Senior UX/UI Product Designer, Column
$145k
+ Equity
Collaborative public notice platform
Job no longer available
Collaborative public notice platform
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$145k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
Column's mission is to improve the utility of public interest information and support the distribution of that information by journalists that serve their communities.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is not only a master of web design principles but also obsessed with building delightful user experiences for users that aren’t digitally native
- This role requires an individual who can independently lead research cycles, is outcomes-oriented, and is dedicated to validating and implementing experiences our customers will love
- The candidate must be a strong individual contributor
- The idea of representing design at Column should be exciting!
- You're looking for a remote-first role working with wildly talented people who care about their impact on local communities
- You have experience with all stages of the design process — from ideation and user research to low- to high-fidelity mock-ups and delivering designs — and enjoy working with product managers and engineers on designs
- 4-6 years experience: In all stages of the design — ideation, user research, low- to high-fidelity mock-ups, collaboration with engineers, and delivering designs — process for a web application
- You're excited to have exceptional ownership over the future of interface design at Column and embrace the fact that being the only designer means that you will have little day-to-day guidance, support, or feedback from other designers
- You're comfortable working on a team and in an environment that moves quickly while maintaining pixel-perfect design standards
- You're familiar with web-first design practices, care about designing for accessibility, and have created and/or owned a design library
- You have a strong desire to exemplify our operating principles — be worthy of trust, do work that matters, never stop learning, intentionally build community, and tell a better story
- You have worked with any design tool (Figma, Sketch, AdobeXP) — preference for Figma, must be willing to work with a design tool as opposed to Photoshop
- You have an understanding and experience around prioritization within a product organization
What the job involves
- Column is looking to hire a full-time Senior Product Designer to join our Product team
- Product Designer will report directly to our Head of Product and will build upon the existing design system and processes at Column and work as the most senior individual contributor at Column working on product and design
- First Week: Learn about Column's mission and vision and seek to understand our existing product. You will have set initial 1:1s with teammates who will inform your understanding of our market, customers, and current projects. We're a small company growing quickly, so interpersonal rapport matters
- First Month: Dig into the design and development processes followed within the organization. You’ve reviewed the existing design system and started a gap analysis between that and our component library. You’re starting to contribute to ongoing projects, even initially in a supportive role
- First Six Months: Independently ran a design sprint and led and completed two major design projects, demonstrating ownership and accountability. You have a comprehensive understanding of the company’s values and strategic goals. You have established strong working relationships cross-functionally through design collaboration and validation. You’ve also expanded the design system at the component or layout level
- First Year: Act as a trusted, collaborative, and practical design leader at Column. You can track the impact of design solutions on key metrics and business outcomes. You consistently balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints effectively. You’ve contributed to the improvement and scalability of design systems and processes
Our take
One of the lesser known ways that newspapers generate money is through public notices i.e. legally required government updates on things like municipal budgets, foreclosures, and public meetings. As advertising revenue dwindles, public notices have become critical, particularly for local papers, but the communication lines between publishers and governments have long been fraught with inefficiency.
In a bid to solve this issue, Column offers a collaborative platform for officials to draft, order, and pay for public notices, and for reporters to easily access them. Though only founded in 2020, the startup has made rapid progress, and works with hundreds of papers across the US, including The Washington Post.
Founder Jake Seaton, whose family has run Kansas-based local newspaper The Manhattan Mercury for five generations, was able to tap into his relatives’ network of news media leaders to help launch the company and grow quickly.
The fact that many of this network, including Nancy Gibbs, the faculty director of Harvard's Shorenstein Center on Media, and David Chavern, CEO of the News Media Alliance, work in an advisory capacity – and in Gibb’s case at board level – suggests that Column could grow into a company of great importance over the next few years.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2022
$30m
SERIES A
Sep 2020
$3.3m
SEED
Total funding: $33.3m
Company benefits
- Remote-first company with team members on multiple continents
- Equity
- Unlimited PTO
- Wellness stipend, gym memberships, mental health therapy, student loan repayment, and more
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Productivity stipend to invest in an office set-up
Company HQ
Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL
Leadership
Jake Seaton
(CEO)Forbes 30 under 30. Former Google Software Engineer. Was on the founding team at Quorum Analytics, a public affairs software platform.
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