Lead Product Designer, ZipRecruiter

• Degree or ample experience in Graphic Design, Industrial Design, HCI, Product Design, Interaction Design, Information Design, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of Product Design experience
• Experience managing teams and developing career growth plans for direct reports
• Extensive familiarity with product strategy, information architecture, interaction models, heuristic evaluation, user research, and user journey mapping
• Expertise in creating and maintaining design systems, libraries, and other tools
• Experience creating complex prototypes using Figma, Principle, Framer, code, or other prototyping tools
• A comprehensive portfolio showcasing your work– case studies

Desirable

• As a Lead Product Designer at ZipRecruiter, you will play a pivotal role in the creation of new products and features for our Job Seekers
• You will be responsible for driving and managing design solutions that meet both business objectives and user needs
• This role demands a high level of expertise and influence, as you will be setting new standards for design excellence as well as managing a small team of Product Designers
• This role will report directly to the Senior Director of Product Design
• Taking full UX ownership of multiple large-scale and complex product areas, setting strategic direction and ensuring alignment with overall business goals
• Setting the vision for user experience and leading major design initiatives, driving innovation and best practices across the organization
• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of designers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance design culture that prioritizes talent development
• Establishing clear performance metrics, provide continuous feedback, and implement growth plans to help designers reach their highest potential
• Leading design reviews, workshops, and other team-wide design efforts
• Partnering with User Research team members to ensure success for user research and usability studies
• Taking an iterative approach to design while considering insights from research, A/B testing, and other qualitative methods
• Utilizing your expertise knowledge of Figma and FigJam
• Driving the evolution of design systems