Sr Product Designer I

@ well-known dog health startup with $B+ valuation and excellent VP Design

focus: Growth, UI Visual Design, Design Systems

❤️ Must love animals! ❤️

Location:

Hybrid in downtown NYC; 2-3 days/week in fun, dog-filled office!

Relocation assistance offered in the USA

Salary:

$140-160K base, plus equity and flexible PTO

plus all the doggie belly rubs you can handle

About the company:

Are you passionate about dogs and want the very best for them, AND want to revolutionize a $100 billion dollar industry at the same time? Read on!

Our client is the #1 fastest-growing pet health service company in the US, born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health by radically improving the $100 billion pet food market. They replace bulk bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service of healthy, freshly-made dog food, balanced by top veterinary nutritionists, directly to customers’ doors. Their ultimate goal is to create innovative, honest, and delightful experiences across all aspects of pet care.

To date, they’ve delivered hundreds of millions of meals nationwide, and their company has raised over $150M in funding (and, according to a Google search, currently has a multi $B valuation!) to help them build a company as healthy as the dogs they serve. You’ll be instrumental in helping provide peace of mind to their human customers and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their beloved pets.

They’re category-breakers, in that instead of looking to see what their competitors are doing, they are squarely focused on creating best-in-class, perhaps-never-been-done-before design that sets a new standard of what can be done through design. Their designers are highly strategic - how can we simplify this flow and maximize sign ups? How can we most efficiently take care of edge cases?

About their culture:

Both culture and craft are hugely important to them, and they’re looking for someone likeminded: entrepreneurial, highly collaborative, open to experimentation, quick on their feet, constantly thinking about their customers (dogs + humans)’s needs at every turn, and who upholds Craft with a capital C in all that they do.

Their design maturity is high, their systems are in place, and the company has grown from 700 to 900 people in just the last year, with a 9 person design team (two of them we've placed there, and they love it there and are doing very well!)

We’ve known their VP of Design for many years, and getting to work with him - as your direct manager - is a huge growth opportunity for any designer. He is hands-down one of the most beloved and talented design leaders we’ve had the pleasure of knowing: he’s compassionate, kind, fosters awesome collaboration, will challenge you (in a good way), is a huge purveyor of craft, and knows how to expertly support and guide each individual member of his team. He's also a fine artist on the side, so he walks the walk. We know many designers who have reported into him and they are all big, big fans!

They have a hybrid onsite work model of 2-3x/week in the office. Trust us; you'll WANT to go into the office! They have a beautiful, modern-designed building in downtown NYC, with dogs abound! There's always a few furry friends roaming around and charming everyone they meet, and many desks have a dog bed under them.

Needless to say, the people who work there are big, big animal lovers. While you don't have to be a pet owner yourself, you love animals and enjoy being around dogs, and like to give ear scritches to a furry friend when they come to visit you!

About the role: 

There is an immediate need for a seasoned, fulltime Senior Product Designer I to start ASAP; this is a role that'd be on the way to Sr PD II, their uppermost band of Sr PD.

You’ll be on their Acquisition / Growth team, and your areas are all mission-critical parts of the user experience that are key in new user satisfaction and overall company growth. You’ll be primarily doing design and strategy on revamping their customer acquisition quiz, educating users about the product, thinking about the full lifecycle of a customer journey (from initial brand awareness all the way down to product delivery and unboxing), and creating sustainable systems.

This is for someone with strong Visual UI acumen who can help elevate their look + feel, as well as a formidable UX thinker who can think through complex flows, especially as it pertains to the acquisition quiz. Any experience in Design Systems and design styling is a big plus.

While you might not be an expert in UX Research, you’ve had exposure to it, perhaps even co-run sessions, but at minimum, you’ve spoken to users directly to get feedback.

They're seeking someone with Growth experience, from either a b2c or b2b enviroment - ie, A/B testing on not just micro-experiments, but full end to end systems - as well as a proven history in increasing customer acquisition and engagement. You ideally have metrics and success stories to most effectively tell this story.

The ideal candidate has:

• 4-7+ years experience in product design, preferably including some experience in a scrappy, fast-paced startup environment
• Some Acquisition / Growth (or relevant) experience
• Strong Visual UI acumen and some Design Systems work
• A/B testing / experimentation experience
• A keen eye for craft, and your portfolio exemplifies this
• Is a full stack, hands-on designer, savvy with both UI and UX with some exposure / desire to do UX Research as well
• Ability to operate in a scientific method, and have experience making data-driven design decisions
• Awareness of the impact of every pixel and word on the screen while also being able to zoom out and think strategically and holistically
• A strong entrepreneurial drive and bias towards action
• Ability to function independently and in a team environment with excellent collaboration skills, expert knowledge, and a low ego
• Skills in Figma and excited to learn and adopt the latest design tools, including AI
• You love animals, and would thrive in a lively, dog-friendly office!

Ideally, you have experience with:

• Subscription services that combine digital experiences with analog delivery
• Products that can be highly personalized with complex flows (could be complex ecommerce, etc)
• Growth, especially via customer acquisition quizzes

TO APPLY:

Send your resume, portfolio, openness to hybrid onsite in NYC, and salary range to: team@joanneweavergroup.com

If you have a picture of your pet, please send that along, too, with their name!

If you apply here online, please send a quick email with the info requested above to our team@joanneweavergroup.com address to let us know you applied, so we make sure not to miss you.

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