User Experience Design Senior Designer #1035982
Job Description:

• About the Role Within Global Data Insight and Analytics (GDIA), Senior and Advanced Product Designers are responsible for driving design excellence and shaping user-centered digital solutions that support company's most visible initiatives.
• You will operate as a strategic leader and hands-on designer, ensuring design quality, cohesion, and impact across complex products and platforms.
• This role is ideal for highly experienced designers who are passionate about mentoring others, influencing product strategy, and advancing the design discipline across the organization.

What You'll Do

• Drive product vision and design strategy, influencing high-impact features and experiences.
• Lead design thinking sessions, workshops, and cross-functional alignment discussions.
• Ensure design cohesion and quality across platforms and product lines.
• Conduct advanced research and usability assessments; make strategic, data-informed design decisions.
• Mentor and coach designers across the organization; review and elevate peers' work.
• Represent the design function in strategic conversations with leadership and stakeholders.
• Shape team roadmaps and goals; make high-impact decisions on product direction.
• Contribute to the broader design community (e.g., publishing, speaking, open-source). Application Design, Strategic Communication, Adobe Illustrator, Customer Experience, User Experience Design (UX), Process Validation, Visual Design, USER RESEARCH, Product Design

Skills Required:

• Application Design
• Strategic Communication
• Adobe Illustrator
• Customer Experience
• User Experience Design (UX)
• Process Validation
• Visual Design
• USER RESEARCH
• Product Design

 
Skills Preferred:

• UI/UX DESIGN

 
Experience Required:

• Senior Designer Exp.: 5-8+ years

 
Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree (HCI, Human Factors, Design, Psychology, Communications, or related).
• 5+ years of proven UX/product design experience, including leadership responsibilities.
• Extensive experience conducting and applying user research to inform strategy and execution.
• Proficiency in design tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite) and strong understanding of UI development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
• Portfolio demonstrating leadership on high-impact, end-to-end design initiatives across multiple platforms.

 
Experience Preferred:
Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading design within Lean/Agile product teams.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders, drive consensus, and communicate design rationale at senior levels.
• Specialized expertise (e.g., in-vehicle, mobile, business design, motion, API-driven systems).
• Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and build design talent.
• Track record of introducing innovative design methods and advancing organizational design maturity.

 
Education Required:

• Bachelor's Degree

 
Education Preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Associate Degree

 
Additional Info:
 
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra.  We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
 

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

 
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!
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