About GlossGenius
GlossGenius is building an ecosystem enabling entrepreneurs to succeed. We empower small business owners to focus on being creators, not admins, by offering a range of business management tools including booking and scheduling, marketing, analytics, payment processing and much more.
Over 100,000 small business owners have chosen to rely on GlossGenius every day to run their entire set of business operations. Joining its powerful, intuitive platform with its vibrant, distinguished brand, GlossGenius is the ideal combination of a fintech, SMB software, and consumer company all in one.
About the Role
As a Staff Product Designer, you will lead and own design in our Core product area, focused on empowering beauty and wellness businesses to operate and grow with seamless, reliable tools. You’ll own the strategy and execution of key product experiences together with your Product and Engineering counterparts—from scheduling needs and client and team management to payment processing. Our ideal candidate will be able to craft a diverse set of creative solutions to complex product design problems by working with our product team and leadership in Core Product.
You must be commutable to our NYC headquarters or San Francisco office and will operate in a hybrid environment. We default to being in-office 3-4 days per week with required attendance on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
What You’ll Do
- Own the entire design process, from strategy to execution, of your product area
- Work on the user experience across Core product features within the GlossGenius app
- Own the end-to-end process for solving UX/UI design problems: ideate, conceptualize, test, and refine
- Construct user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that effectively communicate design concepts
- Lead user interviews to better understand customer needs to help inform the product design strategy
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams of product managers, software and QA engineers, customer success managers, and marketers to design intuitive and engaging user experiences for GlossGenius' customers
- Deliver products that are recognized as the best in the industry by understanding GlossGenius’s strategic and competitive position
- Take initiative in thinking of new ways our users can interact with GlossGenius
What We’re Looking For
- 7+ years of experience in a Product Design/UX/UI or related role; prior experience designing booking platforms, scheduling tools, team management, or financial/payment products is a strong plus
- Demonstrated experience with sketching, wireframes, visual design, and prototyping for product experiences
- Experience with advanced prototyping tools (e.g. Principle, Framer, Sketch, Figma, InVision)
- Proven experience leveraging AI tools to shape design strategy and deliver impactful AI-driven experiences
- Passion for empowering small business owners to be successful; possess a high level of empathy for our customers and a strong desire to deeply understand their needs
- Experience navigating ambiguous high-growth, fast-paced product-driven environments
Benefits & Perks
- Flexible PTO
- Competitive health & dental insurance options, with premiums partially covered by GG
- Fertility and adoption benefits via Carrot and Kindbody
- Generous, fully-paid parental leave policy
- 401k benefit - employees are eligible to contribute starting day 1 of employment
- Professional Development - employees receive a yearly stipend for approved learning and educational-related expenses
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Dependent Care FSA
- Team Bonding: As a distributed team, being able to build meaningful bonds both virtually and in person is incredibly important to us! We are constantly evaluating how we accomplish this and currently, teams are given opportunities to gather in person throughout the year
The starting base salary for this role in New York and California is between $215,000-$258,000 + target equity + benefits. The base salary offered is dependent upon many factors including skills, experience, location, and education. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
At GlossGenius, we celebrate our differences and are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel supported and empowered to do their best work. We believe this benefits not only our employees but our product, customers, and community as well. GlossGenius is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
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Located in the heart of SoHo, the GlossGenius office is in an area with plenty of coffee shops, bars, restaurants, and stellar subway access.
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