We are seeking a talented **Designer II** to join our highly collaborative design team at Studio +91 . In this role, you will define and design compelling experiences that empower people to achieve more together by shaping the core communication and collaboration features of our transformative chat-based app Microsoft Teams. Our team comprises of user researchers, ux engineers, content writers and designers who value creativity, open idea sharing, and having fun while delivering products that our millions of users love. You will focus on experiences that allow users to stay on top of what is important in Microsoft Teams like direct mentions and craft meaningful experiences that also help users discover good-to-know information that further fuels the collaboration flywheel in Microsoft Teams. As a visionary designer, you will elevate the craft by inspiring, defining, articulating, and delivering elegant and simplified solutions to our most complex challenges. Your knowledge of leveraging design systems will be at the core of iterations along with prototyping initiatives and direct the product team to generate innovative solutions for complex products. Effective communication of your ideas through compelling stories, sketches, and fully rendered designs is crucial to your success. Frequently, you will set the context for senior leadership, communicate a convincing product story to inspire and excite with high-quality, design-led narratives across desktop platforms. 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** + Conceptualize and design original ideas that bring simplicity and ease of use to complex design issues. Be a conceptual thinker as well as a craftsperson. Your design work is clean, focused and inspiring to others. + Develop deep understanding of our customers, their needs and problems. Ensure the experience vision is driven by a well-defined nucleus of user needs, tasks, marketing and business requirements. + Communicate, document, and represent design direction to team members, senior management and key stakeholders. Advocate for your design solutions by putting them in context of business and user goals. + Work with Design, Research, Program Management, and Engineering teams to deliver elegant and engaging end-to-end user experiences across multiple screens and input modalities. Ship these high quality experiences, in an agile environment. + Work with user researchers to coordinate testing efforts, interpret test results, and incorporate results into design efforts. Participate in and contribute to foundational research. + Leverage and build upon existing design systems and guidelines. Effectively communicate with developers through implementation phase to realize design vision. + Be open-minded, responsible, and organized. Follow and contribute to our design processes. **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications** + Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 4+ years 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). + A portfolio demonstrating strong interaction design, visual design and prototyping skills. Proficiency in translating research insights into intuitive product experiences. Strong command of all aspects and levels of UX design from information architecture to systems and workflows to micro-interactions. + A proven track record of creatively solving hard problems, driving complex design issues across multidisciplinary groups such as engineering, product management, research and marketing; and shipping relevant experiences within deadlines. + User-centric approach to design and an understanding of how to apply research insights into design and development of product experiences. Experience in data driven decision-making. + High proficiency in modern design and prototyping tools. (Figma, Adobe CC) and a willingness to adopt new tools, processes and workflows. Experience working within and contributing to a structured design system. **Preferred Qualifications** + Excellent storytelling ability to generate empathy; using written and verbal communication, presentation, and organizational skills. + Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with fellow designers and partners in Research, Product Management and Engineering. Experience in crafting a product vision and enrolling key stakeholders and leaders. + Highly organized, self-motivated, and have a keen attention to detail. Ability to multi-task between multiple projects. 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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .