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At delta dental, our strategy is only as strong as the people who execute it! we are hiring individuals that are not just right for today but also for our futureWe have built a foundation of high-trust by treating all people with dignity, making and keeping commitments, and consistently striving to do the right thingOur leaders optimistically share future possibilities to inspire and motivate others toward their full potentialWe expect our employees to find ways to embrace positive change, be curious and challenge the status quo, and provide solutions to unmet problemsJoining delta dental means joining a culture focused on fostering development, building genuine connections, recognizing each other’s strengths and sharing in successes.
A senior product designer leads a team of product designers in the design strategy and creation of new productsThey are involved in significant outreach and discussions with stakeholders, customers, and users to determine how best to serve their needsThey work with other product designers and user experience professionals to design the products for testing before presenting the completed workAs a senior designer, their duties may also include training new employees and maintaining open communication with other departments during the design process.
As a key part of our design systems team, you’ll help define the components and standards used by all our product teams across member, provider, and internal experiencesYou’re a strong systems thinker and advocate who approaches systems design as a means to influence and implement the culture and priorities of our team including collaboration, accessibility, and inclusive designYou understand that a design system is more than a set of components or guidelines and are passionate about keeping up with the latest usability findingsYou are obsessive about detail, and love to collaborate, share, and teach.
Our design systems designers are responsible for leading the visual design, interaction design, and guideline development, of our components and associated standards and working closely with engineers to ensure the implementation of extremely high-quality components.
How you will make an impact:
Applies delta dental’s design thinking process towards business opportunities and partners with product management, engineering, and stakeholders to shape the product vision, identify the mvp, and define features.
Effectively communicates the problem, solution and impact through a well-organized presentation with strong story telling skills to persuade and influence the audience.
Practices fundamental and advanced design methods and partners with user researchers to co-create truly user-centric products.
Well versed in product domain and business and participates in stakeholder meetings
Leads by example a culture of sharing and collaboration through design critiques, show and tells, demos, stakeholder reviews, product team reviews, and leadership meetings
Advanced understanding of accessibility guidelines, integrates and contributes to delta dental’s design system
Develops and maintains detailed design documentation including specifications, redlines, and style guides.
Trains, educates, and mentors other product designers on the ux core team to sharpen and expand their craft
Plans, leads, and facilitates design workshops
A proven track record of launching successful products with teams within a reasonable time frame and deadline
What we look for:
Advanced knowledge of design thinking principles to help shape the product vision and strategy with product development partners.
Advanced knowledge of user research methodologies to synthesize and critically think through evidence to define the problem
Advanced knowledge of ux methodologies to define the users of an experience.
Ability to concept design and ideate towards a given definition of problem
Ability to use design methods such as wireframing, interaction design, visual design, and prototyping to communicate ideas and solutions
Advanced knowledge of design systems and its value towards a products’ development
Advanced knowledge of accessibility and current industry guidelines
Advanced knowledge of working within an agile framework
Excellent written and verbal communication skills used towards interpersonal discussions and design documentation with teammates, product development partners and stakeholders
Excellent presentation skills, organization, understands the audience and communicates through storytelling to engage and persuade ideas and solutions.
Ability to empathize with our users to advocate better experiences and user centered designs
Organized in design file management
Excellent time management skills and meets deadlines
A minimum of 7 years of experience in product design and development
A minimum of 5 years of experience using: sketch, abstract, invision, adobe creative suite
Nice to have: front end code, ux writing, content strategy, animations and micro interactions, advanced prototyping programs
Benefits and perks:
12 days starting vacation, 12 holidays, 9 sick days and your birthday off!
Low-cost premium medical insurance options
100% paid dental and vision insurance
Generous 401(k) matching and flat contribution
Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities, including 16 paid volunteer hours annually
Employee livewell program, focusing on overall employee well-being.
Fertility and diabetes benefits
Employee discount program: at&t/verizon, entertainment, travel, and more!
Culture of learning: career development and tuition reimbursement
Career growth: we love promoting from within
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At delta dental we: promote accountability, integrity and collaboration: our employees are collaborative, self-aware, and ethicalIt is our expectation to do the right thing and follow through on commitmentsFoster professional development: our employees take ownership of developing themselves and others through coaching, mentoring and providing/being open to constructive feedback and identifying learning opportunitiesValue customers and cultivate positive experiences: our employees take time to build rapport with customers, while anticipating and exceeding their needs to ensure positive outcomes.
If you think this sounds like you, let’s chatWe would love to tell you more!
To see some of the smiling faces behind delta dental and to learn more about what our values and culture look like in action, connect with us on social media: @lifeatddins on facebook and instagram, @deltadentalins on twitter, and delta dental insOn linkedinAbout delta dental delta dental covers more americans than any other dental benefits providerOur vision is to motivate and empower every employee so we’re all inspired to take exceptional care of our customers, providers and each otherOur enterprise strategy focuses on pillars of growth and diversification, supported by the platforms of culture and people, process and technologyOur employees take pride working for a purpose-driven organization and live our values of trust, service, excellence and innovationWe are part of the delta dental plans association, a network of companies that provides dental coverage to 74 million people in the u.sDelta dental of california, delta dental of new york, inc., delta dental of pennsylvania and delta dental insurance company, together with our affiliate companies, form one of the nation’s largest dental benefits delivery systems, covering 33 million enrolleesAll of our companies are members, or affiliates of members, of the delta dental plans association, a network of 39 delta dental companies throughout the countryDelta dental provides equal employment opportunities (eeo) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other classification protected by federal or state lawIn addition to federal law requirements, delta dental complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilitiesThis policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Unfortunately, our delta dental enterprise is unable to hire individuals residing in alaska, north dakota, nebraska, hawaii, oklahoma, vermont, maine, west virginia, new hampshire, wyoming, puerto rico or other us territories at this time.
Proof of eligibility to work in the united states must be provided if selected for hire.
