Lead Product Designer, Material Bank
DesignShop
Sample materials marketplace for architecture & design
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Sample materials marketplace for architecture & design
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
201-500 employees
Company mission
To remove the friction that exists when searching and sampling materials.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, UX/UI, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in product design
- Experience with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to better communicate with development teams
- Proven track record of designing and launching successful digital products
- Strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in UI/UX design, interaction design, and design systems, especially in consumer commerce
- Experience using user research to validate design concepts and measure success
- Experience in responsive design and creating interfaces for different screen sizes and devices, including the mobile environment
- Experience working cross-functionally to drive strategic design initiatives
- Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools
- Ability to balance design innovation with user-centered best practices and business goals
What the job involves
- Material Technologies is expanding its reach into B2C with the launch of DesignShop
- DesignShop is reinventing the home design process by taking the most exciting elements of Pinterest and combining them with a massive library of home design materials from hundreds of the country's best brands, all of which are instantly available for overnight sampling
- DesignShop’s shoppable inspiration is highly accurate and when coupled with its hyper-realistic interactive design tools, allows users to create beautiful scenes comprised of any material in its library
- It is our expectation that DesignShop will become the world’s most powerful virtual design center
- DesignShop is seeking a Lead Product Designer to guide and shape the development of innovative, user-centric digital products
- In this role, you will take ownership of the entire product design lifecycle, from initial concept through launch, driving both strategic and hands-on design efforts
- You will lead cross-functional collaboration to define and refine our design systems, ensuring a cohesive and scalable approach across all digital products
- Lead the end-to-end product design process from ideation to execution, applying a range of design skills, including user experience, interaction design, and visual design
- Collaborate with teams to understand product requirements, user needs, and business goals
- Design and prototype intuitive, engaging user interfaces that enhance the user experience
- Work with user research to identify pain points and areas for improvement in existing products
- Develop wireframes, user flows, mockups, and high-fidelity prototypes to communicate design ideas effectively
- Work closely with developers to ensure smooth implementation of designs and maintain the integrity of the visual journey identity and the user-relevant journey
- Create and maintain design systems that promote consistency across various products
- Iterate on designs based on feedback from team members, users, and stakeholders
- Stay updated on current design trends, tools, and technologies to ensure best practices in product design
- Balance creativity with technical limitations to create solutions that are innovative and feasible
- Utilize systems thinking to connect the dots across the entire product and customer experience
Our take
Architecture and design professionals need real-world samples of the materials they intend to work with, and they need to know what they’re picking is the best fit for their project. Historically, there’s been no universal aggregator of all available materials - you’d just have to know who and where to ask. Material Bank is changing this, with a service it describes as being the Expedia of design samples.
Material Bank is the largest materials marketplace for the A&D industry. Offering a wide range of material samples from carpets to hardwoods, all sample orders have next-day delivery availability across Canada and the US, and is always free for design professionals. The company's profit comes from selling spots within its rapidly growing marketplace community to vendors and manufacturers, connecting brands with thousands of vetted design professionals.
It’s an offering with a remarkably tight market fit, demonstrated by its swelling customer base and investment funding. The company has begun its global expansion, having launched in Japan, it is focusing on growing into the European market through an office in Paris. It is also cementing its success through a M&A strategy, most recently incorporating Architizer's architectural project database into its product.
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Insights
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2022
$175m
SERIES D
May 2021
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $323.2m
Company benefits
- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid maternity leave
- Commuter benefits
- Disability insurance
Company HQ
Boca Raton, FL
Leadership
Adam Sandow
(CEO)Is also CEO and Chairman of SANDOW.
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