).Ability to design hybrid experiences (iOS and Android).Experience creating and maintaining design systems.Attention to detail and ability to create components within existing design frameworks.Prototyping and animation skills (high fidelity for one role).Fluent in Figma; proficiency in Sketch and Adobe Suite.Strong UI/UX skills, accessibility, usability expertise.Consumer product design experience (must-have).Start-up experience (desired).Healthcare experience (nice-to-have, not sufficient alone).AI experience (ideal).Customer service experience (ideal).Benefits:Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics. Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Vision Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first enrollment date that is at least 30 days after employment begins. Enrollment dates are each January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.Technical Certification Bonus: Synectics is pleased to award its employees a bonus of up to $500 for an approved professional certification. In determining the bonus amount, Synectics will consider the cost of the test(s) for any certification relating to your current position, achieved during your employment with us. Only one Certification Bonus per calendar year may be awarded per employee. Only current, active employees will be eligible to receive this bonus. It will be awarded 90 days after the Synectics office has received documentation confirming the successful completion of the certification.Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.