Senior Product Designer

Responsibilities

• Design of new products and features across mobile and web.
• Coach less experienced designers in the design team.
• Help hire more designers, if necessary.
• Put Padlet in the hands of a billion people.

Qualifications

• You like working hard.
• You are honest.
• You've designed beautiful software products.
• Bonus: you have a good sense of humor.

Joys of Designing at Padlet

• We don't design with data or A/B tests unless we really don't know what the right answer is.
• We ship. Your work will not be stuck in purgatory for years.
• Your work will have a tremendous impact on global education.
• Every artist craves an audience. You'll start with 40 million.
• We value quality and craft.
• We don't take ourselves too seriously.

Sorrows of Designing at Padlet

• CEO has very strong opinions about design and can often be incorrigible.
• Work can be chaotic. "Change of plans. Let's do this instead." is not uncommon.
• You will get hate mail whenever you redesign something. Many users feel very strongly about the product.

Some People You‘d Be Working with

• Collin Palmer: Exclusively listens to movie soundtracks when working, especially the Darth Vader theme. One man product machine from speccing to shipping.
• Gerard Searchfield: Insists that wallabies and kangaroos are different animals, artificially inflating the biodiversity of his homeland. Will notice a 1px misalignment from 18 feet away.

The Office

• Our office is in the middle of Presidio, a beautiful national park. We’re a 5 minute walk from the beach. The WiFi works outdoors. You can work sitting in a lawn overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.
• The office itself is designed to be a space for all your interests and hobbies. We have a meditation room, game room, library, art studio, kids room, and full makerspace with 3d printers, presses, laser cutters, sewing machines, and more.

Benefits

• Top tier medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, including One Medical memberships.
• 401(k) with matching.
• Commuter benefits.
• FSA.
• Stock options.
• Catered lunches and dinners. Military grade snacking.
• 20 vacation days. Plus sickness and bereavement days for when life happens.
• Parental leave
• All the gadgetry you need, including a new phone every year.

Special Time to Join

• Because we're small, we move fast.
• And because we have tremendous traction, your designs will go in the hands of millions.
• This combination of speed and impact is rare and quite satisfying.