Product Designer, Foursquare
Mobile Apps
$104-175.8k
Plus restricted stock units
Location data platform
Job no longer available
Location data platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$104-175.8k
Plus restricted stock units
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create technology that constructs meaningful bridges between digital spaces and physical places.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of product design experience, with particular focus in shipping new products or features
- 5+ years of mobile design experience (iOS and Android)
- 5+ years of experience in Social media, Travel, or Discovery consumer products
- Expertise in UX, interaction design, and UI design
- Proficiency in user research, strategy, and product validation
- Professional, adaptable, and a strong team player
- Proven ability to multitask, work efficiently despite uncertainty, and deliver results in a timely manner
- Effective communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design vision to team members and stakeholder
- Bachelor’s Degree in Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related experience
- A plus if you are proficient in illustration, motion, and animation
- A plus if you have familiarity with Map Interfaces Design (e.g., Mapbox, Google Maps)
- A plus if you have knowledge of project management tools such as Jira, Productboard, and Slack
- We’re looking for folks who would bring extraordinary talent, creativity, and a passion for innovative design
- If you are opinionated and familiar with social, travel, or discovery-related products, curious about the world, excited to travel or visit new places, passionately know the best restaurants in town, passionate about building trustworthy, authentic, and personalized products, and are excited to work in a fast-paced, constantly evolving, and ambitious team, we invite you to apply
What the job involves
- As a Product Designer on our Mobile Apps Team, you'll have the incredible opportunity to craft and re-invent the future of Foursquare’s consumer app, a product at the heart of millions of users around the world
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Engineering, Growth, Analytics) to design new features and enhance existing ones for Foursquare's mobile consumer products
- Lead design efforts, balancing high-level product decisions with practical implementation
- Establish and maintain consistent design patterns, aligning with OS paradigms and brand identity
- Create design documentation, ranging from sketches and prototypes to high-fidelity mockups for development
- Manage end-to-end product design initiatives, from research to user assurance testing
- Develop interactive prototypes and animations for communication and stakeholder approval
Our take
Foursquare was originally built as an app that used mobile phone GPS to 'check in' at certain locations. Over time, it has transformed from a user location check-in app into a large location platform that provides analytics for several business and consumer products.
Foursquare operates in a crowded market, but by continually innovating, it has successfully fended off competitors. However, with the likes of Google Maps and Facebook Places in the same industry, it will continuously need to set itself apart. Foursquare shows its appeal, though: major players, including Twitter, Uber, Apple Maps, and Airbnb, to name a few, use the platform.
The company has an ambitious goal of bringing "Foursquare Everywhere", with part of its strategy to grow by acquisitions. For example, it acquired Unfolded, a geospatial analytics firm, to help enhance its analysis of location data. Foursquare has also made a deal with social media giant TikTok to provide insights into users' in-store activity to monitor the effectiveness of ads on the video platform, and with Constellation Network to give insights into restaurant and retail business traffic trends.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
May 2019
$150m
SERIES G
Oct 2018
$33m
LATE VC
Total funding: $394.4m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Learning and development programs from individual contributors to managers
- Individual, professional coaching for all full-time employees
- Flexible time off - rest and recharge when you need it!
- Comprehensive and competitive health, vision, dental, life insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Family planning programs via Carrot and Maven
- Employee Resource Groups to help you stay connected
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
Leadership
Dennis Crowley
(Co-Founder & Co-Chair)Having studied at New York University, Dennis co-created the big game projects PacManhattan and ConQuest before founding Dodgeball, which he managed after its acquisition by Google in 2005. In 2009, he co-founded Foursquare with Naveen Selvadurai.
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