.Our Team:Vista is the go-to partner for millions of small businesses who need to promote themselves effectively in the modern age.With tools that empower brands to create their unique identity and expert design support when they need inspiration, we provide a range of digital and print services at every stage of their journey.To help customers bring their visions to life, we need UX professionals skilled at crafting the right features and experiences - that's where you come in.What you'll do:Vista is looking for an entrepreneurial Lead Designer with experience in complex product background to join, what we call, our "DIY" product experience category.
Teams in this area cover a range of customer-facing solutions,from algorithmic design builders to quick upload and edit flows and feature-rich design tools.
More specifically, this Lead Designer will go deep into the features and functionality that support our customers in creating print and digital designs, such as printing materials or social media posts, including animation and video editing tools.
This will include researching and validating solutions, creating sophisticated components that work across our varied design flows, and designing interactions to ensure an unrivaled end-to-end customer journey.
This position is remote, and candidates are welcome to take advantage of our many collaboration spaces across the globe.In this role you will:Drive foundational experiences and baselines for the "DIY", ensuring cohesive and high-quality customer experiences across the entire editor.Lead the design of core functionality in the editor, where customers create their designs, focusing on usability enhancements and innovative solutions that address customer problems, from simple tweaks to complex design challenges.Account for edge cases, accessibility standards, and diverse customer scenarios to ensure solutions meet business and user needs holistically.Collaborate closely with Product Manager and Engineering Lead to define, deliver, and standardize design requirements while establishing principles for future foundational baselines.Be deeply involved at every stage of the design and development process — from discovery through detailed design, execution, and iteration — creating high-quality user flows, wireframes, pixel perfect designs, and prototypes, of your own hand or, at times, through collaborating with other designers.Be a valuable partner to cross-functional teams, including brainstorming with collaborators around product problems, solutions, requirements, and priorities.Participate in the decision-making process to identify and prioritize strategic product design work, and how initiatives are explored and performed upon.Partner with data, consumer insights, and UX research teams for foundational guidance on product direction, and new concept validation.Ensure cohesiveness with the Vista design system and marketing brand guidelines