Product Design Lead

Who We Are

Drip (dripshop.live) is the shopify for social commerce; using it’s AI-enabled tools, sellers can interact and transact safely and seamlessly on Drip’s social marketplace and social media platforms. Since launching, drip has enabled creators, resellers & brands to generate 10s of millions in income. We are backed by leading investors and notable angels including Base10 Ventures, Kindred Ventures, Harlem Capital & Eniac Ventures.

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Our Values

• We are seller-first
• We are customer-obsessed
• Engaged with the community we build for
• Embrace in radical ownership
• Value radical candor
• Strive to be excellent
• Make the case for optimism

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Who You Are

• Passionate about (or excited to learn about) our core collectible categories (Pokemon, Magic, sports cards, and other trading cards) and NFTs
• An experienced, customer-obsessed product designer
• Comfortable incorporating qualitative and quantitative data into design
• Able to balance a variety of projects across the full user journey on mobile and web
• Excited to build something new and define the future of live commerce
• Flexible, collaborative team player

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Roles & Responsibilities

• Partner with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to design user experiences from conception to launch
• Participate in all aspects of the design process to frame problems, research use cases and users, define insights, share your vision, prototype and produce launch-ready assets
• Support the engineering team through regular collaboration and delivery of production-ready assets and specifications
• Bring customer insights and design expertise into our long-term product planning to help define our vision for future products and features.
• Develop UX standardization by using and building on Design Language System alongside graphic design / marketing team

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This is a fractional role. We are looking for you to lead our design practice on about 20 hrs / week. There is an opportunity for this to turn into a full-time Design Lead role, too. If that's you, great. Otherwise, we'd like you to help us hire this role. This would include:

• Design the interview process
• Conduct interviews with candidates
• Make a recommendation to us of top choice(s)

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Required Non-Negotiables

• 8 or more years of experience designing industry-leading digital experiences - ideally related to eCommerce, consumer and/or live streaming
• Experience through the full product development process: from ideation to prioritization to execution, measurement, and iteration
• Track record of collaborating with a global team of engineers and product managers — including strong use of asynchronous planning/collaboration tools.
• Experience solving complex UX problems and a demonstrated ability to gather and incorporate market insights, user behaviors, and business data into design process.
• Portfolio of intuitive, engaging designs, wireframes, animations, and illustrations for a variety of audiences across Android, iOS, and Web
• Bonus Points: You love to collect trading cards, memorabilia and/or NFTs

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How To Get In Touch

First, hit the "Request Intro" button below. Include any relevant links, especially a link to your portfolio, so we can get to know you better. Please also include a brief note to us that clearly shows you've read the job description and that you match the type of profile we're looking for. We expect to get a lot of applicants for this role, so if you don't address the key points, we won't have much to go on.

A great intro request is one that includes a brief summary of your experience, and demonstrates any past accomplishments related specifically to what we're looking for.

If we think there's a fit, we'll reach out to schedule an intro call. Looking forward!

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