Senior Product Designer – Marketplace

by | Jun 29, 2022 | Uncategorized

Job Description

Sr. Product Designer – Marketplace

at The Knot Worldwide

Remote, US

WHAT WE DO MATTERS:

Here at The Knot Worldwide, we believe in doing work that matters. In 16 countries around the world, our leading family of brands (The Knot, WeddingWire, Bodas, Hitched, The Bash, The Bump, and more) inspire, inform, and celebrate our communities as they move through life’s milestones. Our couples and business partners depend on us. They’re all in. So are we.

WHAT WE DO MATTERS:

Here at The Knot Worldwide, we believe in doing work that matters. In 16 countries around the world, our leading family of brands (The Knot, WeddingWire, Bodas, Hitched, The Bash, The Bump, and more) inspire, inform, and celebrate our communities as they move through life’s milestones. Our couples and business partners depend on us. They’re all in. So are we.

ABOUT THE ROLE AND OUR TEAM:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Product Designer to join our Marketplace team to help drive the exciting evolution of our two-sided wedding marketplace that makes it easy for every couple in the world to find and build their dream wedding team and wedding pros build successful businesses.

This means someone who is a self-starter, clear communicator, and passionate about partnering with Product Managers and Engineers to set the strategic vision, design direction, and visual polish that make our products the best in the industry. This role is expected to partner across disciplines, including UX writers, researchers, and others to understand our users, define opportunities, set the strategic vision for our experiences, and deliver high-quality designs.

Ideal candidates will have a high degree of comfort with the full product design process – from discovery to ideation to execution. To be successful in this role, this designer will need to consistently partner with cross-functional counterparts to tackle design responsibilities for the full product lifecycle. While this role is the primary designer on a team, the full Product Design team is always ready to assist and collaborate. This role will additionally have hands-on support from their manager, a Director of Product Design.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Be a great product designer

  • Know and love our users, understand their pain points, listen to their feedback, walk in their shoes, be their champions.
  • Explore multiple ideas while also knowing when to bring the work to an executable deliverable that is a user-centric experience and high-quality solution that simplifies complex problems.
  • Effectively articulate the value of design as well as the reasons for your design decisions clearly, in non-designer-speak, to Product and Engineering teammates as well as other important stakeholders.
  • Receive design feedback with professionalism and patience, and give clear and usable design feedback to design peers.
  • Uphold a high standard for design excellence, and contribute to raising the bar for design at the company.
  • Effectively present to and discuss solutions with stakeholders.

Be a great design team partner

  • Actively contribute to the evolution and strengthening of our design system for a cohesive user experience, including crafting components, auditing libraries, and ensuring quality in application of the system.
  • Participate in design team reviews and critiques.
  • Cultivate a culture of learning, self-improvement, and knowledge-sharing.
  • Keep growing your skills, stay curious, and receive constructive criticism with ease.

Be a great product squad partner

  • Collaborate with a diverse group of stakeholdersincluding researchers, product managers, engineers, product marketing, brand, and other designersto define and solve complex user problems together.
  • Take initiative, and be a valued partner in an autonomous, full-stack, product team.
  • Collaborate, ideate, and iterate with your product team.
  • Advocate for the user, impactful experiences, and high-quality designs.
  • Work with software development teams to meet technical requirements.
  • Facilitate workshops, design sprints, and other collaborative design sessions for your team.
  • Understand core product metrics to drive design strategy.
  • Consider the nuances, challenges, and opportunities of different device types, screen sizes, and platforms.

SUCCESSFUL SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER CANDIDATES HAVE:

  • Professional experience as a product designer, with work ranging from strategic ideation and problem-solving to wireframes, prototypes, and polished designs.
  • You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Product Design, Interaction Design, or a related field (or equivalent proven field experience).
  • Portfolio which displays a strong design point of view and depth of experience with digital products (web to apps), including user-centered design methodologies, interaction flows, prototyping, high-fidelity screens, and shipped products.
  • Experience delivering multiple projects with cross-disciplined teams.
  • Experience defining patterns/style guides, performing user testing, and building low to high fidelity prototypes.
  • Proficiency in Figma, Miro, and usertesting.com (or similar programs)
  • An understanding of software development and how to best collaborate with engineers.
  • An appreciation for how language can simplify, clarify, and bring life to an experience.
  • A passion for research, with an understanding of how to process and balance qualitative feedback quantitative data, and empathy to drive innovative, user-centric solutions.
  • You are a strategic design thinker with strong and clear communication skills.
  • You have demonstrated a growth mindset along with informed and strong opinions, loosely held.
  • Competence in building collaborative relationships and aligning leadership stakeholders.
  • Embodies a We, Not Me attitude.

At The Knot Worldwide, we believe you are more than a resume and invite you to go for it, take the leap of faith, and apply for this job if it sparks your passion to join TKWW and make a difference!

WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT YOU:

  • You Dream Big. You iterate and experiment to drive innovation.
  • You Love Our Users. You keep our global community at the center of everything you do.
  • You Do the Right Thing. You strengthen your team through respect, fairness, and inclusion.
  • You Hustle Every Day. You favor urgency and own your outcomes.
  • You Win Together. People are at the heart of our success and you play as a team.

WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT US:

The Knot Worldwide offers a unique employee experience and we are deeply proud of our award-winning culture. We offer a full benefits package including options for medical, dental and vision insurance and a 401k with company match. From flexible vacation and generous parental leave benefits to promoting wellness and giving back to our community, we believe in happiness above all elsein and out of the office.

The Knot Worldwide provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. In addition to federal law requirements, The Knot Worldwide complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. The Knot Worldwide expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

If you are a resident of California, by submitting your application, you acknowledge that you’ve read the California Privacy Notice.

At The Knot Worldwide, we believe you are more than a resume and invite you to go for it, take the leap of faith, and apply for this job if it sparks your passion to join TKWW and make a difference!

WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT YOU:

  • You Dream Big. You iterate and experiment to drive innovation.
  • You Love Our Users. You keep our global community at the center of everything you do.
  • You Do the Right Thing. You strengthen your team through respect, fairness, and inclusion.
  • You Hustle Every Day. You favor urgency and own your outcomes.
  • You Win Together. People are at the heart of our success and you play as a team.

WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT US:

We believe in a wide range of holistic offerings to support our employees so that they can live our values day in and day out. From mental wellbeing, physical health and financial planning, to engaging perks and discounts, we are in the business of celebrating and supporting the Moments that Matter both in and out of the office. We offer flexible vacation, generous parental leave and prioritize initiatives that support the growth, development, and happiness of our people.

TKWW’s approach to the future of work: At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, TKWW pivoted all global employees to remote work while prioritizing physical and mental wellbeing. While the majority of our global offices are open and available at this time, all TKWW employees have the ability to work remotely full time through the length of 2022. Upon entering our new normal, TKWW will pilot a hybrid work model where employees will have additional flexibility. (Note: employees who were hired into remote positions will continue to work fully remotely.)

US Notice: The Knot Worldwide provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. In addition to federal law requirements, The Knot Worldwide complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. The Knot Worldwide expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

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