Product Designer

Are you excited about reinventing productivity by delivering the leading content collaboration platform in a cloud-first, mobile and intelligence-powered world?  Are you passionate about bringing people into a future where every file they’ve created is available anytime, anyplace, and on any device?  Are you obsessed with creating products that are simple, useful, delightful, and beautiful? So are we.Working on OneDrive, you’ll be a part of a team fundamentally changing the way people interact with the most important content in their lives. OneDrive is a thriving business with competitors like Google Drive, iCloud, and Box. Our products and services touch almost every facet of the company, whether it is through Windows, Office, Xbox, or our own suite of mobile apps. You will have these tools at your disposal to extend the OneDrive experience across the apps and devices people use every day.We are a multi-disciplinary Design Studio, with researchers, writers and engineers who are entrusted (along with you) to innovate on the OneDrive experience used by millions of people every day across the planet.We’re passionate about delivering incredibly useful apps on every device, learning as we go, building on the work of others, using the best tools for the job, and doing what's right without waiting to be told.ResponsibilitiesWe are looking for a Product Designer with work that reflects a passion for people, a respect for craft and a deep curiosity about designing and delivering new experiences.

• Generate, ideate, and iterate UX solutions, user flows, wireframes and prototypes for new features in the Photos space and improving existing areas of the OneDrive product.
• Have a solid understanding and can exemplify basic graphic design and design principles, UI design, typography, layout, composition, and illustration.
• Activate User Research insight-gathering activities, facilitate design sprints and collaborative activities, and leverage toolkits and reusable components built across Microsoft’s network of design studios as needed.
• Low and high-fidelity UI and interaction designs aligned to existing OS/Platform toolkits including Windows, macOS, mobile platforms and HTML (web-based) experiences.
• Maintain close partnership with User Research, Product Management, Engineers, Customer Support, Content Designers, Operations, and other essential collaborators in creating digital tools. Pursue a deep understanding of the objectives, deliverables, process, and communications of these partner disciplines.

QualificationsRequired/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field
• OR equivalent experience (e.g., experience using design thinking to solve problems)

Preferred Qualifications

• Project management and presentation skills.
• Interest in and aptitude for learning new technologies and design skills.
• Experience working in cloud file storage systems, including relevant personal and enterprise customer scenarios.
• Hands-on experience in a secondary field such as motion design, visual design, front end software engineering, or industrial design.
• Experience in digital design tools, including Figma & Adobe Creative Suite, and techniques including auto-layout, components, and variants.
• Ability to prioritize across multiple projects with various stakeholders and timeline constraints.
• Ability to collaborate with Program Management, Engineering, Marketing and Usability Researchers.
• Ability to think conceptually about design and information architecture.
• Understand the array of technical constraints, user goals and business requirements that shape current and future products.

Product Design IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $76,400 - $151,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $100,300 - $165,400 per year.Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-payMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations. Apply Job!