Principal Product Designer - Experiences Job at Mercury

In short

Mercury is seeking a Principal Product Designer for its Experiences team to shape the core product experience. Responsibilities include driving design excellence, collaborating with product teams, and mentoring fellow designers. The position is remote and full-time.

What you will do at Mercury

Take ownership of larger, horizontal opportunities that shape the core of Mercury’s product. Through this work, you’ll drive exceptional quality & craft, setting the bar for the design team and inspiring better work across the discipline
Partner with other designers on high-priority & complex projects to help get things across the finish line while upleveling the work

Key Responsibilities

Drive design excellence and craft across Mercury. This includes visual design, interaction design / prototyping, and systems design
Work alongside our product teams and executive leadership to make sure we’re building things in a systematic fashion and with the utmost quality
Operate across the entire design stack, including speccing projects, designing workflows, detailed interactions & prototypes, high-fidelity visuals, and ensuring quality implementation
Contribute to Mercury’s Design System, ensuring it is both beautiful and practical
Think and act like a design architect – structuring navigation, information architecture, and how all Mercury products fit together cohesively
Translate high-craft design into scalable systems and patterns that integrate smoothly into product work
Mentor other designers on the team, leading by example to uplevel everyone’s skills

Qualifications

10+ years of experience in the design industry
Enjoy leading high-complexity projects with a broad set of stakeholders
Ability to successfully leverage the right types of artifacts (presentations, prototypes, etc) and communicate at the right altitude to influence company strategy
Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners to define product strategy
Ability to design whole systems, not just interface elements or static pages
Ability to rapidly prototype large scale concepts as well as smaller, more thoughtful individual interactions
Experience and interest in the entire design stack, including UI/UX, visual design, and interaction design
Kindness and humility in everyday interactions
Enjoying working with and mentoring fellow designers of all levels

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