Lead Product Designer, Whatnot
Growth
$240-275k
+ Equity
Live stream platform & marketplace
Job no longer available
Live stream platform & marketplace
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$240-275k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Whatnot's mission is to enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in product design, with a proven track record of driving growth through design initiatives
- Strong portfolio showcasing your design skills, thought process, and product impact
- Ability to lead and support a small team of designers while executing as an individual contributor
- Expertise in design and prototyping tools (e.g. Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.)
- Deep understanding of user experience design principles and methodologies, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing
- Experience with A/B testing, analytics, and other methods for measuring the impact of design decisions
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Lead Product Designer to join our Product Design team and oversee buyer and seller growth
- In this role, you will leverage your extensive knowledge of design principles, user psychology, and growth strategies to improve user acquisition, engagement, and retention
- Your expertise will be essential in shaping the user experience and contributing to the overall success of our company
- What does growth look like at Whatnot? We take an unconventional approach. Rather than concentrating on small experiments, such as testing the color of buttons, we focus on making significant moves to scale and expand our business
- The Growth team is dedicated to taking bold actions that drive our success
- Design and implement innovative solutions with a focus on growth initiatives, including user acquisition, activation, retention and resurrection
- Support, lead and mentor designers
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing, to identify opportunities and integrate growth-focused design strategies into our products
- Conduct extensive research and data analysis to understand user behaviors, needs, and barriers to growth
- Develop and iterate on designs and prototypes that effectively communicate design ideas
- Utilize A/B testing and other quantitative and qualitative methods to validate designs and hypotheses, making data-driven decisions to improve product performance
- Advocate for best practices in design, usability, and accessibility, ensuring a consistent and user-centric approach across all product touchpoints
- Contribute to the development of our design culture and processes
Our take
The collectable toy market is large, and Whatnot has built a unique social platform that enables sellers to use livestreams to showcase their products and reach more buyers. The company’s focus is on collectable toys, some of which are rare and can cost thousands of dollars. It's also expanded to sports cards, coins, comics and more.
The idea of Whatnot was led by buyer trends. Instagram's live feature became a popular place for selling toys and trading cards, but of course was not set up to facilitate bidding or handling payments after a sale occurs. Whatnot combines live showcasing with follow-up sale capabilities, thus serving the community in a more novel way than established collectibles market players such as eBay.
The company has grown fast. It was established in 2019 and has already expanded from its original category - Funko Pop figurines - to Pokemon cards, pins, sports cards, and many more. There is still plenty of scope for expanding into new categories, as the company aims to establish itself as the go-to for this large niche, which will be facilitated by the strong levels of funding that Whatnot has raised.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
54% employee growth in 12 months
Glassdoor (4.9)
Trustpilot (4.3)
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2025
$265m
SERIES E
Jul 2022
$260m
SERIES D
Total funding: $749.2m
Company benefits
- Wellness: Health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans. We also cover some of the cost for your dependents as well.
- Compensation: Generous compensation, including a competitive base salary and equity. Whatnot offers monthly reimbursement for internet and phone costs, along with a one-time home office set-up allowance. Whatnot offers a pension plan and matches employee contributions of up to 4% of the employee’s base salary.
- Recharge: Whatnot gives you the freedom to take time off as you see fit. And, we take company-wide Winter and Summer breaks so we can recharge. Whatnot provides a monthly allowance for wellness expenses. We know that to take care of our customers, we have to take care of ourselves. Supplemental health and life insurance coverage comes standard at Whatnot. 16 weeks of paid parental leave, and an additional one-month gradual return-to-work period.* Plus an additional childcare allowance, and a lifetime allowance for family planning, including adoption and fertility expenses. *The leave allowances provided by Whatnot may be dictated / informed by your country’s legal requirements,
- Flexibility: As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we’re building the future of online marketplaces –together.
Company values
- Always listen to customers
- Move uncomfortably fast
- Prioritize impact ruthlessly
- Own everything and nothing
- Set crazy goals
- Provide extreme transparency
- Optimize for the upside
- Team over ego
- Figure it out
- Deeply understand why
- Have fun & be kind
Company HQ
Marina del Rey, CA
Articles
Leadership
Grant LaFontaine
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Product Marketing Manager at Google, Project Manager at Facebook. Also co-founded Kit.
Logan Head
(Co-Founder)Experience in Engineering, including at Maker's Row, Factr, and Flight Club. Former Senior Product Manager at GOAT.
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