Lead Product Designer

About Tekion:

Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.

At Tekion, design and user experience (UX) are at the forefront of everything we do. Our UX teams include designers, researchers, content strategists, and engineers who are passionate about quality, usability, and simplicity. We work on collaborative teams to solve complex challenges and craft experiences that highlight our products' unique capabilities and personalities.

The job of a Senior Designer is to envision how people experience our products and bring that vision to life in a way that feels inspired, refined, and even magical. You'll take on complex tasks and transform them into intuitive, accessible, and easy-to-use designs — from the first-time user to the sophisticated expert. Achieving this goal requires collaboration with teams of Designers, Researchers, Engineers, and Product Managers throughout the design process—from creating user flows and wireframes to building user interface mock-ups and prototypes. At each stage, you will anticipate what our users need, advocate for them, and ensure that the final product Is easy to use and solving their problems. 

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, engineering, business, and design teams to create new features, understand their impact, and continue to elevate the experience of our users.
• Ability to understand the product's mission, understand personas based on user research, refer analytics data, and translate into simple and engaging experiences.
• Deliver UX solutions that measurably improve the core workflows of our users by efficiently implementing user experiences that are cohesive, inclusive, and well-informed.
• The ship, measure, and improve your designs based on quantitative and qualitative feedback.

Skills & Qualifications

• 8 years of experience with end-to-end product design
• A portfolio or samples of work demonstrating experience creating effective user-centered design solutions with measurable results
• Strong UX design and visual design skills
• A track record of shipping great design, and an understanding of what details matter at each stage of the release cycle
• Comprehensive knowledge of cross-platform design patterns (and when to break them)
• Obsession with users - who they are and how they use the product - to create the best experience for them
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, HCI, Design, or equivalent practical experience
• Able to function independently and in a team environment with solid collaboration skills
• Experience in designing B2B, enterprise, or platform applications

Tekion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, victim of violence or having a family member who is a victim of violence, the intersectionality of two or more protected categories, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. 

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