Product Designer - Games/Film Pipeline

Description

As a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, Autodesk delivers the broadest product portfolio, helping over 10 million users, including every member of the Fortune 100, to continually innovate through the digital design, visualization, and simulation of real-world project performance. From architecture, manufacturing, transportation, and utilities to telecommunications, video games, television, and film, Autodesk customers are leading the 2D and 3D design world by improving their design processes through increased efficiency and productivity.

In fact, the last 15 Academy Award® winners for Best Visual Effects used Autodesk® software. By enhancing collaboration and communication and digitally improving the real-world performance of projects before they are built, Autodesk customers are solving their business challenges, avoiding costly rework, accelerating project cycles and time to market, and ultimately gaining competitive advantage.


Title: Product Designer - Games/Film Pipeline
Location: Toronto, Ontario


Join an exciting team of professionals who build some of the most advanced 3D animation software design tools for the game and film markets. This is a unique opportunity for a real-time animation expert to join the Product Design and Learning Team in Toronto as 3D Product Designer.

As a Product Designer, you will join a team of experienced and creative experts to initiate, conceptualize, and specify new features for Autodesk Media & Entertainment products. Building on your industry experience, you will gather user requirements from customers and translate those needs into clear and achievable specifications that optimize product usefulness and customer satisfaction.

The right candidate must possess a clear passion for discovering and solving customer problems, a commitment to excellence, and an ability to see beyond the immediate challenges, several years into the future.

Role and Responsibilities:

· Design and validate key digital asset features across Autodesk products
· Work with the product management team to analyze customer requirements and propose solutions to be developed
· Act as a customer advocate while working with the development team to balance ROI and available project resources to obtain an optimal solution
· Research and validate requirements through focus groups, customer visits and market research
· Prototype and validate proposed designs with customers and product development
· Create and document detailed design specifications that are consumable by multiple in house customers including Product Development, Quality Assurance and other members of the Product Design and Learning Team
· Ensure consistency of the user interface and application workflows
· Review, interpret and document defects related to new feature developments
· Review end user documentation relating to new features
· Train other internal stakeholders on new workflows and functionality
· Maintain familiarity with competitive products