Product Designer
Product | Portland, OR | Full Time
TreeTop Commons builds cloud-based software with a mission to inspire community engagement and a team who believes in the power of people partnering towards a common goal. NobleHour provides online community software that helps track and measure service-learning, community service and volunteering initiatives at schools, non-profits, businesses and more. Collaboratory empowers higher education institutions to document and understand the full scope of their community engagement and public service activities to improve practice. A Certified B Corp, TreeTop holds ourselves to high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.
To support our continued growth, we are hiring a Product Designer with strong project management and communication skills to design great digital products and ensure user experience is supported by accessible, delight-filled, and intuitive interfaces consistent with best UI design principles. This position is based out of our Portland office and reports to our VP of Product & Engineering.
The Position
In this role, you’ll work closely with our Product, Engineering, and Customer teams to interpret and deliver the visual presentation, usability, and outcomes of an articulated and maintained design, on-time and insync with development cycles. You'll craft, test, and evolve our design aesthetic, create and refine application wireframes, storyboards, user and process flows, mock-ups and site maps, as well as create, organize and curate company assets to support best use and brand consistency. In addition, you'll run usability tests and grow and manage a cohesive, lightweight design system to support product development, all the while owning and articulating your decisions and supporting rationale.
What We Must Have
3+ years’ experience in a dedicated user-centered design role (including initial concepts and discovery, user flows, visual design assets, and prototypes).
Experience in a cross-functional Agile team environment.
Experience collecting data-driven insights from effective product testing and converting them into visually satisfying interfaces ready to be tested again.
Nice To Have (but not required)
Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, Design, HCD or similar.
Experience with design systems, tools, and supporting and maintaining design processes.
Knowledge of software development and data architecture.
Working at TreeTop Commons
Our employees are passionate about empowering people to do good in their communities. Our team walks the talk when it comes to diversity, and genuinely enjoy being around each other. Our downtown Portland office is within walking distance to many of Portland’s awesome food carts, coffee shops, and breweries, and TreeTop is committed to providing a competitive salary and benefits package, bike parking, paid volunteer time, and many cool perks.
How to Apply
Please submit your resume online with a cover letter stating: 1) why you’re interested in working for TreeTop in particular; 2) how you meet each of our requirements and “nice to haves” (to do this, please copy/paste them and put a response after each). We are moving quickly, so expect to receive a response from our recruiter within 48 hours of your application.
** No agencies or H1B. **