Contract Senior Product Designer (Remote, United States)
Introduction
The Zebra, named a Best Place to Work in Austin four years running, is revolutionizing how connected consumers research and shop for insurance. We intentionally strive to build diverse teams that feel inclusive for all. Our motto is "All Stripes Welcome," and we put that into practice by valuing both traditional and non-conventional backgrounds and perspectives. Our Zeebs are passionate about learning, growing, & working together to tackle exciting problems.
The product team's vision
The product team's vision is to make buying insurance a simple and enjoyable user experience. We are looking for a contract Senior Product Designer to develop creative strategies and deliver accessible solutions towards that vision. Product Designers work cross-functionally with product management and engineering to ensure their team crafts well-rounded experiences. This role reports directly to our Director of Product Design.
Compensation
This contract position is subject to receiving between $60.14/hr and $70.16 per hour. The wage will be confirmed based on various factors, including experience, skills, and insights gathered during the interview process. We strive to ensure fair and equitable pay aligned with market standards and each individual's value to the role. This is a contract position and not eligible for benefits.
Location
This is a fully remote contract role within the United States. We support flexible work environments while ensuring alignment across time zones to collaborate effectively with our team.
What You'll Do
- Create intuitive, usable, and engaging design solutions.
- Be accountable for high-quality design practices, using available data to inform decisions and following design patterns.
- Balance advocacy for our users with business needs. Your work will support our vision to become a go-to insurance shopping destination while maintaining a focus on monetization.
- Build experiences through an agile, iterative process. Rapidly produce multiple concepts, knowing when to be pixel-perfect and when a low-fi sketch will do.
- Take full ownership of your work and responsibility for the user experience.
- Add to our collaborative working environment by communicating clearly on a multi-disciplinary team.
- Lead design meetings and facilitate knowledge sharing, collaboration, and decision-making.
What We're Looking For
We look for folks who have a strong sense of ownership, excellent communication and collaboration skills, and a dedication to continuous improvement.
- 5+ years (or equivalent) of experience designing consumer-facing experiences.
- Strong design portfolio that demonstrates depth of skill in both UX and UI.
- Experience communicating and demonstrating prototypes in various states of polish to coworkers and stakeholders using various tools (Figma, etc).
- Excellent communicator. You communicate design perspectives clearly and concisely to teammates in UX writing, research, product management, engineering, and other design disciplines.
- People-focused design mentality with a strong understanding of usability and user experience principles.
- Uses quantitative and qualitative data to make educated design decisions and validate user needs.
- Thoughtful cross-functional partner. You aren't afraid to ask questions and look for opportunities to improve working relationships and processes.
- Experience leading the end-to-end design process or agile sprints.
Experience that will Impress the Heck Out of Us
- Experience working at a national brand and high-growth startups.
- Experience designing for insurance or financial products.
- Experience working with agile development teams.
About The Zebra
The Zebra is the nation’s leading, independent insurance comparison site. With our dynamic, real-time quote comparison tool, consumers can identify insurance companies with the coverage, service level, and pricing to suit their unique needs. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, The Zebra has sought to bring transparency and simplicity to insurance shopping since 2012 -- it's “insurance in black and white.”
We've garnered attention and investment of some of the nation’s top venture capitalists.
Check out all of our awards & recognition!
Our core mantra is "All Stripes Welcome." As part of our dedication to maintaining an inclusive and diverse workforce, we provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform core job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation!
