Product Designer

About Ascendion :

Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.

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About the Role:

Title: Product Designer 3

Location: Remote

Typical Day in the Role

Purpose of the Team:

The team is designing an AI‑forward newsfeed to modernize MSN and align with the Copilot family of products.

Key Projects:

This role will contribute to:

• Designing feed experiences, article and video experiences
• Creating personalized content experiences for MSN, Edge new‑tab page, and Windows newsfeed surfaces

Responsibilities

• Design expressive, visually compelling features for users of our AI news and interest feed
• Craft clear, engaging visual stories that communicate ideas effectively to our stakeholders
• Partner with product managers, engineers, and content strategists to define and deliver product features
• Work effectively within a complex design system to deliver cohesive, scalable designs
• Apply a sharp eye for detail to ensure pixel-perfect execution and high-quality fit and finish across releases.
• Collaborate with motion designers to integrate animation and micro-interactions that enhance usability and delight.
• Contribute to design critiques and articulate rationale behind visual decisions to build alignment across stakeholders.
• Stay ahead of emerging design trends, AI capabilities, and consumer content behaviors to inform innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• Portfolio showcasing excellence in visual design for consumer-facing digital products.
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communication, fine arts, product design, or a related field preferred, but equivalent practical experience is valued.
• Strong background in visual design, typography, color, layout, and iconography.
• Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite; familiarity with prototyping tools and workflows.
• Experience collaborating in multidisciplinary teams and delivering independently from concept to production.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing creativity with deadlines.
• Bonus: Motion design skills (After Effects, Principle, Lottie, or similar) with an understanding of UX animation principles.
• Bonus: Experience with generative AI tools (e.g., Figma Make, MidJourney, DALL·E, Runway, or similar)

What is the ideal background: Background in visual design with strong fundamentals in typography, layout, color, balance. Product design/UX experience, ideally in the tech industry.

Top 3 Must-Have HARD Skills

• Figma design skills
• Prototyping skills
• Design fundamentals

Thanks

Salary Range: $1,14,400 - $1,17,400 Annually - Factors that may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [09-10 days/hours of paid time off]

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