Kickstarter is the leading crowdfunding platform for creative projects across film, games, music, art, design, and technology. Since our founding in 2009, our mission to help bring creative projects to life has been powered by the people behind the work.
Together, we’ve helped creators around the world launch creative projects that have generated billions of dollars in pledges. That same commitment extends inward. Rooted in shared values, Kickstarter invests in the growth and success of our team, treating employees as whole people and empowering them with the autonomy and space to participate in decisions that shape their work and our company.
Kickstarter is seeking an experienced Senior Product Designer, Mobile to lead the re-imagination and evolution of our mobile apps. You will own the full design lifecycle for our iOS and Android platforms, working with cross-functional partners to deliver seamless experiences for our global community. Ideal candidates bring a background in designing consumer-facing mobile products with international checkout experiences, with an eye toward engagement and retention, especially those including storytelling, user-generated content, search and discovery, video, and payments.
The salary for this role in the United States is $158,393.
In this role, you will:
- Define interaction and visual design standards for our mobile products.
- Design user-centric experiences that balance user needs and business goals, can scale, and translate globally.
- Own and evolve our mobile design system.
- Provide an international design perspective within our product org.
- Actively partner with our research team to conduct and analyze user research.
- Work with teams across Kickstarter as the company works toward building a mature ecosystem that serves our community of Creators and Backers.
- Collaborate with partners on cross-functional teams to ensure alignment where appropriate.
About You
- You have solid professional experience leading design for mobile apps across iOS and Android platforms.
- Your portfolio shows a proven track record of designing thoughtful, engaging, and highly usable mobile experiences.
- You are knowledgeable of platform-specific design patterns and conventions across iOS and Android.
- You have experience designing experiences for consumers in North America, Europe, and Asia.
- You have experience designing with international privacy laws and regulations in mind.
- Experience designing for commerce based companies with international checkout experiences
- You are an excellent communicator.
- You have the ability to consistently frame, explain and support your design decisions with peers and stakeholders, as well as deeply understand their feedback.
- You have strengths in information architecture, interaction design, and visual design.
- You are comfortable using both formal and informal methods to gather and give feedback.
- You have experience with design programs like Figma, and are comfortable prototyping.
- You empathize with our Creator and Backer communities and recognize how both contribute to Kickstarter’s ecosystem.
- You recognize the challenges of the creative process and bringing projects to life.
- A fully remote workforce with plenty of opportunities to get to know your colleagues
- 100% employer-paid health plan offerings
- 16 paid vacation days, 10 sick days, and a company-wide winter break between Christmas and New Year’s
- 25 volunteer hours each year to give back to your community
- 16 weeks of parental leave plus fertility/family planning resources
- Annual stipends including a Remote Working & Wellness Stipend of $3,000 USD (prorated) each calendar year for expenses related to remote working, wellness, health, and fitness and a $500 Role Development Stipend
- Kickstarter currently operates with a 4-day workweek, a model that aligns with our belief in a healthy work-life balance and gives staff the space to be more than their work
Incredibly talented and inspiring colleagues who know how to blend their creative endeavors into their work
You can read more about our benefits and working at Kickstarter at our Jobs page: https://jobs.kickstarter.com/
Our Fully Virtual Team
We’re currently able to support employees based in the following US locations: CA, CO, CT, GA, IL, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OR, SC, VA, VT, and WA. We're also able to support employees in the United Kingdom. If you live in—or are willing to move to—any of these locations, we look forward to your application! If there is a required or preferred location for an open role, it will be listed in the job description.
Kickstarter is an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to fight for equality, we work to ensure a fair and consistent interview process. We celebrate diversity, and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.
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Skills Required
- Professional experience leading design for iOS and Android mobile apps
- Proven portfolio of thoughtful, engaging, and highly usable mobile experiences
- Knowledge of platform-specific design patterns and conventions for iOS and Android
- Experience designing consumer products for North America, Europe, and Asia (international perspective)
- Experience designing with international privacy laws and regulations in mind
- Experience designing commerce products with international checkout experiences
- Strong communication skills and ability to frame and support design decisions
- Strengths in information architecture, interaction design, and visual design
- Comfortable giving and receiving feedback using formal and informal methods
- Experience using design tools like Figma and ability to prototype
- Ability to empathize with Kickstarter Creator and Backer communities
- Experience owning or evolving a mobile design system
What We Do
Kickstarter’s mission is to help bring creative projects to life. We measure our success as a company by how well we achieve that mission, not by the size of our profits. That’s why we reincorporated Kickstarter as a Benefit Corporation in 2015. Benefit Corporations are for-profit companies that are obligated to consider the impact of their decisions on society, not only shareholders. Radically, positive impact on society becomes part of a Benefit Corporation’s legally defined goals. When a company becomes a Benefit Corporation, it can choose to make further commitments. In our charter, we spell out our mission, our values, and the commitments we have made to pursue them.
