Position: Designer
Company: Piano
Category: Design
Experience required: 2y
English level: upper

Roles: Designer
Department: Design
Focus: Reporting/analytics
Reports to: SVP, Brand and Design

What you’ll do

You will continually drive forward the holistic identity, sophistication, character, and recurring patterns of our brand and our overall design system.
You will set  the standard of excellence in design and maintain it throughout every phase of a project. 
You will collaborate with designers, product managers, strategists, business analysts, and data scientists by utilizing the latest technologies and software. 
You will study, understand and translate complex data into rich storytelling opportunities and sophisticated report designs.
You will discover, conceptualize, and fully form the complete design vision for features, visualizations, and reports and guide them through to actualization.
You will continually push the envelope by seeking radically new ways of solving problems both new and old, familiar and unfamiliar.
You will leverage, evolve, and contribute to the core components, styles, elements, visual assets and tools that make up our design system.
You will build and maintain flexible and consistent design systems and component libraries.
You will be able to clearly and patiently explain your work, defend your decisions, and use constructive criticism to help improve your work.

The ideal candidate

Has a proven track record in designing high-class, cutting edge digital products and experiences.
Has at least 1-2 years of design experience in analytics, reporting, or data visualization projects.
Experienced in at least two of the following: Figma, Sketch, Illustrator, D3.js, Highcharts, and other comparable chart libraries.
Has a fundamental understanding of data visualization and charting principles.
Can intuitively weave new technologies, emerging design and interaction trends, and timeless design principles together.
Knows the rules, but knows when and how to use them, bend, break, or rewrite them entirely in the pursuit of new and innovative solutions.
Has an eye and an intuition for what “feels right” in the absence of objectivity.
Has either an interest or a talent in ancillary skillsets: 3D, motion graphics, programming, prototyping, or generative/procedural design.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, organizational, and analytical skills.
Can simultaneously think about the big picture and all of the little details.
Can present, articulate, defend, and critique your ideas, concepts, and solutions — as well as those of your team.