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Product Designer, Design Systems

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Product Designer, Design Systems

Squarespace is a design-centric product company at heart whose mission is to be the all-in-one platform for anyone who wants to stand out. We are looking for experienced product designers to help guide the direction of the future of our platform. You will be challenged and take ownership of our product in an organization that values vision, execution, and persistence.

The Design Platform team creates and implements the Squarespace design system. We’re the connective thread that enables product teams to design and build a user experience and interface across our platform by providing: components, frameworks, documentation, and tooling.

You'll work with designers and engineers on the Design Platform team and collaborate with the wider Product Design team to refine the Squarespace design language, and evolve the future of our products. You’re familiar and comfortable with the challenges of working with design systems and inspire quality and craft across our platform.

You'll report to the Product Design Manager, Design Platform. Join our team and help define the Squarespace design system.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Guide the evolution of Squarespace’s visual language and user experience
  • Design and define interaction patterns through components, documentation, and prototypes
  • Work with developers to maintain and create new components for our library
  • Manage team members and participate in driving and defining project scope, timelines, and deliverables
  • Directly partner and support Squarespace product designers in using the design system
  • Communicate and report organizational insights and developments with the Design Platform team
  • Promote adoption of the design system across the organization 
  • Think holistically about the user experience and product ecosystem regardless of scope
  • Participate in user research and testing, ensuring usability and product consistency
  • Create work that scales and flexes across a variety of global audiences, abilities, devices, and platforms
  • Specify and maintain our core principles in visual style, typography, spacing, motion, and interaction models
  • Promote consistency and coherence across our design system, and identify areas for improvements

QUALIFICATIONS

  • You have 5+ years of Product Design experience with user experience and visual design
  • You have experience designing with a systematic approach for consumer-facing digital products
  • You are obsessive with attention to details and fundamentals
  • You have demonstrated experience working with cross-functional teams and take ownership to drive work forward
  • You are thoughtful about inclusive design and accessibility
  • You have participated or facilitated user testing and research
  • You understand impact of design decisions and how to create meaningful product value
  • You have experience presenting and tailoring your context to an audience

A portfolio of relevant design work is required for consideration. It should illustrate your involvement and how you contributed to solving specific problems.

About Squarespace

Squarespace makes beautiful products to help people with creative ideas succeed. By blending elegant design and engineering, we empower millions of people — from individuals and local artists to entrepreneurs shaping the world’s most iconic businesses — to share their stories with the world. Squarespace’s team of more than 1,000 is headquartered in downtown New York City, with offices in Dublin and Portland. For more information, visit www.squarespace.com/about.

Benefits & Perks

  • Health insurance with 100% premium covered for you and your dependent children
  • Flexible vacation & paid time off
  • Up to 20 weeks of paid family leave
  • Equity plan for all employees
  • Retirement benefits with employer match
  • Fertility and adoption benefits
  • Free lunch and snacks at all offices
  • Education reimbursement
  • Dog-friendly workplace in New York office
  • Commuter benefit in the form of reduced tax (Ireland) and pretax (US)

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customer base, but we also strive for the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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What are Squarespace Perks + Benefits

Squarespace Benefits Overview

Flexible PTO policy for full time employees
20 weeks paid leave to welcome a child through any of the ways to form a family for all genders
Up to 12 weeks paid personal care leave
Up to 20 weeks paid leave to care for a family member
Bereavement leave for loss of a loved one
$20,000 benefit for fertility planning & treatment, adoption & surrogacy
Unlimited free virtual family planning visits with OB/GYNs, doulas & midwives
Subsidized backup care for family, infant, child, adult, or elder dependents
Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support child care & parenting, helping aging parents & more
Virtual counseling sessions with licensed therapists fully covered with HealthJoy
100% paid Headspace app subscriptions
Access to mental healthcare apps, Talkspace & Ginger
100% paid premiums on health benefits for you, your dependent children & domestic partner
$5,000 tuition reimbursement per year
2 complimentary Squarespace sites & subscription to Unfold

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Squarespace offers virtual counseling sessions with licensed therapists fully covered with HealthJoy. 100% paid Headspace app subscriptions and access to mental healthcare apps, Talkspace & Ginger.
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Sabbatical
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free daily meals
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Pet friendly
Recreational clubs
Relocation assistance
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
All employees have full access to LinkedIn Learning.
Online course subscriptions available

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