Senior Product Designer, Platform

Squarespace is a design-centric product company at heart, whose mission is to be the all-in-one platform for anyone who wants to stand out. You will be challenged in an organization that values vision and execution. Product designers at Squarespace are embedded within product teams that are deeply collaborative, and each member is directly responsible for the team's success.

We're looking for a Sr. Product Designer to join the Platform design team and drive real and immediate business impact and create best-in-class foundational experiences for our customers in the Squarespace ecosystem with our Building Blocks and User Platform groups.

You’ll design for many of the shared user experiences across the Squarespace Core platform and other product lines, support the fundamental pieces that every experience has in common on the platform, and help our product teams build those cohesive experiences more easily.

You’ll partner to help shape strategy, identify new opportunities and define a user experience that meets the needs of our product across multiple product lines. You’ll help influence how to work and collaborate on a growing team that values systems thinking, great craft, deep partnerships, and thoughtful user experiences.

This is a hybrid role working from our New York City headquarters. You will report to the Product Design Manager of the Building Blocks group.

• Create rational, articulable, elegant solutions to complex problems.
• Think holistically about the user journey and product ecosystem.
• Design concepts for the platform that are usable, educational, and relevant.
• Build high quality solutions that directly impact the bottom line of the business.
• You will drive work from discovery and concept through detailed design and delivery.
• Be data-driven and have an interest in measuring and improving the experience.
• Contribute to OKRs, product strategy, vision, and roadmap by working closely with PM and Engineering partners
• Help define key metrics in order to track success and business impact
• Maintain clear team alignment around goals and priorities
• Partner with user research and testing, ensuring usability and product consistency
• Collaborate with our Design Systems team to ensure your work integrates into our ecosystem
• Love talking to users and looking at data in equal measure

• 6+ years of experience in product design
• Simplifies complex data into actionable design tasks
• Proficient in Figma and prototyping both large concepts and micro-interactions
• Strong visual design expertise in consistency, color, typography, and animation
• Experience with UX methodologies for complex systems (service blueprints, user journeys, usability testing)
• Systems approach to designing large concepts and micro-interactions
• Effective at storytelling and tailoring presentations for different audiences
• Passionate about impactful design, staying current with trends
• Provides thought leadership and aligns design with brand voice

• A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums 
• Fertility and adoption benefits
• Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
• Headspace mindfulness app subscription
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement benefits with employer match
• Flexible paid time off
• 20 weeks for parental leave and up to 12 weeks to care for an ill family member
• Pretax commuter benefit
• Education reimbursement
• Employee donation match to community organizations
• 6 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Dog-friendly workplace
• Free lunch and snacks
• Private rooftop
• Hack week twice per year

The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills, experience, and location, among other factors.
In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and, where applicable for eligible roles, may include on-target commissions or overtime pay), Squarespace employees are eligible to be granted an option to purchase our common stock.

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,500 is headquartered in bustling New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Aveiro, Portugal, and coworking spaces in the UK, Netherlands, and Australia. For more information about our company culture, visit https://www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers, but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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