Our partner's mission is to share and grow the world's knowledge. They want to democratize access to knowledge of all kinds—from politics to painting, cooking to coding, etymology to experiences—so if someone out there knows something, anyone else can learn it. They have developed a Q&A platform where online communities can come together to have discussions about whatever topic that interests them!

About the Team:

They're creating a repository for all human knowledge. To do this, they need to design systems that make sharing knowledge rewarding and discovering it easy; and that scale to support the participation of the entire planet. Designing a global ecosystem for knowledge sharing, and the platform for businesses to reach this audience, requires a multidisciplinary approach. They're building a diverse team with people of different backgrounds and experiences, empowered to shape strategy while moving quickly and learning as much as possible.

As a senior product designer, you'll be responsible for what you design from start to finish: brainstorming solutions, iterating on visuals and interactions however you see fit, and finally implementing your designs in code yourself (no middlemen required!). You work on everything from ranking to UI, from internationalization to moderation systems. Your design decisions are validated through A/B testing and user studies alike, as we value rigor and empathy in equal measure.

Responsibilities:

Own projects with a product team focused on a major, user-facing area of the company
Identify high-impact opportunities, design features in pursuit of strategic goals, and present rationale for your decisions to gain consensus across teams as well as with leadership.
Autonomously lead multiple projects while effectively collaborating, as well as challenging the team, on the most optimal solution.
Manage UI complexity (complexity reduction is not always the solution), resulting in polished UI design, clear information hierarchy, a holistic feature set.
Collaborate with engineers to define features and functionality, with other designers for feedback and critique, and with data scientists and user researchers to evaluate the impact of your work.
Build what you design using React.
Ship highly impactful new features, bug fixes, and small improvements multiple times a week.

Minimum Qualifications:

5+ years innovative, end-to-end design leadership on projects with a cross-functional product team.
Demonstrated thought leadership and high level thinking about a complex, social product, and adept at clearly explaining reasons for new features and changes.
Experience autonomously building clear, effective interactions to accomplish product or business goals.
Ability to build what you design (capable in various languages and frameworks such as HTML, CSS, JS, and React).
Interest in using data and user research to inform design decisions. Comfort with A/B testing and data analysis frameworks.
Portfolio demonstrating relevant design capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

Interest or experience in designing for ads, mobile, or user growth.
Experience with effective A/B testing.
Experience with server-side languages like Python.
Desire to mentor junior designers.
Experience writing and documenting proposals.

Senior Product Designer