Product Designer (Belfast)

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With a global footprint spanning more than 80 countries and including over 75% of the Fortune 100, Perforce Software, Inc. is trusted by the world’s leading brands to deliver solutions for the toughest challenges. The best run DevOps teams in the world choose Perforce.

Position Summary: Perforce is searching for a Product Designer to join the team in Belfast. The Product Designer at Perforce will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create user-centered designs that enhance the user experience and drive the success of our products. They will be instrumental in improving the quality and security of the technical software that many of the world’s leading companies rely on for mission critical business operations.

We’re looking for candidates who have a passion for creating engaging designs, who are motivated to help technical users in technical jobs, and who thrive working on a variety of diverse software products with highly collaborative teams.

Responsibilities:

• Internalize business requirements and objectives to drive design from rough concepts to final pixel-perfect implementation.
• Partner with User Research and participate in research engagements to gather insights that inform our product direction.
• Participate in usability testing sessions and analyse results to inform design decisions.
• Work cross-functionally and build successful team relationships with talented team members across design, engineering, product management, sales, and marketing.
• Present design concepts and solutions to the team and stakeholders, effectively communicating the rationale behind design decisions.
• Collaborate with other design colleagues to maintain design consistency and coherence across products.
• Ensure that designs adhere to brand guidelines and accessibility standards.
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve design processes and tools.
• May be required to support additional products/brands within Perforce as needed.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3+ years working in a digital product/user experience design position.
• A bachelor’s degree or industry recognized certifications in a Design related discipline.
• Strong design instincts - understand what works and doesn’t work for people and why, and push beyond the obvious to create compelling human experiences.
• Commitment to problem solving and making complex things elegant and easy for people to use.
• Ability to showcase your end-to-end design process that includes workflow diagrams and wireframes, interaction and visual design artifacts, and high-fidelity prototypes.
• Comfortable in a highly technical environment. Our users are DevOps professionals who face complex technical challenges. While you don’t need to be a DevOps expert to succeed in this role, you must be willing to learn the basic concepts to understand our users’ challenges.
• Impeccable attention to detail across pixels, copywriting, and overall design direction.
• Curiosity and motivation to continue to grow in your career as a design professional.

Come work with us! Our team members are valued for their contributions, introduced to new opportunities, and rewarded well. Perforce combines the experience and rewards of a start-up with the security of an established and privately held profitable company.

If you are passionate about the technology that impacts our day-to-day lives and want to work with talented and dedicated people across the globe, apply today!