Design Director, Mudflap
$230-275k
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Fuel discounts for truck drivers
Job no longer available
Fuel discounts for truck drivers
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$230-275k
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
101-200 employees
Company mission
Mudflap's mission is to change a $1 trillion industry for the better.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years experience in user-centered design, interaction design, and usability heuristics for B2B or B2C products
- 2+ years leading an iterative design team, managing design responsibilities against defined milestones
- Passion for user-centered design that delights and builds trust, leveraging a deep understanding of design patterns and a drive for flawless execution
- Thorough understanding of designing for web and mobile (iOS / Android) applications, with a strong command of responsive design and native mobile design standards
- Experience in a hyper-growth environment building products and strategizing GTM assets at all stages, from 0-to-1, to rapid scaling
- Proficiency in UI/UX design and building design systems with industry-standard design tools like Figma and Zeplin
- Experience conducting A/B testing, usability testing, and analyzing qualitative + quantitative data
- Experience with using design research methods to discover insights and translate them into actionable design improvements
What the job involves
- As a Design Director at Mudflap, you will lead a multidisciplinary design team across Product Design, Marketing Design, and Brand, fostering a high-performing and collaborative environment
- Your role will focus on strategic leadership, hands-on engagement, and cross-functional alignment to drive impactful design solutions
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of designers, ensuring they have the support, guidance, and resources to succeed
- Set and execute the design vision, balancing user needs, business objectives, and technical feasibility
- Champion a deep understanding of customer needs, behaviors, and pain points to ensure user-centric thinking is embedded throughout our design process
- Establish scalable design processes to improve efficiency, quality, and consistency across product and marketing initiatives
- Provide hands-on design direction and critique, ensuring high-quality execution across UI/UX, branding, and marketing assets
- Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to align on design priorities and deliver user-centric solutions
- Develop and maintain a strong design system, ensuring consistency across web, mobile, and brand experiences
- Drive user research initiatives, incorporating insights into design strategy and product development
- Advocate for design excellence at all levels of the organization, influencing leadership on the value of design
- Balance strategic thinking with execution, ensuring the team meets deadlines while delivering high-impact designs
- Foster a culture of experimentation, data-driven decision-making, and continuous improvement
Our take
Owner-operators make up 9% of the truckers on the road, in other words 680,000 small businesses forming the backbone of the U.S’s crucial trucking industry. However, only big fleets get major fuel discounts because they have large gallon volumes, leaving these self-employed truckers to pay full price.
Mudflap is bringing those savings to owner-operators & small fleets. When drivers sign up for the app, they join tens of thousands of users which Mudflap then leverages to drive sales for truck stops which offer discounts on fuel in return. It’s a smart model which massively simplifies the process for earning discounts compared to the old route of a fuel card which requires a credit check.
Stop managers could be sceptical about working with mobile payments in return for a promise of increased demand. However, the company provides its entire network with a Mudflap tablet through which to handle all payment transactions within the network, making it easy for whoever is behind the counter.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
52% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- A flexible, remote-first company
- A team of talented individuals on a mission to change a $1 trillion industry for the better
- A high bar for quality and commitment to self-improvement
- An open mind to new ideas and methodologies
- Opportunities and support for massive career growth
Company HQ
Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Sharon Yapp
(Head of Product)Previously Director of Product Management at Trip.com, Zinio, Care.com, and Trucker Path.
Sanjay Desai
(CEO)Previously Chief Product Officer at Klout and Trucker Path. Was also CEO of SchoolTube.
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