Product Designer, Early Career

About Mirage

Mirage is an AI-driven video platform that enhances production and editing through natural language processing. Our technology mimics professional editors' creative decisions using contextual awareness, significantly boosting efficiency for experienced teams while enabling anyone to create video content.

Join our diverse team working on groundbreaking challenges in generative media. As an early team member, you'll address key unsolved issues in the industry and influence the evolution of creative media.

Responsibilities

• Create user-friendly interfaces for web and mobile applications, encompassing user flows, wireframes, polished mockups, and interactive prototypes.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Designers to establish product specifications and devise effective solutions that meet user and business objectives.
• Lead design projects from initial idea through final delivery, weighing user requirements, technical limitations, and company goals.
• Perform user research, usability tests, and competitive analyses to guide design choices and find areas for enhancement.
• Convert insights from research, product needs, and data into well-defined design proposals.
• Help maintain and improve the design system to ensure product consistency, scalability, and quality.
• Communicate design ideas, reasoning, and compromises transparently to stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Engage in design reviews and critiques, receiving and providing feedback to continually refine the user experience.
• Serve as an advocate for users throughout the development cycle, promoting a user-centered mindset in decision-making.
• Keep abreast of industry trends, advancing technologies, and best design practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Between 1 to 4 years of UX or product design experience, ideally in a dynamic environment.
• A robust portfolio showcasing comprehensive design processes, including user research, interaction, visual design, and prototyping skills.
• Proficiency with standard design and prototyping programs like Figma.
• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles, usability standards, and common research methods.
• Excellent communication prowess to clearly present design concepts and reasoning.
• Capability to juggle multiple tasks and priorities with attention to detail.

Benefits

• Extensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• 401K plan with employer contributions
• Commuter benefit programs
• Catered lunches provided multiple days per week
• Dinner allowance for late work nights
• Grubhub subscription for meal delivery
• Health and wellness benefits
• Regular team offsite events and monthly team gatherings
• Generous paid time off policy

Additional Information

All positions require presence at our New York City headquarters located in Union Square. Benefits are applicable to full-time employees only.

Mirage is committed to equal employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law.

Compensation falls within the range of $100,000 to $150,000 annually.