Front End Web Developer

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage our core product design team of 3+ product designers
• With Product & Engineering leadership, define and own user-centered strategy and design execution of new features that will enable better ways to record, edit, and view a Loom video
• Proactively identify new problems and opportunities for the team that are rooted in user problems, working intimately with user research and data to propose paths forward
• Collaborate with brand and marketing to ensure user value is conveyed and implemented end-to-end across a user’s journey
• Partner with engineering to have a working understanding of technical systems in order to creatively scope prioritization & trade-offs
• Apply a deep understanding of our customers and the market directly towards strategy & execution, ensuring we are driving innovation and building for customer needs. Stay up-to-date with the latest video trends, consumer products, technologies.
• Work alongside the broader Design leadership team to craft our teams’ culture, processes, and tools and ensure we’re building toward a connected vision and product experience
• Co‑own the evolution and maturity of our Lens Design System alongside our design team
• Mastery of hiring outstanding product designers to achieve our goals as a team

• You believe deeply in the power of video and its ability to transform communication at work
• You stand on an outstanding portfolio, with presentable case studies showcasing a foundation in typography, interaction and visual design, product sense, and idea generation
• You’re an expert in people development and up‑leveling design craft – you have what it takes to grow and empower an incredible design team
• You are a user advocate to peers, leadership, and company wide to drive a strong level of design thinking, user centricity and research to influence our product offering & growth
• You are a coach to others and give and ask for honest and critical feedback - you inspire, not merely direct
• You bring a wealth of knowledge around interaction design principles, up to date trends, and usability heuristics
• You have a minimum of 8-10 years of experience in Product Design and a minimum of 3-4 years experience of managing Product Designers in organizations that have shipped software to users, partnering with Product and Engineering and Product Marketing teammates
• You're an excellent communicator, both written and verbal, and you're comfortable managing high-stakes communications