Product Designer

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too. When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength. Explore life at Fortune Brands here

We’re excited to be adding a Product Designer to our growing team! This is an engaging and challenging opportunity that plays an integral role in shaping the development of our upcoming connected Master Lock and Yale & August products. We are looking for a user-obsessed and results-oriented product designer who wants to live on the edge of technologies that bring software and hardware together, within the connected home.

This position will report directly to the Senior Principal Product Designer. We are seeking a Product Designer to support our efforts in building world-class solutions for our direct-to-consumer products, as well as our business partners. You will play a key role in building smart security products that people love.

POSITION LOCATION:

This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule with all work performed in San Francisco CA, or Deerfield IL where the candidate will be expected to be on-site 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).

RESPONSIBLITIES:
 

• Using your growing range of skills (UX design, design thinking, interaction design, prototyping, visual design) to contribute to elegant user experiences that span digital (mobile, web) and physical (devices) interfaces, guided by market and product requirements to solve real problems for real people.
• Designing in collaboration with senior designers and taking initiative on specific product areas under guidance, contributing meaningfully throughout the product lifecycle.
• Leveraging available quantitative and qualitative data to inform design decisions and showing curiosity in identifying additional data sources when needed.
• Communicating and collaborating closely with software product managers, category managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to align on solutions.
• Contributing ideas and advocating for refinements and improvements to the user experience, grounded in user feedback and design principles.
• Working across the design stack: exploring problems, generating ideas, iterating on flows and interactions, building prototypes, and crafting high-fidelity visuals in support of design goals.
• Participating in workshops and cross-functional sessions, contributing insights and supporting facilitation when appropriate.
• Supporting user testing and research activities, helping plan sessions and analyze insights under the direction of senior team members or a researcher.
• Collaborating with internal teams and ecosystem partners to help create unified, seamless user experiences across multiple digital and physical touchpoints.

• 4+ years of design experience, with 1 year focused on IoT products.
• A BA/BS in design, UX/UI, HCI, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proficiency in Figma, prototyping, and collaborative design processes; familiarity with Jira.
• Working knowledge of design systems and how to use them effectively within an established framework.
• Familiarity with interaction design and prototyping tools like Protopie.
• Strong visual design skills and an eye for polished, consistent interfaces.
• Solid understanding of user-centered design (UCD) principles and a desire to grow expertise in designing for both digital interfaces and physical product interaction.
• Understanding of Material Design and Apple’s human interface guidelines.
• Awareness of Swift UI and Jetpack Compose capabilities is a plus.
• Experience leveraging AI tools and techniques in the design process.
• Experience contributing to end-to-end product design as part of a cross-functional team (product, engineering, QA), in an agile environment.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills; experience working effectively with cross-disciplinary teams.
• A proactive mindset, with a drive to solve user problems and contribute thoughtful design solutions.
• Mastery in thinking holistically about user experiences across diverse product categories and focus on all possible states and micro-interactions with relentless attention to detail.
• Familiarity with user journeys, use cases, and user modeling, and an eagerness to co-create these with product managers and researchers.
• Familiarity with Indi Young's Listening Deeply research methodology.
• Experience in developing use cases and user journeys in close collaboration with product managers within a scrum agile framework.
• Understanding of how connected devices communicate via the internet, with some familiarity with IoT platforms and protocols (such as MQTT, CoAP, HTTP) a plus.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. We’re focused on exciting opportunities within the home, security and commercial building markets. Our driving purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.

At Fortune Brands, we’re building something big. We’re advancing exciting innovations in all of our products and processes. We’re delivering trust, dependability, sustainability, and style. To make it all happen, we’ve transformed our workplace into an environment where smart, ambitious people have the support to reach their fullest potential.

When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.

Explore life at Fortune Brands here.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $100,000 USD - $150,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits, adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a sense of belonging for all associates.

Fortune Brands is built on industry-leading brands and innovation within the high-growth categories of water, outdoors and security. The Company makes innovative products for residential and commercial environments, with a growing focus on digital solutions and products that add luxury, contribute to safety and enhance sustainability. To learn more, visit our website at fbin.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Fortune Brands is an equal opportunity employer. Fortune Brands evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

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