(Senior) Product Designer
Halter
Product, Design
Auckland, New Zealand
Posted on Friday, May 31, 2024
About the role
Halter’s mobile app is unlike any other app! Not just because our farmers rely on it to manage their farms 24/7, but more so because it has a deep connection to the real world. Farmers can initiate a shift in the Halter app and only minutes later cows will be guided to the chosen destination. We're looking for an experienced product designer who is passionate about solving real-world problems with innovative and beautiful designs.
You'll be working in our Animal team where we focus on animal health, reproduction and virtual fencing. Halter doesn’t just save a farmer hours of work each day, but we enable farmers to increase the utilisation of their land, to accurately feed their animals, to have healthy and productive animals and to run more sustainable farms. We’re not just changing farmers’ lives, we’re changing an industry.
You’ll be working with a talented and motivated group of people, made up of farmers, engineers and everything in between. We strongly believe in a first principles approach to problems and love to ship product at pace with an iterative approach. We build features that truly move the needle for our farmers and their cows. We aim to understand our farmers and their needs better than they do and love to spend time on farm with our farmers in doing so. Our farmers love to work with us on product innovation and as a designer, you can be sure you’ll be chatting to our farmers heaps.
Who we’re looking for
- Relevant product experience designing mobile apps
- Creative problem-solver who cares deeply about doing great work and with a track record of innovating on new features from initial concepts through to beautiful high-fidelity designs.
- Able to prototype, gain feedback and insights and then iterate quickly using tools like Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (or whatever you need to get the job done)
- Clearly communicate design work with solid rationale informed by research and data
- Possess a strong understanding of the product development process, from discovery and problem definition to detailed UX and visual design
- Able to work as a core member within a multi-disciplinary team and collaborate throughout the project lifecycle to produce outstanding results
- Ability to adhere and contribute to our in-house design system (Daisy), utilising and expanding our component library and evolving the holistic design language for both mobile and web applications.
- Approach problems with curiosity, and excitement to learn and grow your knowledge
- Have a ‘How can we’ mindset and you'll thrive on hard problems and can adapt quickly to shifting priorities and varying volumes of work.
- View feedback as a gift and are focused on the best outcome rather than your own ego and you positively impact the team around you.
Why our team loves working at Halter ❤️
- Every now and again a company comes along that disrupts and transforms an entire industry, leaving society in a better place. Few people get the opportunity to work at companies like these. Halter is an incredible technology transforming an essential industry. We have a genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world.
- Our product changes the lives of our customers, directly improving their livelihoods and their lifestyle. Your work matters.
- Dedicate yourself to solving real-world problems alongside an epic team in a high-growth culture. The excitement, risk and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up on the global stage. Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and our impact is real.
- State-of-the-art, dog-friendly office that’s been thoughtfully designed right in the heart of Auckland city. Did we mention dogs and cows?
- Healthy body, healthy mind. We’re partnered with Southern Cross Health Insurance to support your well-being.
- We offer 6 months of fully paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 4 weeks of fully paid secondary caregiver leave and many other parental benefits that support you and your family.
- Our personal growth is important. Halter offers an annual $1000 self-development budget to be used for anything that fuels personal growth.
- Our time to recharge is valued, we’re offered wellness leave and unlimited paid annual leave.
- We offer an inclusive and attractive remuneration package made up of salary, benefits and an employee stock ownership plan.
- Delicious snacks and drinks are available for your daily flow.
Our Office First Approach
We do have flexible working hours and you can work from home when you need to but we encourage our team to be in the office as much as you can.
We have an office-first approach because we would like to keep the opportunity for teams to have spontaneous interactions which in turn has allowed our team at Halter to foster strong relationships. Stronger relationships make it easier to disagree, give feedback, do meaningful work and as a result, be higher performing as a team.
About Halter
At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a group of cattle walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing grazing with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.
Join our team
Halter is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace — a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the requirements, women and under-represented groups of candidates tend to only apply when they meet every requirement. If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily tick every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch and apply to Halter. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit!
If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending through your cover letter explaining why you’re excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV, and we’ll be in touch!
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