ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a full-time Product Design Manager to join our UX team. The Product Design Manager will work closely with Researchers, Product Managers and Engineers to build simple user centered digital experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Lead design and help conceptualize the future of the ClassPass web and native app experiences.
• Manage, mentor and inspire a team of product designers, providing design direction and pushing the quality of the design work
• Push the boundaries of your team’s UX/UI/visual execution and try new ideas. Be able to think “Blue Sky” and explore divergent concepts and create trajectory for the company
• Influence product strategy and lead your team in executing design work with a high level of polish, and understand how to solve a range of tactical & contained issue to much more complex, loosely defined product challenges across all digital platforms: iOS, Android, web, and email
• Know how to lead and represent your team effectively, substantiate the work and the decisions behind them, and be an advocate for user-centered design
• Build relationships with cross functional team members and executives across organizations, and effectively speak to process, design goals and team vision as a strong representative of the design team
• Promote a strong feedback culture by both giving and receiving constructive and actionable feedback.

ABOUT YOU

You are a team player who rolls up their sleeves and gets their hands dirty. You gracefully solve problems under pressure while checking your ego at the door. You are know for a fine-tuned aesthetics, amazing storytelling, a critical eye and an obsession with perfection.

As the ideal candidate:

• You have a track record of leading design teams through successful product launches across iOS, Android, and mobile web
• You emotionally connect with customers
• You inspire others to aim for bigger, bolder and smarter
• You advocate for great design and help others understand its value
• You have mastery of typography and love grid systems
• You are comfortable sketching on whiteboards and adjusting icons at 1600% zoom
• Someone who is obsessively detail-oriented, a self-starter, and an aficionado of iterating
• You have learned by experience that no design survives user testing untouched, and you thrive in iterating from user feedback

Qualifications:

• A design portfolio that demonstrates strong problem solving, interaction and visual design skills
• 6+ years of digital design experience
• 2+ years leading and mentoring designers
• A degree in a related field
• Experience shipping responsive web and native app experiences
• Strong communication skills — you are able to clearly articulate your design decisions
• Familiar with the AGILE working process and able to work closely with Product Managers and front-end developers
• Proficiency with Sketch, Invision and the Adobe Creative Suite

• BONUS: Proficiency in Framer, Principle, Origami, etc
• BONUS: Proficiency in HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• BONUS: Experience with running and synthesizing UX research