Senior Product Designer, Babylist
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$142.3-213.7k
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Online universal baby registry
Job no longer available
Online universal baby registry
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$142.3-213.7k
+ Equity + Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help expecting parents get exactly what they need for the arrival of their new baby.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of industry experience in UX design or related discipline is preferred
- Eagerness to research and learn from your users
- Care deeply for the details of design, interaction and execution
- Self-motivated and able to work autonomously & collaboratively to find direction in ambiguity and complexity
- Mastery of the latest product design apps and their workflows
What the job involves
- Babylist is looking for a Senior Product Designer to join our product team!
- As a product designer at Babylist, your number one job is to solve our users’ problems
- Our ideal candidate will be a strong individual contributor and engage across all project stages, using your skills in user research, design strategy, concepting, a full spectrum of low to high-fidelity UI design, prototyping, information architecture, workshop facilitation, and user testing
- Your greatest strength is UX Design, ensuring our users’ needs are central to the product development process
- You’ll work across all three of our platforms (web, iOS, Android) while designing for multiple user groups (parent(s)-to-be and their gift givers)
- Demonstrate expertise in managing ambiguity and breaking down complex problems into impactful solutions. You balance big-picture thinking and attention to detail
- Drive the end-to-end product design process with speed and a focus on delivering products that users love
- Champion empathy for users through lean research methods, advocating for user needs, and ensuring cross-functional partners understand them
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product and Engineering, incorporating diverse perspectives to build trust and achieve design excellence
- Uphold top-notch craftsmanship, ensuring the product maintains a high standard of functionality and user experience
- Navigate cross-platform environments with ease, applying human-centered design principles to tailor UX and UI for responsive web and native applications
- Deliver vision-setting documents outlining actionable wins to inspire teams and elevate Babylist's UX bar
- Utilize qualitative and quantitative data to track and improve customer-centric metrics relevant to projects
Our take
Since its 2011 launch, Babylist has grown into one of the most highly rated baby registries in the US. The difference it offers is that it allows users to include products from any store in their registries. On top of this, the company’s model also focuses heavily on creating informational content, which allows it to generate ad revenue while building customer loyalty.
Originally scaled with fairly low venture funding, Babylist claims half of new parents in the US now use its services. This, given that the baby products industry is worth close to $90 billion, shows the company's immense growth and speaks to the impact it has made in the space.
Babylist has seen strong funding in the past, which has fuelled projects such as the launch of virtual showrooms and further expanded the company's presence. The company acquired Expectful, a health and wellness tool, in 2023 with the long-term vision of combining the two companies into a larger health and wellness media property that can help people navigate all aspects of parenthood from fertility to diapers.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
67% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2021
$40m
SERIES C
Total funding: $40m
Company benefits
- HAPPIER WEEKENDS – We work to live, not live to work. That means we generally don’t work nights or weekends, and we offer 10 paid holidays throughout the year, in addition to your paid time off.
- PAID TIME OFF THAT WORKS FOR YOU – Life is unpredictable. Use your time off for what you need, whether that’s a vacation, family event or a day to unplug.
- PARENTAL LEAVE – We offer a flexible, 12-week paid parental leave policy.
- FLEXIBLE BENEFITS – Choose from benefits that support your working style, whether that's remote, in the office or something in between.
- HEALTH & WELLNESS – Wellness benefits include 100% paid coverage for medical, vision and dental for full-time employees.
- BABYLIST STORE DISCOUNT – All full-time employees receive a generous Babylist Store discount.
Company HQ
Emeryville, CA
Leadership
Natalie Gordon
(Founder & CEO)Former Software Engineer at Amazon. Initially founded Babylist as a side project and has since taken the company to a market leading status.
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