Product Designer

Summary

Join Ladders, a leader in high-end job search, as an end-to-end product designer! You will collaborate with engineers to achieve business goals, using your expertise in user research, visual UI design, and complex UX flows. This role involves planning and executing user research, designing prototypes, contributing to product decisions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will present design work to stakeholders and use metrics to improve user experience. Ladders is a profitable, small, collaborative, venture-backed business that operates remotely in the United States. The salary range is $50,000 - $200,000 a year.

Requirements

• Proven experience in conducting qualitative and quantitative research, including A/B testing best practices, surveys, usability tests, and user interviews
• Experience translating research findings into strategic narratives
• Highly proficient with industry-standard tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Dovetail, etc.)
• 7+ years of experience working in UX/UI/product design
• Experience designing for a responsive mobile and desktop web experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excited about working in a fast-paced, agile startup environment

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute user research, low-fi ideation, high-fi designs, and prototypes
• Contribute to high-level product decisions and execute on product roadmap features
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to assess constraints, de-risk solutions, and provide support during implementation
• Consider how design impacts user behavior and metrics/analytics
• Present design work and research findings to key stakeholders, with an emphasis on simplicity, intuitive designs and an iterative approach
• Deliver customer facing and internal web-platforms as well as emails, mobile apps and browser extensions
• Work with cross-functional partners to help define the roadmap within your product area
• Facilitate and participate in product review and product brainstorms
• Receive and provide feedback on designs and strategic product decisions
• Develop and maintain detailed design documentation including specifications, redlines, and style guides
• Use metrics to analyze and continuously improve the user experience

Preferred Qualifications

A top-notch design portfolio demonstrating process, outcomes, and impact is a plus - particularly in shipped, successful products

Benefits

$50,000 - $200,000 a year