Product Designer

Product Designer

Hybrid - West Des Moines, IA | Full-Time Position

About Tractor Zoom

We are committed to helping leaders in agriculture make data-driven decisions when it comes to buying, selling, financing, and insuring heavy equipment. Tailored to each business’ unique needs, the Tractor Zoom solution suite utilizes data and technology to impart equipment insights that are honest, accessible, and actionable. We empower Farm Credit Associations, Farm Service Agencies, banks, equipment dealerships, auctioneers, and farmers, and fuel their growth.

We’re Looking for an ‘A’ Player

We're seeking a Product Designer to join our team. In this role, you'll be pivotal in understanding customer needs and journeys while translating these insights into intuitive, interactive designs that inform and implement product strategy. You will lead UX research to uncover user insights, guide product direction, and contribute to the product roadmap. The ideal candidate will be adept at UX research and design, ensuring a seamless transition of concepts into development through effective designer-developer collaboration. Your contribution will help us deliver user-centered solutions that align with business goals and delight our customers, driving the company's vision and strategy forward.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct user research with customers to understand user needs and behaviors through interviews, usability testing and competitive analysis.
• Validate design concepts through sketches, wireframes, and prototypes. 
• Deliver final designs to engineers with clear specifications and conduct QA on those changes before shipping to production.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers to refine the product roadmap and prioritize features that bring the most value to customers and meet business objectives.
• Present demos of design initiatives to relevant stakeholders outlining research, design changes, and desired outcomes.
• Collaborate with Product Designers & Engineers to make contributions to a design system by establishing design guidelines and best practices.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Minimum Requirements-

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or related fields.
• A portfolio showcasing strong visual skills & problem-solving methodology in UX Design.
• Proficiency with design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, or Sketch.
• Knowledge in user-centered design principles, accessibility standards, and user research methodologies.
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills.
• Ability to handle several complex projects simultaneously while maintaining alignment with relevant stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills that translate user research data into actionable design decisions.

Preferred Requirements-

• 3 years of experience designing and delivering products in SaaS or other technology-focused industries.
• Familiarity with agile product development and working in agile teams.
• Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and Javascript.

*Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Benefits:

• 80% Health, Vision and Dental Insurance Covered
• 401k Program
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Unlimited PTO
• Competitive Salary
• Company Stock
• Performance Based Culture
• Hybrid - 4 days in office and 1 day remote

Tractor Zoom Culture

We are a small but mighty team of driven, out-of-the-box thinkers that are hungry for information. We are not only passionate about identifying customer pain points but inspired to solve them. Our values unite us and help us work together toward our common goals. We’re a customer first organization knowing they are ultimately the end users of our products and technology. 

If you’re interested in making a difference and seeing your efforts directly impact the trajectory of a company. Come join us!