Product Designer, Discovery

2 Months ago • 5 Years + • Design • $178,000 PA - $235,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Product Designer on the Discovery Team at Whatnot, you will play a key role in helping users find the products they love through features like Search, Ranking, Content Discovery, and more. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, and data science, to design solutions that enhance the shopping journey and personalize each user’s experience. Your work will directly impact how people interact with and navigate Whatnot’s platform, making it easier and more enjoyable for them to discover products, live shows, and sellers that align with their interests.
Must have:
  • Design user-centric solutions for product discovery.
  • Leverage user insights and data to improve engagement.
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams.
  • Lead the end-to-end design process.
  • Maintain and evolve the design system.
Good to have:
  • Understanding of Personalization and Ranking Algorithms.
  • Familiarity with e-commerce with content-driven discovery.
Perks:
  • Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
  • Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Work From Home Support
  • Care benefits
  • Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
  • Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
  • Parental Leave

Job Details

🚀 Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot! 

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany, we’re building the future of online marketplaces—together.

From fashion, beauty, and electronics to rare collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone.

And we’re just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces, we’re looking for bold, forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business, and bring people together through commerce.

💻 Role

As a Product Designer on the Discovery Team at Whatnot, you’ll play a key role in helping users find the products they love through features like Search, Ranking, Content Discovery, and more. 

You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, and data science, to design solutions that enhance the shopping journey and personalize each user’s experience. Your work will directly impact how people interact with and navigate Whatnot’s platform, making it easier and more enjoyable for them to discover products, live shows, and sellers that align with their interests. 

  • User-Centered Design for Discovery: Design user-centric solutions that make it easier and more enjoyable for users to discover products, creators, and live shows that match their interests and needs.
  • Data-Driven Design: Partner with the Data Science and Engineering teams to leverage user insights and behavioral data, iterating on designs based on data findings to improve engagement and discovery outcomes.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams to ensure alignment on business goals, technical feasibility, and the user journey.
  • End-to-End Design Process: Lead the design lifecycle from research and ideation to prototyping, testing, and final execution.
  • Maintain and Evolve the Design System: Ensure a cohesive look and feel across the Discovery team’s features while pushing for innovative design approaches within Whatnot’s visual language.

Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, or New York, NY hubs.

👋 You 

Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that embodying a low ego, growth mindset, and high-impact drive goes a long way here.

As our next Product Designer, you should have 5+ years of product design experience with a proven track record of driving growth though design initatives, plus:

  • Strong Portfolio that demonstrates your experience. 
  • Expertise in design and prototyping tools (e.g. Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.).
  • Deep understanding of user experience design principles and methodologies, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
  • Understanding of Personalization and Ranking Algorithms and how they impact user experience in content discovery is a nice-to-have. 
  • Familiarity with e-commerce with content-driven discovery.

💰Compensation

$178,000/year to $235,000/year + benefits + equity

The salary range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not benefits (more details below) or equity.

🎁 Benefits 

  • Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
  • Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Work From Home Support
    • Home office setup allowance
    • Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
  • Care benefits
    • Monthly allowance for wellness
    • Annual allowance towards Childcare
    • Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
  • Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
  • Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
    • We expect all employees to actively use the product!
  • Parental Leave
    • 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.

💛 EOE

Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.

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