Staff Product Designer, Etsy
Listing & Inventory
$181-235k
More information about location
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
Posted today
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
1001+ employees
Posted today
$181-235k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To keep human connection at the heart of commerce.
Role
Who you are
- Exceptional visual design craft, backed by a portfolio of shipped product work
- Strong motion and interaction design skills that improve clarity, usability, and delight
- Excellent storytelling and communication skills that bring ideas to life and influence decisions
- Expertise in prototyping, from rapid exploration to polished, high-fidelity experiences
- Experience using AI to accelerate design exploration and improve product outcomes
- A track record of bringing clarity to complex, ambiguous product challenges
- 7+ years of product design experience. Agency experience is a plus
What the job involves
- As a Staff Product Designer, you’ll lead some of Etsy’s most ambitious product work.
- You’ll explore how AI can transform listing creation, rethink inventory management across web and mobile.
- You’ll work across strategy, systems, interaction design, and visual craft to simplify complex workflows and create experiences that feel distinctly Etsy.
- Your work will help millions of entrepreneurs spend less time managing their shops and more time creating
- Lead end-to-end design projects across Inventory teams, from early concepts through launch, partnering closely with cross functional partners to build products sellers love
- Prototype ideas to explore concepts, gather feedback, and guide product decisions
- Push the quality of visual design, interaction design, motion, and design systems
- Mentor designers through feedback, critiques, and day-to-day collaboration
- Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law
Our take
Created as an alternative to more corporate eCommerce sites, Etsy is a peer-to-peer (P2P) website where users buy and sell handmade crafts, vintage items, art and photography. The online marketplace works similarly to Amazon and eBay, only with an emphasis on unique items rather than mass-produced merchandise.
Since its IPO in 2015, it has managed to hold its own in an increasingly competitive eCommerce industry, including from Amazon's handmade section that launched in 2015. Further, by providing sellers with ownership over pricing and branding, the site is attractive for those wanting to set up a business on an established platform.
However, the seller-side of Etsy is not without problems. A hike in transaction fees and the introduction of mandatory marketing fees for artists with high turnovers created significant discontent amongst sellers. Despite this, Etsy continues to connect artists and consumers, attracting shoppers with its message of extraordinary, handmade and affordable products.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2012
$40m
LATE VC
Aug 2010
$20m
SERIES E
Total funding: $91.7m
Company benefits
- Equity (offers vary by country)
- Performance bonuses
- Paid gender neutral parental leave
- Adoption and family planning
- Back-up care
- Volunteer time off
- Donation matching
- Employee resource groups
- Global virtual events
- Employer paid health benefits
- Fitness benefits
- Wellness programming
- Mental health benefits
- 401K matching/Pension contributions
Company HQ
Downtown Brooklyn, NY
Leadership
Josh Silverman
(CEO)Previously senior executive at eBay, CEO of Shopping.com, CEO of Skype and President of Consumer Products & Services at American Express.
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