Product Designer

Urban Ridge Supplies•New York, NY

25d•$285,000 - $330,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Notion is seeking a Product Designer to help create software that feels timeless and accessible, combining strong product and UX judgment, technical aptitude, taste, and craft. The role is based in San Francisco or New York City, with in-office collaboration on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. The designer will develop product concepts and features from initial ideas through UX and polished execution, and partner with engineers to deliver projects end to end. The role also works closely with Customer Experience, Sales, Customer Success, and Marketing to understand users, shape the product roadmap, and tell effective stories across the user lifecycle and Notion's channels. The designer will create intuitive product patterns and evolve Notion's design system as the company scales.

Requirements

At least 5 years of work experience.
Well-rounded skills and experience to run projects independently from end to end.
Ability to understand customer needs and explore and advocate for strong user experiences that solve their problems.
Ability to untangle ambiguous conceptual problems and identify accessible mental models and flows that help users gain value quickly.
Ability to create clear, intuitive, and visually appealing human interfaces.
Ability to balance design craft with business needs, practicality, speed, and the bottom line.
Strong judgment, listening skills, and ability to collaborate with stakeholders and incorporate input and feedback.
Ability to tell stories with words and visuals and identify effective ways to build alignment.
Ability and interest in cross-functional collaboration with project management, engineering, research, data, and design colleagues.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing and building great tools with small teams.
Distinctive strengths and perspectives that complement the team.
Experience with fragmented tools and information silos, and a strong desire to address those problems.
Familiarity with the work of computing figures such as Douglas Engelbart, Alan Kay, and Bret Victor.
Ability to code.

Responsibilities

Design product concepts that balance vision, craft, speed, and business potential.
Develop new product features from ideas through UX design and pixel-perfect execution.
Run projects end to end with engineers and bring designs through to launch.
Partner with Customer Experience, Sales, and Customer Success to understand the needs and preferences of diverse user segments and use those insights to prioritize, plan, and scope the product roadmap.
Work with Marketing to develop ways to tell stories throughout the user lifecycle and across the website, product, help guides, and other channels.
Create intuitive, practical, convergent design patterns and intentionally evolve the design system as Notion scales.