Lead Product Designer

WHO

Our client is a startup company that has developed a construction job site management platform that helps builders control the daily chaos of construction projects.

WHAT

Our client hired us to find a Lead Product Designer who could create an easy-to-use, intuitive collection of screen icons and images for the multi-platform apps they were developing. This individual would need to be able to connect with users, understand their needs, translate those needs into a cohesive UX/UI design, test it, and prepare for system enhancements and new releases. The successful candidate would be a critical nexus between Product Marketing, Development, and Customer Success.

LOCATION

Based in North America, but fully remote.

OPPORTUNITY

The startup team wanted a designer who put people at the center of all product designs so that the design made sense for construction professionals throughout the job site and created a reliable, comfortable, collaborative experience. Understanding the interaction between the different professional roles in a construction project was critical to creating the required data input in each facet of the system. Qualifications included five-plus years of experience as a lead product designer in multi-disciplinary product teams with a strong portfolio of work in web and mobile apps. Deep knowledge of state-of-the-art design tools was essential, as was the ability to train and guide graphic designers remotely.

OUTCOME

We developed target lists of construction technology firms and graphic designers within them whose online work portfolios reflected the necessary user-centric focus, initially identifying over 500 potential candidates. From that group, we created a list of people who had demonstrated success in an early startup. We conducted detailed interviews of several prospective candidates, the best 5 of whom we presented to the client. Team interviews followed to ensure the final candidate would be a good fit for this fast-paced global startup. The company selected the candidate who had worked with product managers at another job site construction management firm where he had focused on communicating with users to clearly understand their needs, verify design results with rigorous usability testing, and partnered with customer success managers on discovery calls. We look forward to the opportunity to work with this client again as they expand their product offerings.