Product Designer, App Store

Summary

Posted: Oct 2, 2024

Role Number:200569882

The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. At Apple great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences. We are seeking an experienced designer to join our App Store Product Design team in an exciting and fast-paced organization. The ideal designer will have a passion for tackling complex problems and designing sophisticated, simple solutions that surprise and delight users. We’ll provide you with unparalleled levels of opportunity and resources, with the goal of crafting experiences that influence the industry, as well as people’s lives. By constantly focusing on the consumer, you’ll build products that are not only amazing to look at, but also intuitive and useful to billions of people worldwide. Join this team if you’re committed to making each human interaction — visual, audial, and haptic — amazing for our customers.

Description

The App Store Product Design team is looking for an extraordinary hands-on digital product designer to work across all our platforms, including iOS, Mac, TV and web. You will be responsible for researching, designing, and prototyping new user experiences based on product requirements. Deliverables include design mockups, prototyping, production of visual assets, and documentation required for proper implementation. You flourish in a dynamic, ever-changing, and deadline driven environment. You are a great collaborator and a phenomenal communicator, able to develop and present design ideas in a large team environment. You will work closely with cross-functional teams such as Engineering, Production, Product Marketing, and Senior Management. You possess extraordinary visual and user interface design skills, as well as user-centered design principals and have an affinity for consistency, color use, typography, and a keen eye for subtle details. While exercising a good eye for aesthetics, you are able to grasp and distill highly complex issues and translate them into clean, focused, understandable solutions. Strong communication skills and ability to stay highly organized is essential. Interest in new technologies in AI, AR/VR, web, mobile, and other devices is required. You should be a self-starter, self-motivated, able to work independently, and perform multiple tasks under minimal supervision. The work that you design will be seen and experienced by millions of people around the world, every month.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Interaction, Graphic Design, Media Arts or equivalent experience
• 4-8 years of design experience working within a technical environment
• An excellent on-line portfolio showcasing UX, UI, and visual design work for mobile devices
• Enthusiasm for an iterative design process, inspired by group critique
• Ability to communicate design concepts through sketches and wireframes
• Able to function independently and in a team environment, with excellent collaboration skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; both written and verbal
• A passion for Apple, it’s products, and its customers is a requirement

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in designing iOS app experiences from start to finish as a product designer with familiarity of iOS development
• UI and visual design work for desktop, TV, web, or Apple Vision is a plus
• Previous experience working in e-commerce environment is a plus
• Highly skilled in Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Keynote and other design tools
• Ability to prototype in HTML/CSS/JavaScript, AfterEffects, or other tools
• A deep understanding of the Apple design aesthetic, UI, and history

Pay & Benefits

• At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $166,600 and $250,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
  
  Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.
  
  Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.