Product Designer

Summary

Join Ashby, a rapidly growing SaaS company, as a Product Designer. You will play a crucial role in shaping our product's design, working independently and collaboratively with engineers and product managers. This role requires 4+ years of experience in desktop SaaS product design and a first-principles approach to problem-solving. You'll be responsible for tackling significant design challenges, improving our design system, and consulting with engineers. Ashby offers a remote-first work environment, competitive salary and equity, unlimited PTO, generous benefits, and a unique design-focused culture. If you're excited about making a significant impact and working in a fast-paced environment, apply now!

Requirements

• 4+ years of product design experience in desktop SaaS
• Able to think from first principles instead of simply applying the “standard” UX processes
• Can break down complex user problems by asking questions that narrow down the solution space
• Enough experience that your intuition can solve many usability problems without having to rely solely on data & metrics or conducting user research
• Curious & resourceful enough to come up with creative solutions and de-risk them appropriately
• Strong skills in layout, navigation, IA, UI, and interaction design
• Strong visual design skills and obsession with craft & details

Responsibilities

• Consult for engineers who need help structuring layout, typography, flows, etc
• Dig into problems by consulting GTM, talking to customers, asking for data requests, and more in order to present confident assumptions about your proposals
• Use Figma to draw out your ideas and create visual artifacts for stakeholder alignment
• Write specification docs (we call them specs!) that detail your design proposals. These documents are meant to get stakeholder alignment on the biggest decisions you want to make and are a core part of how we work at Ashby
• Take ownership of larger product features and thinking through Jobs-To-Be-Done, navigation, information architecture, layout, interaction, etc
• Consolidate and refine our design system to be functional, aesthetic, and best-in-class

Preferred Qualifications

As a bonus, you have experience at an early-stage startup or have spent time as a solo designer on a team

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• 10-year exercise window for stock options . You shouldn’t feel pressure to purchase stock options if you leave Ashby —do it when you feel financially comfortable
• Unlimited PTO with four weeks recommended per year. Expect “Vacation?” in our one-on-one agenda until you start taking it
• Twelve weeks of fully paid family leave in the US. We plan to expand this to employees in other countries as situations arise
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget. Get what you need to be happy and productive!
• $100/month education budget with more expensive items (like conferences) covered with manager approval
• If you’re in the US, top-notch health insurance for you and your dependents with all premiums covered by us