[Hiring] Senior Product Designer @Bonterra

Role Description

The ActionKit team at NGP VAN needs you to help our clients win fights to make the world a better place. ActionKit (actionkit.com) is used by over 150 progressive groups and not-for-profits to help tens of millions of online supporters contact decision makers, donate money, and take action online and offline.

As our Senior Product Designer, you will own the design of major product workflows and lead meaningful improvements to the ActionKit user interface. This role blends hands-on UI design with systems thinking and user advocacy, ensuring our tools are powerful, intuitive, and accessible to the organizations that depend on them.

Is this the job for you?

• We keep our eyes on the big picture. You’ll be trusted with high-level product goals and the autonomy to translate them into thoughtful, well-executed design solutions.
• You’re comfortable leading. Whether it’s running usability tests, guiding a UI redesign, or evolving our design system, you take initiative and help move the product forward.
• You collaborate deeply. You enjoy partnering closely with engineers, product stakeholders, and clients to balance polish, usability, feasibility, and long-term maintainability.
• You care about real-world impact. Our clients rely on ActionKit in high-stakes moments. You value clarity, accessibility, and practical design that supports people doing meaningful work.
• You understand that the work isn’t over when designs ship. You’re interested in measuring impact, learning from users, iterating, and continuously improving the experience.

Essential Position Functions and Responsibilities:

• Own the design of significant product features and core workflows from concept through delivery.
• Lead usability testing and user research efforts, including planning, conducting interviews, synthesizing findings, and applying insights.
• Contribute to and evolve the ActionKit design system to ensure consistency, scalability, and accessibility.
• Collaborate closely with engineers to define functional and usability requirements, ensuring design intent is realized in implementation.
• Lead and contribute to major UI redesign initiatives to improve clarity, efficiency, and overall user experience.
• Produce brand and marketing design assets that support product launches and communications.
• Advocate for accessibility and inclusive design, incorporating best practices and standards (including WCAG) into product decisions.
• Participate in cross-functional discussions to align product strategy, user needs, and technical constraints.

Qualifications

• Advanced proficiency in modern design tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Strong UX and interaction design expertise, including complex workflow and information architecture design.
• Experience planning and running user interviews and usability tests.
• Ability to balance visual polish with usability, clarity, and performance.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions and tradeoffs clearly.
• Experience leading design for SaaS products.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional product, UI, or UX design experience.
• Demonstrated success delivering end-to-end workflows and leading significant redesign efforts.
• A strong portfolio showcasing thoughtful UI/UX work and systems thinking.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and experience implementing accessible design patterns.
• Brand and cross-channel design experience.
• Experience working with nonprofits or political organizations.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package that supports your health, well-being, and growth.
• Compensation and benefits for this role apply to full-time employees in the United States and may vary based on local standards, laws, and norms.
• Pay is determined by location, skills, experience, and education, and is one part of NGP VAN's total rewards package, which may also include bonuses, incentives, equity, and a comprehensive benefits program.

Company Description

At NGP VAN, we foster an inclusive, equitable culture where every team member belongs and contributes to meaningful impact.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.