Product Designer, Partnerships and Brand Experience

Thumbtack • San Francisco, CA

1d • $133,500 - $203,500

About The Position

Thumbtack is seeking a Product Designer to join its Partnerships team and help bring the company’s brand system into consistent, high-craft product experiences. The role combines go-to-market design and in-product brand experience, using product design, storytelling, prototyping, and visual polish to accelerate partnerships while translating brand updates—including iconography, motion language, and moments of delight—into product surfaces across Thumbtack.

The designer will work closely with Business Development, Sales, Go-to-Market Operations, Product, and Brand teams. Compared with many product design roles, this position places greater emphasis on visualizing new experiences, prototyping, animation, and production design, including interactive, motion-rich partner demos and polished experiences in the live product. The role also includes leading product initiatives from early exploration through scaling, with responsibility for business outcomes.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of product design experience.
• A blend of agency and in-house product design experience, supported by a strong portfolio.
• Advanced Figma prototyping skills, from low-fidelity flows to high-fidelity experiences with motion and interaction.
• Experience creating polished micro-interactions, transitions, and animations, with strong attention to craft, timing, and detail.
• Experience translating brand systems into product experiences through motion, iconography, and UI polish.
• Understanding of technical feasibility and ability to collaborate effectively with engineering partners.
• Strong communication and visual storytelling skills to align cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a significant portion of the product experience and be accountable for business outcomes.
• Conduct user research and lightweight tests to scope and prioritize product initiatives.
• Turn ambitious or vague ideas into compelling business and product cases, secure resources, and lead execution with clear success criteria.
• Champion deep learnings and insights alongside traditional metrics to inform product decisions.
• Partner with marketing, engineers, designers, data scientists, and applied scientists to ideate, prioritize, and deliver solutions for customers and professionals.
• Coordinate across the team and other Thumbtack teams to build understanding and alignment around projects.
• Drive high-impact initiatives from seed to scale, and thoughtfully sunset or cull initiatives that do not meet success criteria.
• Create interactive demos and motion-rich experiences for partners.
• Translate brand system updates, including iconography and motion language, into consistent, polished product experiences.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed