Product Design Lead, OpenSea
$160-305k
+ Equity
Decentralised NFT marketplace
Job no longer available
Decentralised NFT marketplace
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$160-305k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To shape an accessible and open digital economy for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Experience designing complex end-to-end user journeys
- A passion for web3 and the role NFTs play in building a new creator economy
- Ability to tackle ambiguous problems and shaping them into clear goals
- Prototyping skills to articulate your designs
- Ability to design and advocate for high-quality, well-crafted, visual and interaction design
- Comfortable leading both large ambiguous projects as well as smaller tactical ones
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an experienced and highly collaborative Product Design Lead with a passion for NFTs and NFT marketplaces to join our Product Design team. This designer will help us shape innovative products and tools across platforms to create the very best experience for users of OpenSea. In this role, you’ll be working together with your counterparts in Product, Design and Engineering to define the strategy and vision that guide the team in building great products and addressing real user needs
- Lead and oversee the user experience of a product from conception to launch in partnership with Product Managers and Engineers
- Contribute to strategic decisions around the future direction of OpenSea products
- Create, collaborate, and iterate on flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals
- Deliver and refine clear storytelling around product needs and opportunities
- Conceptualize near-term solutions to long-term aspirations, and build consensus around a product strategy forward
- Brainstorm and iterate with your design and product colleagues to help improve on the whole experience
Our take
OpenSea is a peer-to-peer digital marketplace for NFTs or uniquely identifiable digital items. These items are authenticated with blockchain and are part of a new internet economy that consists of digital products representing art, game characters, domain names, and event tickets.
As NFT adoption surged, the platform initially faced speed and cost challenges tied to the limitations of the Ethereum network. In response, OpenSea expanded support to more scalable solutions such as Polygon, improving transaction efficiency and user experience while broadening access to lower-cost trading.
Despite increased competition following the fallout from FTX and the rise of rivals like Blur, OpenSea has continued to adapt its strategy with a renewed focus on long-term growth and community trust. Recent updated, including the decision to delay its SEA token launch to ensure strong rollout, the introduction of temporary 0% trading fees, and user-focused initiatives such as optional fee refunds, signal a more measured, user-centric approach as it promotes a revamped platform. While the competitive landscape remains intense, these moves suggest OpenSea is prioritizing sustainability and product quality, placing itself to remain a central player in the evolving NFT ecosystem.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2022
$300m
SERIES C
Jul 2021
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $427.3m
Company HQ
Brickell, Miami, FL
Leadership
Devin Finzer
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding OpenSea in 2017, Devin co-founded Claimdog, which was acquired by Credit Karma which he joined as an Engineering Manager. He also co-founded Iris Labs and spent nearly 2 years at Pinterest as a Software Engineer.
Nadav Hollander
(CTO)Prior to joining OpenSea in 2022, Nadav co-founded Dharma where he served as the CEO. He was also a Software Engineer at Coinbase.
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