Product Designer (all levels)
On-siteSan Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Own large design initiatives end-to-end, from ideation and research to pixel-perfect execution for new and existing products and features. Speak with customers closely to build empathy for users, while restructuring design systems and information architecture around end-user roles. Partner with founding product management and engineering leads to build and ship experiences that delight users, acting as a design advocate for employees. Drive the design vision and strategy for the product team, guiding the hiring and scaling of a design team as the organization doubles in size. Work simultaneously on complex product refactoring and quick UI fixes to solve user problems in a dynamic, rapid-growth startup environment.
Required Qualifications
- B.A/B.S. in Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field/equivalent experience
- 6+ years experience or equivalent experience designing digital products, with a experience in SaaS / SMB SaaS / B2B applications
- Experience in early stage startups, ideally having been with a company through the $1M to $100M ARR journey at least once, either as an IC or team lead
- Experience hiring and managing a design team
- Experience in working and collaborating with diverse teams in a dynamic, rapid growth environment — comfortable negotiating tradeoffs with product and engineering partners
- Experience in creating beautiful, high-fidelity mockups of your designs using Sketch, Figma or other modern design tools ready to be handed off to engineering
- Thoughtful communication skills and the ability to present design decisions and processes openly, clearly, and confidently
- An outstanding portfolio showcasing a foundation in solving business problems and design fundamentals
- Ability to act independently with a high degree of accuracy and reliability
Desired Qualifications
- Ideally, you have built a product or have been part of a product team that went from 0 to 1
- You are tenacious, and won't let a problem stand until you've figured out how to solve it (which may be at 2am in the morning)
- You are quick. Think on the order of minutes and hours, instead of days and weeks. We don't have time to waste.
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