WealthCounsel, LLC is a company dedicated to providing exceptional drafting software and legal tools to attorneys. They are seeking a motivated Junior Product Designer to join their product design team, where the individual will be responsible for designing user-centered experiences across software products and collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers throughout the design process.
Responsibilities:
- Apply structured problem-framing with guidance — articulate the problem a design is solving, not just the solution
- Participate in discovery sessions with the PM and Engineering Lead, contributing a user-centered perspective
- Create wireframes, prototypes, and design documentation that communicate intent and support decision-making
- Learn to distinguish between user requests and underlying user needs
- Design interaction flows, interface layouts, and components in alignment with the design system
- Deliver designs that account for the full spectrum of states: happy paths, error states, empty states, loading states, and edge cases
- Designs that account for fluid viewport sizes and device types
- Apply design system patterns consistently; contribute to iterative improvement
- Participate in user research activities (usability tests, interviews, and discovery sessions) with support from senior designers
- Shadow Support troubleshooting sessions and Member Success training sessions to build direct understanding of how attorneys use our products
- Review support tickets and feature requests to identify patterns
- Develop understanding of user needs based on direct observation
- Actively learn your product area — use the product regularly, review support tickets, ask questions about how features connect
- Understand the workflows attorneys perform within your product area
- Collaborate with engineering on implementation feasibility and develop awareness of technical constraints and opportunities
- Review release notes and change logs to understand what's changed and why
- Participate in design reviews, sprint planning, and cross-functional team rituals
- Incorporate critique feedback effectively and iterate quickly
- Work closely with the Senior Product Designer and Manager to evolve the design system and pattern library
- Communicate design rationale clearly to PMs and Engineers — practice explaining why
Requirements:
- 0–3 years of experience in product design, UX design, or a related role
- Portfolio demonstrating user-centered thinking, interaction design craft, and problem-solving across digital products
- Proficiency in Figma or equivalent modern design and prototyping tools
- Familiarity with UX research methods and willingness to participate in and contribute to research activities
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to design quality
- Curiosity about how products work — technically, commercially, and from the user's perspective
- Experience working in an agile or scrum development environment
- Exposure to design systems and component-based design workflows
- Familiarity with accessibility best practices (WCAG)
- Experience working with product management teams
- Understanding of HTML and CSS sufficient to collaborate effectively with front-end developers