Job Description
Senior Product Designer I
at Handshake
San Francisco, CA or New York, NY or Denver, CO or Remote (US)
Everyone is welcome at Handshake. We know diverse teams build better products and we are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on a foundation of respect for all individuals. We strongly encourage candidates from non-traditional backgrounds, historically marginalized or underrepresented groups to apply.
Design at Handshake
At Handshake we create opportunities for all students and recent graduates to have equal access to meaningful jobs and internships, and we believe design plays a crucial role in the pursuit of this mission. Under the umbrella of our Chief Design Officer, we are a unified team of product designers, content designers, user experience researchers, brand designers, and design ops folks, all working collaboratively to help students, employers, and career centers.
We take a student-first approach to how we design and build products, and we strive to deeply understand our users and their true goals. We believe that great products and experiences are made great by the combination of how they work and how they look. One without the other is not enough, and while we’re not perfect, we strive to excel in both and are committed to going the extra mile.
Great products are built by teams — and teams are built by people who communicate and collaborate well. A culture of openness, honesty, and the ability to provide and receive constructive feedback is important to us.
We also believe that great teams are inclusive. Being surrounded by a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives brings out the best in everyone, and leads to higher quality products and experiences.
Your impact
Handshake is hiring a Senior Product Designer I for the Core Experience (student) and Channels teams. This role will require you to span from strategy to surface, bringing a talent for systems thinking, simple data-driven design, and seamless user experiences to support Handshake’s student products. You will be part of a design team that focuses on designing and shipping 0-to-1 products alongside improving our current experiences. The product areas will span the home feed, profiles, onboarding, new initiatives, and the channels we use to activate, onboard, and engage our students.
Your role
- Work from concept to delivery to inform product strategy and shape how students engage with employers, universities, and each other
- Lead with user empathy for students but also employers and universities
- Partner with product, research, content, data science and engineering to ensure projects are well-defined, high impact, and successfully executed
- Develop and improve a shared product design language across all student surfaces reflective of our brand
- Up level the entire team through commitment to growth and mentorship
- Drive up-leveling the student product to be the top way college students get jobs
- Establish design processes so we can scale efficiently and effectively
Your experience
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in product design
- Experience designing web and native mobile products
- Demonstrated experience leading design
- Comprehension of human centered / user centered design methodology and techniques
- Experience working with engineers and product managers to drive strategy, vision, and execution
- A collaborative, no ego, approach to working with others
- A portfolio of impeccably executed product design