Product Designer
Job Description
Route is hiring a Product Designer in Salt Lake City, UT (onsite) to shape brand and product experiences across its B2B and B2C suite.
- Design execution for omni-channel communications and marketing touchpoints, including email, web, and in-app messaging
- UI design for merchant and shopper-facing experiences across Route’s product suite
- Design system ownership by maintaining and scaling UI patterns and systems
- Brand guidelines creation and maintenance for consistency, clarity, and effective application across stakeholders and apps
- Cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, marketing, and sales to ensure accurate implementation across products, presentations, and other experiences
- Accessibility & inclusion focus to deliver experiences that are accessible, inclusive, and human-centered
- Storytelling contributions through motion, illustration, or investor-facing visuals as needed
- Continuous improvement via design reviews, QA, and experiments
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in product and brand design (agency and/or in-house)
- Online portfolio showing strong visual design, design systems, communications design, motion, and digital product work
- Figma expertise including variables, auto layout, components, prototyping, AI agent, and design token structures
- Messaging experience with email, web, and in-product messaging plus understanding of medium-specific best practices
- Front-end literacy with responsive web concepts and knowledge of HTML, CSS, motion design, and WCAG accessibility standards
- Communication with ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced environment
Technologies
- Figma (variables, auto layout, components, prototyping, AI agent, design token structures)
- HTML, CSS
- Motion design
- WCAG accessibility standards
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Firefly, After Effects, Premiere)
- Cinema4D
- Lottie
- Framer
Pay Transparency
- Salary range for this role: USD 158,000 - 194,000 per year
- National: $158,000 - $167,000
- Los Angeles / Orange County: $172,000 - $182,000
- San Francisco Bay Area: $181,000 - $191,000
- New York: $183,000 - $194,000
- Cash compensation above includes base salary and may not reflect potential commission (eligible roles) or annual bonus targets under Route’s bonus plan
- All Route employees are eligible to participate in Route’s equity incentive plan to receive stock options per the terms of the agreement
- Some roles may be eligible for overtime pay
- Individual compensation packages vary based on career level, skills, experience, geographic location qualifications, and other job-related factors
Benefits
- Pay 95% - 100% of your health insurance premiums for you and your family
- Remote or hybrid work arrangements
- Unlimited PTO
- 401k matching
- Formalized growth opportunities
- Learning & development
- DEI programs & events
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency with design software such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Firefly, After Effects, Premiere) or Cinema4D, Lottie, Framer
- Understanding of lifestyle, fashion, and sports branding trends
- Experience in e-commerce, marketplaces, or shopping platforms like Shopify
- Experience with illustration, motion, and visual storytelling
The Opportunity
- Craft innovative brand and product design solutions for Route’s suite of B2B and B2C products: Package Protection, Package Tracking, Returns
- Partner with the Design Director to shape Route’s visual identity across products, marketing, sales materials, and prototypes
- Hands-on role balancing deep craft with modern workflows, using AI tools to accelerate exploration, and building systems to guide growing teams
The Team
- Focus on meaningful, user-facing experiences that reach millions of shoppers and top-tier brands
- Operate with high autonomy, low ego, and strong cross-functional alignment
- Design has a seat at the table, with collaboration to push great ideas forward