Product Designer, Spotify
Advertising
$112.3-160.4k
+ equity
Commercial music streaming service
Open for applications
Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$112.3-160.4k
+ equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock the potential of human creativity—by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it
Role
Who you are
- You are a Product designer with several years of experience, shipping work to customers
- You have experience designing for either business or consumer focused products
- You care about design craft and the details that elevate work from good to great
- You have consumed design systems in your work
- You believe in creating a culture of feedback and actively seek out feedback on your work and approaches
- You have 3+ years of relevant design experience
What the job involves
- Come join Spotify Advertising, where we focus on connecting brands to billions of fans all over the world. The Ads Design team focuses on delivering the best experience possible for advertisers, listeners, and our internal and external partners across all of our products and markets
- We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer who will further transform how we create advertising experiences, and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of advertising on Spotify
- We’re looking for a strong design leader with a passion for building innovative advertising products for advertisers and listeners alike. You’ll partner with the Ads Design team and work closely with the XFN partners and many other teams across Spotify to innovate experiences in one of the highest revenue-driving areas at the company
- Work on projects across the Spotify Advertising Platform— ad formats, Ads Manager, internal tooling, design systems, machine learning — to develop design strategy, solutions, and ship high-impact features for our customers
- Guide product development by utilizing your design craft, through concept sketches, storyboards, product mock-ups, high-fidelity prototypes
- Think big, but start small — identify both new opportunities and also the first step to exploring them
- Work in a variety of modes, from broad explorative prompts to tightly defined launch cycles
- Partner closely with product managers, engineers, data scientists and researchers to define next steps as well as long-term strategy
- Work with our user research teams to scope and support ongoing research projects
- Design solutions focused on inclusivity and accessibility in order to reach users worldwide
- Collaborate with other design teams across Spotify working at the intersection of brands and content
- Share you work regularly with your immediate peers, as well as participating in design reviews with design and company leadership
Our take
Spotify was founded in an attempt to combat the rampant music piracy that was causing significant harm to the industry. The company has since taken music streaming mainstream and now has 180m+ paying subscribers across the world.
With features that include a highly accessible interface and a vast catalogue of artists, Spotify's strong brand has been able to maintain growth in spite of fierce competition from deep-pocketed rivals like Amazon and Apple. The company has achieved this by making smart acquisitions to move into other verticals to strengthen its offerings, especially podcasting, by acquiring Gimlet Media, Anchor and Parcast.
Spotify's future plans include rapid growth with a goal to become a one-stop destination for all digital sound, as well as AI and NFT integrations. However, high costs incurred from the acquisition of exclusive podcasts, increasing competitor strength, and weak bottom-line growth mean that the company must find a balance to maintain its position in the sector.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2016
$1bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jun 2015
$526m
SERIES G
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company benefits
- Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse
- Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success
- Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents
- All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub
- Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs
Company values
- Innovative: We move fast and take big risks
- Sincere: We have no time for internal politics
- Passionate: We revel in what we do
- Collaborative: We recognise that we're all in this together
- Playful: We don't take ourselves too seriously
Company HQ
Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län
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Leadership
Daniel Ek
(CEO & Chairman)Founded Spotify in 2006. Previously worked as an executive at Tradera, an auction company that was sold to eBay and was briefly the CEO of uTorrent.
People progressing
Joined as a Conversion Manager in the Growth Team. Promoted three times over seven years to Senior Director - Head of Growth.
Joined as a Customer Advisor. Since then has had the role titles Senior Advisor, Content Associate, Team Coach, and Operations Manager - Primary Support. Hurst is now currently the Business Operations Manager of Music.
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