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This is a unique opportunity for a Designer II to shape the future of SharePoint Admin Center, empowering frontier organizations to govern, secure, and optimize their content at scale. You will work at the intersection of enterprise administration, advanced management, and user experience, designing solutions that enable IT professionals and admins to manage complex environments with clarity, confidence and supporting safe AI adoption and robust governance in frontier organizations. We are looking for a Designer II with a keen sense of craftsmanship, exposure in data driven design for scale and ability to leverage & contribute to design systems. A designer who is inclusive, can collaborate independently with key stakeholders and enrich the triad (PM, Dev, Design) partnership.
Job Responsibility:
Conceptualize and design original ideas that bring simplicity and ease of use to complex design issues
Be a conceptual thinker as well as a craftsperson
Develop deep understanding of our customers, their needs and problems
Ensure the experience vision is driven by a well-defined nucleus of user needs, tasks, marketing and business requirements
Communicate, document, and represent design direction to team members, senior management and key stakeholders
Advocate for your design solutions by putting them in context of business and user goals
Work with Design, Research, Program Management, and Engineering teams to deliver elegant and engaging end-to-end user experiences across multiple screens and input modalities
Ship these high-quality experiences, in an agile environment
Work with user researchers to coordinate testing efforts, interpret test results, and incorporate results into design efforts
Participate in and contribute to foundational research
Stay curious with trends in enterprise administration, security, compliance, and AI, proactively identifying opportunities to innovate and elevate the admin experience
Leverage and build upon existing design systems and guidelines
Effectively communicate with developers through implementation phase to realize design vision
Be open-minded, responsible, and organized
Follow and contribute to our design processes
Oversee timelines and deliverables, guide production, and communicate evolving project goals
Drive alignment and harmony with partner design teams across Microsoft
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 3+ years experience working in product or service design
OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems)
A portfolio demonstrating solid interaction design, visual design and prototyping skills
Proficiency in translating research insights into intuitive product experiences
Strong command of all aspects and levels of UX design from information architecture to systems and workflows to micro-interactions
A proven track record of creatively solving hard problems, driving complex design issues across multidisciplinary groups such as engineering, product management, research and marketing
and shipping relevant experiences within deadlines
User-centric approach to design and an understanding of how to apply research insights into design and development of product experiences
Experience in data driven decision-making
Excellent storytelling ability to generate empathy
using written and verbal communication, presentation, and organizational skills
High proficiency in modern design and prototyping tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC) and a willingness to adopt new tools, processes and workflows
Experience working within and contributing to a structured design system
Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with fellow designers and partners in Research, Product Management and Engineering
Experience in crafting a product vision and enrolling key stakeholders and leaders
Highly organized, self-motivated, and have a keen attention to detail
Ability to multi-task between multiple projects
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Nice to have:
Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 3+ years experience working in product or service design
OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 5+ years experience working in product or service design
OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems)
2+ years experience shipping products, services, or games and/or delivering to customers as a result of an end-to-end design process