Senior Product Designer
Job Description
Poshmark is hiring a Senior Product Designer for the Product Design team to independently lead end-to-end design work across iOS, Android, and web.
Responsibilities
- Independently lead complex design projects from user research through concepts, storyboards, workflows, wireframes, prototypes, presentations, and iteration
- Design complex interfaces and end-to-end experiences from scratch, translating work across native mobile (iOS, Android) and responsive web
- Define the look, feel, and functionality of features, and produce final designs with detailed interaction specifications for engineering handoff
- Identify research opportunities, set hypotheses, plan and run user research and usability tests, and convert findings into actionable recommendations
- Build a deep understanding of buyer and seller needs, pain points, and behaviors, and advocate for the user throughout the design process
- Contribute to and uphold the design system and design standards for visual and interaction consistency
- Partner with engineering to understand technical implications including native device specifics, APIs, server, and feed protocol, and design within those constraints
- Work with product leadership, PMs, and engineering to define product strategy, project goals, and long-term design goals
- Define user and product goals aligned with business KPIs, using metrics and qualitative feedback to shape and justify decisions
- Collaborate with researchers, data analysts, marketing, GTM, and copy to meet business requirements, support user needs, delight users, and remain technically feasible
- Provide constructive feedback on product specs and make trade-offs across aesthetics, performance, accessibility, and the customer journey
- Drive concepts for new and existing features, including contributing beyond the primary focus area
- Present design decisions to stakeholders and senior leadership, and convert feedback into clear next steps
- Facilitate design thinking workshops and brainstorming to support a collaborative environment
- Lead and delegate when multiple designers are working on the same project
- Mentor junior designers, review designs, support design workflow best practices, and participate in recruiting
Requirements
- 4 to 6 years of product design experience, including end-to-end UX work from research through prototyping, iteration, and post-launch feedback
- Portfolio demonstrating complex interfaces and experiences designed from scratch for native mobile and responsive web, with strong interaction and visual craft
- Hands-on experience planning and running user research and usability testing, and turning findings into design decisions
- Subject-matter expertise in at least one key area, plus solid knowledge of native iOS and Android components and patterns
- Proficiency with Figma and prototyping tools, and experience contributing to a design system
- Comfort grounding design decisions in metrics, using qualitative feedback as well
- Ability to break down medium-complexity projects into user stories and deliver medium-to-large projects with limited supervision
- Strong communication and presentation skills with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership
- Experience mentoring designers and delivering constructive design feedback
Location and Salary
- Location: Redwood City, CA (onsite)
- Salary: USD 137,000 - 192,000 per year
Technologies
- iOS
- Android
- web
- Figma
6-Month Accomplishments
- Become the subject-matter expert for the buyer and seller experience and become fluent in the design system and native components
- Independently lead and ship at least one medium-to-large project, including research, handoff specifications, and post-launch feedback
- Run at least one user research or usability study that validates a design before development
- Break down an upcoming project into user stories with PM and engineering
- Facilitate at least one design thinking workshop or brainstorm with cross-functional partners
12+ Month Accomplishments
- Help define long-term design goals and user and product goals for the buyer and seller experience with product leadership
- Deliver designs with measurable impact on business KPIs
- Lead a project where multiple designers contribute, delegating and coordinating the work
- Introduce or improve at least one design workflow best practice or design system standard
- Provide regular mentorship to a junior designer and contribute to recruiting
Nice to Have
- Experience with two-sided marketplaces, e-commerce, or social/community products
- Interest in fashion, resale, or sustainability
- Hands-on experience running UX research and usability tests, iterating on results, and using AI tools to speed up concepting and prototyping
- Motion design, illustration, or front-end prototyping skills
- Experience designing with or for AI-powered features (for example, listing assistance or recommendations)