Product Designer 1

Garmin’s U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area is home to a full-time Product Designer 1 role based onsite in Olathe, KS. You will contribute to user-centered design work that helps shape software UI experiences for a range of product interactions. The position is eligible for Garmin’s benefit program, with details available at Garmin Benefits.

What you’ll do

In this role, you will support the creation of user experiences for new features and products. You will research, design, and prototype concepts, then translate your findings into practical design deliverables that teams can use.

• Research, design, and prototype new user experiences for new features and products
• Communicate research and design direction through mockups, storyboarding, visual presentations, and behavioral documentation
• Create simple, creative, and highly usable solutions based on how products respond to human behavior
• Assist with new user interface testing and conduct usability tests to gather feedback on designs
• Collaborate with engineering and communicate with product managers to deliver stronger solutions
• Maintain and ensure user interface design and behavioral consistency across product types
• Stay current on user interface design trends and competitor design
• Keep up with new prototyping, presentation, and computer graphics techniques and software
• Apply design standards and procedures to implement basic designs and use engineering tools when needed

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Interactive Design, Human Factors, Visual Design, or a degree with an equivalent curriculum covering user-centered design principles
• Excellent academics, with a cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule
• Strong proficiency creating multiple types of prototypes or mockups using tools such as Figma
• Excellent presentation, communication, and organizational skills
• Knowledge of good user interface design, including consistency, simplicity, and usability
• Outstanding academics, with a cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5
• Experience in graphics production and graphics editing technology, including motion graphics, interactive design works, and/or videography
• Software skills including Adobe Flash or After Effects, Adobe InDesign, and/or 3D Studio Max

Tools you’ll use

• Figma
• Adobe Flash
• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe InDesign
• 3D Studio Max