Senior Product Designer

Senior Product Designer role at Garmin’s U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area, onsite in Olathe, KS.

Responsibilities

• Lead design direction across multiple projects, with responsibility for project planning to support timely completion of goals and objectives
• Contribute significantly to evaluating the feasibility of project goals and objectives
• Partner with team leads and management to shape feature vision and visualize and communicate that direction
• Act as subject matter expert for a key feature or technology and communicate user experience best practices for that area
• Research and help solve problems that span multiple groups and disciplines
• Provide expert feedback to team members within areas of design strength
• Lead discussions with partners and potential clients focused on user experience design
• Mentor less experienced Product Designers (Product Designer 1 and Product Designer 2)
• Advance design research for new products or markets by identifying research opportunities, creating research protocols, and translating findings into solutions
• Provide input to product design plans and concept documents
• Apply awareness of business needs as they relate to design
• Independently determine general approaches and specific solutions for technical design problems
• Stay current on design trends, tools, and technologies, and advocate for user-centric design principles and best practices
• Communicate work status clearly and provide visibility to a supervisor
• Exemplify Garmin’s Mission Statement and Quality Policy, with proactive work to improve Garmin’s image and culture
• Design and deliver user experiences for Garmin’s online properties efficiently and effectively
• Communicate research and design ideas using mockups, storyboards, presentations, and documentation
• Develop creative, user-friendly, and globally consistent design patterns and guidelines for the Web Design System
• Partner with design leadership, marketing, IT, global teams, and stakeholders to shape design direction
• Collaborate across product design, development, and management teams to deliver high-quality solutions
• Document web components with high attention to detail to ensure consistency across web products

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Interactive Design, Human Factors, Visual Design, or equivalent curriculum teaching user-centered design principles AND minimum 5 years relevant work experience
• OR minimum 9 years equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA ≥ 3.0 as a general rule) with the ability to apply learned knowledge effectively
• Proficiency with UX software tools such as Figma and Sketch, plus interactive prototyping tools
• Proven track record leading design direction for multiple projects, including effective project planning that supports timely completion of goals and objectives
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Technologies

• Figma
• Sketch
• Unity
• 2D/3D platforms
• Interactive prototyping tools

Desired Qualifications

• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA ≥ 3.5)
• Excellent knowledge and passion for Garmin Products

Additional Notes

• This position is eligible for Garmin’s benefit program (details: Garmin Benefits)
• Creative team focus: high attention to detail to document web components and ensure consistency across all web products

Garmin Labs (Preferred)

• Experience with Unity and/or other 2D/3D platforms for interactive design and production
• Experience designing interactive content and interfaces specifically for sports
• Experience working closely with Technical Artists and/or Developers
• Ability to provide examples of overcoming technical limitations and constraints in novel ways
• Proven lead designer for at least one shipped product