Job Description
THE OPPORTUNITY
At Abercrombie & Fitch, The Digital Product Designer is responsible for envisioning and delivering the experience design for our digitally enabled experiences throughout the ecosystem for our global brands.
As part of A&F’s Experience and Digital Product Team, this highly visible and collaborative team member will translate product strategies for their respective digital products into viable, feasible, desirable, and inclusive, experiences.
Working with other designers, researchers, product managers, and developers, the Digital Product Designer supports the full design process from concept to delivery.
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams of designers, researchers, product managers, and developers to envision and deliver digital products and services throughout the retail ecosystem including Mobile Apps, Web, Voice, and Social platforms.
- Engage throughout the design process and produce design artifacts from concept to delivery; including research, ideation, prototyping, end-to-end flows, wireframes, design system components and full-fidelity visual design.
- Apply appropriate design methodologies paired with data and insights to influence and drive optimal design decisions and outcomes for our customers and associates that serve them.
- Socialize design concepts and deliverables with cross-functional teams and stakeholders with appropriate levels of fidelity and rationale.
- Attend and participate in daily stand-up, grooming, planning, and sprint retrospective meetings.
- Participate in design reviews and critiques; solicit and provide constructive feedback across the spectrum of digital products.
- Actively participate and partner with peers and team leadership to evangelize and drive design maturity across the team and company.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BRING?
- Bachelor’s Degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of digital product design or related work experience with corresponding portfolio.
- Strong proficiency in a variety of design and prototype tools such as Figma, Azure, Sketch, InVision Adobe Creative Suite and expertise of digital technologies e.g. web, Android, iOS, etc.
- Understanding of responsive web & native application design and familiar with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS capabilities.
- Experienced in the development of artifacts such as sketches, storyboards, scenarios, process flows, IA visualizations, wireframes, prototypes, and design systems.
- Ability to use qualitative and quantitative data to drive design solutions.
- A strong understanding and experience working across multiple modern methods (Design Thinking, Agile, Lean UX)
- Ability to work confidently in a highly-collaborative an iterative design process that includes giving, accepting, and responding to feedback and constructive critique