Microsoft
Product Designer
MicrosoftIndia17 hours ago
Full-timeDesign, Art/Creative +1
Overview

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential and excitement for the journey ahead.

As a Product Designer, you will define specific product needs based on user insights to ideate to define solutions to meet user needs and create and develop design concepts and specifications that optimize the emotional and functional experience of a product, software, device, or service. This opportunity will allow you to focus on end-to-end user experiences, empathizing and balancing experiences with business and technical tradeoffs. You will produce visual designs from concept through delivery and sustainment, support interaction designs for hardware and/or software-based experiences, and partner with internal and external 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.  

As a Product Designer, you will collaborate closely with stakeholders to design and deliver end-to-end experiences across software, devices, and services. You will conceptualize and develop solutions grounded in user needs identified through research, while effectively balancing business objectives and technical considerations. This role offers the opportunity to leverage a diverse range of skills, including product thinking, visual design, and interaction design. You will bring a high degree of ownership and creativity to transform innovative ideas into impactful solutions. 

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.

Responsibilities

  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of the entire design cycle—from user research and problem discovery to wireframes, flows, pixel-perfect screens, usability testing, and iteration.
  • Create wireframes, journey maps, and prototypes to validate concepts; explore AI-driven prototyping methods for faster execution.
  • Collaborate with Engineering teams and perform QA checks to ensure design quality.
  • Present design work clearly with rationale, leveraging prototypes to communicate flows and iterating quickly based on feedback.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to define product features and ensure alignment throughout the design process.
  • Take ownership of small problems, proactively improving skills and contributing to team activities.
  • You will collaborate with Engineering and perform QAs to ensure design quality. Under guidance, you’ll also contribute to visual designs by producing the visual language for a product.
  • With direction, you will create wireframes, journey maps, and other elements to support interaction design. You’ll also participate in product UX improvements by creating interaction models.
  • You will clearly communicate your work to peers and managers within your immediate team. Working alongside a senior team member, you will also create a compelling narrative for a specific product or feature.
  • You will help creative team members, program managers, and developers define product features. You’ll participate in one study at a time as you help deliver product design results.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree (or currently pursuing) in industrial design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 2+ years related work 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 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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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