Product Designer Job Description: Product Designer, Sage Network - Messaging **Must have messaging experience, because this is the priority of this role** We’re looking for a product designer for our growing, innovative Sage Network product and experience team. Imagine being at the forefront of innovation in the fintech industry. It’s your chance to influence and transform this industry’s trajectory. Join us and shape the future of the Sage Network platform. If you possess a curious mind and a fervor for crafting exceptional user experiences, this role is tailored for you. This role is hybrid - three days a week onsite in our Atlanta office. Please make your online portfolio visible and findable and please provide the password to your portfolio as well, if needed About Sage Network The Sage Network platform is the first of its kind in accounting software. Most financial teams are stuck in a world of manual emails, phone calls, PDFs, and hand entries. Imagine a solution where teams could automate and synchronize financial transactions and processes between businesses, even if they aren't using Sage accounting software. The Sage Network automates tasks like sending invoices and waiting for payments, connecting all users into one seamless system, whether they use Sage software or not. It's a game-changer in the world of connected accounting, enabling smooth transactions with customers, suppliers, banks, and other stakeholders, revolutionizing the overall efficiency of accounting processes. Your Mission As the dedicated designer for the Messaging squad, you will create intuitive and accessible experiences for key features such as in-app messaging, Inbox, and plugins for email clients to expedite workflows. You’ll collaborate cross-functionally with your PM and engineering squad to define and deliver end-to-end experiences from ideation to launch. Key Responsibilities: Minimum Qualification - is this you? - 3-5 years of experience as a product designer with a focus on messaging experiences (bonus points for FinTech, accounting software, or similar as well). - Your resume contains a link to a relevant case study (in-app messaging, Inbox, or email plug in) for our review. - You can provide examples of how you’ve collaborated with researchers, built user flows, early wireframing concepts, and prototyping. - You’re known for being an effective communicator who can clearly articulate design decisions and rationales, with a ‘show early and often’ mentality. - You deeply value working with others to achieve a common goal. - You believe in being kind and having fun at work. Key Responsibilities - Seek to develop a deep knowledge of the user base and apply a UCD (user-centered design) approach to iterating on the design based on user feedback. - Partner with your research colleagues to assemble data about how users engage with our products, document your findings, design end-to-end experiences, and create prototypes to explain your designs. - Work closely with your design counterparts, PMs, and engineering to foster an exceptional collaborative environment and deliver effective solutions. - Participate in design critique sessions, design jams, and design systems meetings to help improve not only the design but also challenge your peers to keep enhancing their crafts. - Track industry trends and competitive landscape to contribute to strategic product design. Function: Product Delivery Country: United States Office Location: Atlanta Work Place type: Hybrid Advert Working at Sage means you’re supporting millions of small and medium sized businesses globally with technology to work faster and smarter. We leverage the future of AI, meaning business owners spend less time doing routine tasks, like entering invoices and generating reports, and more time pursuing their ambitions. Our colleagues are the best of the best. Because to achieve extraordinary outcomes, we need extraordinary teams. This means infusing Sage with people who knock down barriers, continuously innovate, and want to experience their potential. Learn more about working at Sage:sage.com/en-us/company/careers/working-at-sage/ Watch a video about our culture:youtube.com/watch?v=h1-vs3zIpnc We celebrate individuality and welcome you to join us if you embrace all backgrounds, identities, beliefs, and ways of working. If you need support applying, reach out atcareers@sage.com. 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