Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Product Designer

MIT Technology Review seeks a product designer to play a central role in shaping the user interface of its digital ecosystem, ranging from editorial tools to reader-facing web presences, digital magazines, and marketing tools.

Will take projects from conceptual questions through pixel-perfect visuals, developing an extensible process along the way that brings excellence regardless of project timeline.  Responsibilities include interpreting brand elements into clean, clear, and balanced user interface elements; proposing, championing, and delivering user interface design solutions that leverage typography, iconography, visual composition, and interaction and animation/motion design best practices; illustrating and articulating design ideas using conceptual wireframes, storyboards, information architecture diagrams, high-fidelity mockups, interaction specifications, and final graphics; creating and maintaining a set of design and visual patterns to strengthen consistency across products; rapidly iterating through multiple concepts and prototypes; creating new user-centered designs; delivering prototypes and clear requirements to describe interactions and motion to enhance UI; communicating design concepts visually, clearly, and concisely across different audiences; designing and maintaining design systems and libraries to ensure product-wide visual consistency. 

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in design, fine arts, or related field
• At least three years’ digital product design experience
• Proficiency with user interface design software, e.g., Figma, Flinto, etc.
• Comprehensive knowledge of user-centered design principles in the context of current industry standards and trends in UI/UX design, interaction design patterns, and cross-platform responsive design
• Excellent visual design skills, keen eye for details, and a modern design aesthetic
• Experience with prototyping UI interactivity and incorporating motion/animation into UI
• Willingness and ability to take initiative, propose design ideas that exceed expectations, and take risks   

MIT is an equal opportunity employer.  We value diversity and strongly encourage applications from individuals from all identities and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive equitable consideration for employment based on their experience and qualifications, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin.  MIT’s full policy on Nondiscrimination can be found here.