Product Designer

The Collaborative Apps and Platforms Ecosystem (CAPE) team empowers Microsoft partners and customers with the tools, guidance, and support needed to build impactful Microsoft 365 (M365) applications and services, solutions which underpin business processes and productivity scenarios across our diverse ecosystem of organizations and businesses.

As part of the CAPE team, you'll collaborate with partners across Teams, Copilot, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other M365 verticals and leverage the latest M365 platforms and frameworks, including the Fluent design system, to deliver transformational, user-centric solutions. Your deep customer knowledge and insights will help to guide features and enhancements that improve our products and drive user value.

As a Product Designer, you will define specific product needs based on user insights to ideate and define solutions that meet user needs. You will create and develop design concepts and specifications that optimize the emotional and functional experience of a product. You will focus on end-to-end user experiences, empathizing with and balancing experiences with business and technical tradeoffs. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, deepen your user-centered design, design leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

You will produce visual designs from concept through delivery and sustainment, support interaction designs for software-based experiences, and partner with internal development teams, marketing and design groups to research and analyze customer feedback for incorporation into product enhancements, new product designs and overall design language and strategy.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. 

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Responsibilities

Design Excellence: Understand the behaviors, motivations, and needs of our customers to develop and deliver relevant and impactful experiences. In-depth understanding of Design Systems and how to deliver impactful experiences within those constraints.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: You will interact with creative team members, product managers, engineers, and executive stakeholders to define, iterate, and implement new and existing product features, ensuring alignment with business, technical, and user requirements. You will work with user researchers to coordinate testing efforts, interpret test results, and incorporate results into design efforts. Participate in and contribute to foundational research.

Compelling Communication & Storytelling: Present design concepts and decisions to cross functional partners and stakeholders, articulating design rationale clearly and effectively.

Mentorship: Foster a culture of creativity and innovation through mentorship and collaboration with other designers.

A portfolio review presentation is expected as part of the interview process for this role. Your presentation should showcase your work experience and demonstrate your design and storytelling skills, along with your authentic interest for the space through compelling communication.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field
• OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems).
• Experience designing and prototyping in Figma.
  

Resume must include a link to design portfolio.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 2+ years experience working in product or service design
• OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 1+ year(s) relevant internship/work experience working in product or service design
• OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems).
• Experience shipping products to customers as a result of an end-to-end design process.
• Experience in accessibility and inclusive design.
• Experience that demonstrates proven ability to advocate for design thinking, effectively influence design outcomes, discover problems and tackle them in fast-paced environments.
  

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.