Company Background:
Ownwell helps property owners reduce the costs of owning real estate. Our proprietary software automatically identifies property owners that are overpaying on real estate expenses. We then manage the end-to-end process of reducing bills through tax appeals, exemptions, and corrections.
Over $40 billion is overpaid in property taxes every year, and inaccurate tax assessments disproportionately affect people of color, immigrants, as well as low-income communities.
Ownwell is well-funded and venture-backed by some of the best investors in the world. Our company is growing 300% year-over-year. We are looking for driven and passionate team members who thrive in a collaborative, positive culture where we all win together. If this sounds like the place for you, come help us change the way everyday homeowners manage their real estate across the country.
Role:
As a Product Designer at Ownwell you will be working across platforms to elevate Ownwell’s offering in a variety of digital and physical ways. Having an adept capacity to apply appropriate design methodologies to match the requisites of the projects is key. We have a rapidly growing product which is catalyzed by a fast-paced environment. Nimbleness matched with efficacy are intrinsic qualities to this role.
A great fit for this role will love talking to others about their work in structured and unstructured settings. A person who thinks great product design ideas can come from anyone in the company, and has an open ear to those perspectives.
Responsibilities:
- Execute end-to-end design efforts across all our platforms, from conception with stakeholders to final implementation with engineering.
- Balance working on multiple projects at once, working with the team to prioritize the highest impact work and ensure development is unblocked.
- Include a variety of perspectives in the design process. Leveraging the diverse talent and knowledge in the office to elevate your work and the product.
- Utilize a wide gamut of methodologies to communicate product and design ideas effectively.
- Ensure high-quality execution with the engineering teams by clearly communicating implementation details and QA-ing product that’s ready to ship.
- Research other offerings in the market to understand competitor experiences and industry trends and best practices.
- Promote and evangelize effective design and development processes with a mentality for efficiency and simplicity.
Requirements:
- 3-5+ years of experience in interface and user experience design at a consumer internet company, where your work has led to successful product outcomes.
- A portfolio of design projects that demonstrate strong process, execution, and taste.
- Proficiency in Figma and other industry-standard design communication tools.
- Comfort in navigating ambiguity and a knack for translating high-level requirements into interaction flows and artifacts, and transforming them into beautiful, intuitive and functional designs.
- You take pride in building simple, human-centered experiences that appeal to a broad audience, balancing design-forward thinking with approachability.
- A proven track record in working closely with Product Managers to develop and refine product requirements, creating solutions, and getting buy-in from stakeholders.
- Experience maintaining, contributing to, or creating design systems.
- A keen appreciation of the value of customer research, and a strong playbook for how to maximize insights between analytics, session replay tools, usability testing, and direct customer interviews.
- Experience designing for various platforms and knowledgeable about the differences in design patterns and technical capacities between Web, iOS, and Android.
Ownwell’s vision is to democratize access to real estate expertise. When we say we want to provide access, we mean providing access to everyone. To do that well, we need a team that’s broadly representative. We welcome people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. Ownwell is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status.
