Product Designer

Urban Ridge Supplies•New York, NY

25d•$285,000 - $330,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Notion is hiring a Product Designer to help create collaborative software that feels timeless and makes work faster, clearer, and less fragmented. The role involves solving product and UX challenges through strong product sense, technical aptitude, taste, and craftsmanship. The Product 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. They will work with Customer Experience, Sales, and Customer Success to understand user segments and inform product priorities, and collaborate with Marketing on storytelling across the user lifecycle and channels. The designer will also create intuitive product patterns and evolve Notion’s design system as the company scales. The role can be based in San Francisco or New York City. The team works in the office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, called Anchor Days, and expects the hire to be excited about collaborating in person on those days.

Requirements

At least 5 years of work experience.
Well-rounded skills and experience to run projects independently end to end.
Ability to understand customer needs and advocate for strong user experiences that solve customer problems.
Ability to untangle vague conceptual problems and identify accessible mental models and flows.
Ability to create clear, intuitive, and visually appealing human interfaces.
Ability to balance design craft, speed, business needs, and practicality.
Strong listening and collaboration skills, including the ability to consider stakeholder input and feedback.
Ability to tell stories with words and visuals and use storytelling to drive alignment.
Willingness to collaborate cross-functionally with project management, engineering, research, data, and design peers.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing and building great tools with small teams.
Unique strengths and perspectives that complement a diverse team.
Experience with the problems caused by fragmented tools and information silos, and a strong desire to address them.
Familiarity with the work of computing thinkers 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 idea through UX and pixel-perfect execution.
Run projects end to end with engineers and bring design visions through to launch.
Partner with Customer Experience, Sales, and Customer Success to understand the needs and preferences of different user segments.
Use customer data and intuition to prioritize, plan, and scope the product roadmap.
Work with Marketing to develop storytelling across the user lifecycle and through the website, product, help guides, and other channels.
Create intuitive, practical, and convergent product patterns.
Intentionally evolve the design system as Notion scales.