SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER (F/M)
YOUR ROLE
Native Instruments is looking for Senior Product Designers to join our product teams for TRAKTOR, MASCHINE and KOMPLETE. As Senior Product Designer, you will be involved in the crucial initial conception phase, transforming brilliant ideas into product definitions and specifications. You will work closely with the User Interface Design, Software and Hardware Development departments, as well as our Project Managers.
Ideally, you have at least 5 years' design or concept experience in the MI field, and active experience as a musician, producer or DJ. Please include examples of your work in your application.
Ideally, you have at least 5 years' design or concept experience in the MI field, and active experience as a musician, producer or DJ. Please include examples of your work in your application.
YOUR TASKS
- Design and define software and hardware products for the TRAKTOR, MASCHINE or KOMPLETE brands, contributing to the big-picture vision for the products
- Coordinate with other Designers, Developers, Testers and Product Managers
- Document your projects thoroughly and make sure that all team members and relevant departments are up to date on the details
- Conduct and review surveys of users and the market
- Create mockups, wireframes and interactive prototypes
YOUR PROFILE
- You have 5 years' professional experience in a relevant position: design, conception, or development work, preferably in the MI industry
- You know the market and the products for computer-based music production
- You can communicate ideas effectively and convincingly in spoken, written and graphical form
- You know how to create interactive graphics and mockups
- You understand what developers, designers and users expect and need from your project
- You can solve problems actively
- Your English is excellent
PRODUCT DESIGN AT NATIVE INSTRUMENTS
The Product Designers at Native Instruments imagine and define the products that will then be implemented and refined in other areas of the R&D department. Product Design takes care of the crucial initial conception phase that usually ends with a specification for the Developers to start their work on. It also comprises the area of "interface design" - GUI design for software and industry design for hardware - as well as sound design and DSP development. The 60 people in NI Product Design coordinate closely with their Product Management and Product Development colleagues.
