Product Designer, Retail Design Systems
Company: Pinnacle Group
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: August 4, 2022
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Job Description:
"COVID-19 considerations: All individuals working on-site must
be fully vaccinated against COVID-19"
Schedule Notes:
Remote position through 2021 but must be able to work PST.
Duration: Long term assignment; extensions approved quarter by
quarter
Designer, Retail Design Systems
Reports to Retail Design Systems Lead
Summary Description
A Designer on the Retail Design Systems team works closely with
creative and technical disciplines to create considered and elegant
design systems supporting Retail e-commerce purchase flows,
transactional email communications, and the Store App platform.
This hands-on design role balances creativity and logic, and helps
ensure a holistic approach is thoughtfully applied across platform
typography, iconography, forms, and interface elements. The ideal
candidate has a strong understanding of branding principles, style
guides, and product design; an elegant design aesthetic, with
exceptional attention to detail; Photoshop and Sketch expertise,
with working knowledge of HTML and CSS, or iOS.
Responsibilities Systematic Designer * Audit current
implementations, and identify potential areas for simplification
and improved consistency. * Create holistic, elegant design systems
with a high degree of polish and attention to detail. * Design with
flexibility in mind, ensuring designs are accessible and adaptive
to varying workflows, viewports, technologies, and locales. *
Stress test designs across all possible variations, and refine as
needed. * Create prototypes to convey states, transitions, and/or
behaviors. * Prepare design files for final documentation. Ensure
layout, typography, and specs are pixel perfect. * Communicate
flexibilities and/or limitations to both designers and development,
as needed. Collaborator * Work closely with the Retail Sr Art
Director to understand design direction and priorities
.Collaborate with Art Directors and project teams to explore and
iterate on design options. * Consult with technical disciplines to
ensure designs work within given limitations, and files are
prepared with all necessary information to support the design
intent. * Promote thoughtful and
purposeful design, rather than an enforcement of rules. * Help
define and/or improve how teams collaborate and leverage existing
tools.
Presenter * Help determine the best medium and optimize design
files for creative review - be it print, onscreen visuals,
prototype, or code. * Help create presentation flows that establish
and build on a foundation of design rationale. * Clearly articulate
design rationale and any applicable limitations. * Participate in
healthy debates to ensure design systems are as robust and
considered as possible.
Qualities * Keen interest in strengthening brand identity through a
balance of consistency and flexibility. * Proficiency in the formal
elements of design, with a strong focus on typography, balance, and
proportion. * Systematic thinker; able to anticipate the impact of
design decisions well in advance of their application. * Excellent
digital file structure and asset management skills. * Passion for
pixel-perfection and order. Unparalleled attention to detail. *
Ability to articulate ideas verbally and digitally; be clearly
understood by creative, project management, and development staff.
* Ability to deliver strong design rationale and supporting files
in a tight timeframe. * Ability to thrive in a challenging,
fast-paced, creative workplace.
Required Skills and Experience * A minimum of 3 years experience in
product design (including web, mobile or app design), defining or
extending design systems, and/or working within a brand's strict
style guidelines. * Photoshop and Sketch expertise, including file
organization and preparation of pixel-perfect files for design team
use. * Clear communication and presentation skills that speak to
both creative and technical audiences. * Experience in e-commerce,
with a strong understanding of HTML and CSS; or app design, with a
strong familiarity with iOS and Human Interface Guidelines. *
Preferred: UX and/or UI experience. * Preferred: Acuity in
iconography. * Preferred: Working knowledge of Principle. *
Preferred: BA or BFA in Graphic
Design (or equivalent).PDN-96e80c03-1a80-4805-af48-290c0efb20e0
Keywords: Pinnacle Group, Sunnyvale , Product Designer, Retail Design Systems, Hospitality & Tourism , Sunnyvale, California
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