Product Designer with Product Management expertise (South America or Central America-based)

Job description

**Job Overview:** **ShakaCode** is looking for a skilled Product Designer who can bring valuable product management skills to our team. This role is perfect for a UX Designer who wants to broaden their scope and play an active role in shaping product direction and strategy. While your main responsibility will be product design, product management skills are a significant plus. **The ideal candidate can occasionally contribute to product strategy and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, ensuring design decisions align with broader business goals.** **What We Offer:** - 100% remote position with flexible working hours - Work independently on big projects and make decisions based on varying amounts of information. Our projects range from new products to refinements on existing products. ### Key Responsibilities: - **Product Design:** - Lead the end-to-end design process, from user research and wireframing to prototyping and final UI design. - Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure designs are implemented accurately. - Create prototypes and high-fidelity designs that align with the product vision. - Maintain and evolve design systems to ensure consistency across the product. ### Nice to have: - **Product Management Skills:** - Work closely with product management to align design work with business goals and user needs. - Contribute to product roadmaps, providing insights from a design perspective. - Assist in prioritizing features and defining product requirements that enhance user experience and business impact. - **Cross-Functional Collaboration:** - Partner with cross-functional teams, including marketing, customer support, and engineering, to ensure a cohesive product experience. - Act as an advocate for the user throughout the product development lifecycle. ### Required Skills & Qualifications: - 3+ years of experience as a product or UI/UX designer with shipped products in your portfolio. - Proven ability to balance design tasks with strategic product management responsibilities. - Experience creating designs either mobile-first or desktop-first. - Experience with both consumer and business systems - **Skills** - Excellent spoken and written English communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and present ideas clearly. - Proficiency in design tools like Figma, or similar. - Strong understanding of product strategy and the ability to contribute to roadmap planning. - Analytical mindset with experience in user research and data-driven decision-making.