Spot & Tango
Product Designer (UI/UX)
Spot & Tango, New York, New York, us, 10261
Who We Are
Spot & Tango is an innovative pet health & wellness brand that delivers personalized meal plans on a subscription basis. Our recipes are developed by leading animal nutritionists, and are made with only real, human-grade ingredients... and nothing artificial! We have lofty goals (to make every dog in the country healthier, and every pet parent happier!) and we are looking for the right people to help us get there. This is an exciting opportunity to join a VC-backed, high-growth, e-commerce startup and have an outsized impact in an extremely fast-paced environment. Plus, you get to think about dogs all day!
Who You Are
You are a creative and driven
UI/UX Designer
with a passion for crafting intuitive and engaging digital experiences. With a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of user-centered design principles, you thrive in fast-paced environments where innovation and agility are key. Your portfolio showcases a diverse range of projects demonstrating your ability to research user needs and industry best practices, understand business requirements, and translate these inputs into inspiring designs. You possess excellent communication skills, allowing you to collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and executives.
This is the job for you If you want to design significant, meaningful features, work hand-in-hand with engineers as they build and deploy your designs, and iterate to create an even better experience for our pet-parent customers!
Responsibilities:Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to ideate and design engaging new digital experiences on our customer-facing website and internal digital platformsConduct and leverage UX research to inform feature designsBuild and iterate on wireframes with product team and leadershipExecute wireframes to create beautiful, polished, pixel-perfect UI designs that are aligned with our design system and ready to be handed off to engineering teamCollaborate with engineers as they are building products to provide guidance on design vision and update designs as necessary for technical implementationMaintain and utilize design system to keep the product consistent across all forms of digital designHelp brainstorm and design A/B tests in collaboration with product and growth marketing teams to improve website conversion rateCreate designs with purpose - think strategically about customer acquisition and retention (we are a subscription business) and design with business objectives in mindDesign and improve a variety of different types of pages and experiences - homepage, landing pages, product detail pages, personalized questionnaire flow, checkout screen, customer portal, etc.Requirements:
3-5 years working as a product or UI/UX designer, designing responsive web and mobile experiences across different products and user demographicsA keen attention to detail and a passion for good design and aestheticsExcellent communication skills and ability to articulate complex ideas to technical and non-technical team members, partners, and stakeholdersAbility to dive into the details with engineers and also synthesize findings at an executive levelDeep knowledge of the unique traits, features and constraints when designing for both web and mobile experiencesA strong visual designer and prototyper - you have proven experience designing for mobile, and are well-versed in Figma and Adobe Suite including photoshop and illustrator, with the ability to produce sophisticated prototypesStrong sense of curiosity and a desire to constantly improveYou are a self-starter who knows how to figure things out without clear directionYou take pride in your work and go above and beyond to get deliverables over the lineYou are based in New York City or are willing to relocateYou love dogs!
This is a hybrid position.
You must be able to commute into our office in Midtown Manhattan Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Spot & Tango is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Spot & Tango is an innovative pet health & wellness brand that delivers personalized meal plans on a subscription basis. Our recipes are developed by leading animal nutritionists, and are made with only real, human-grade ingredients... and nothing artificial! We have lofty goals (to make every dog in the country healthier, and every pet parent happier!) and we are looking for the right people to help us get there. This is an exciting opportunity to join a VC-backed, high-growth, e-commerce startup and have an outsized impact in an extremely fast-paced environment. Plus, you get to think about dogs all day!
Who You Are
You are a creative and driven
UI/UX Designer
with a passion for crafting intuitive and engaging digital experiences. With a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of user-centered design principles, you thrive in fast-paced environments where innovation and agility are key. Your portfolio showcases a diverse range of projects demonstrating your ability to research user needs and industry best practices, understand business requirements, and translate these inputs into inspiring designs. You possess excellent communication skills, allowing you to collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and executives.
This is the job for you If you want to design significant, meaningful features, work hand-in-hand with engineers as they build and deploy your designs, and iterate to create an even better experience for our pet-parent customers!
Responsibilities:Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to ideate and design engaging new digital experiences on our customer-facing website and internal digital platformsConduct and leverage UX research to inform feature designsBuild and iterate on wireframes with product team and leadershipExecute wireframes to create beautiful, polished, pixel-perfect UI designs that are aligned with our design system and ready to be handed off to engineering teamCollaborate with engineers as they are building products to provide guidance on design vision and update designs as necessary for technical implementationMaintain and utilize design system to keep the product consistent across all forms of digital designHelp brainstorm and design A/B tests in collaboration with product and growth marketing teams to improve website conversion rateCreate designs with purpose - think strategically about customer acquisition and retention (we are a subscription business) and design with business objectives in mindDesign and improve a variety of different types of pages and experiences - homepage, landing pages, product detail pages, personalized questionnaire flow, checkout screen, customer portal, etc.Requirements:
3-5 years working as a product or UI/UX designer, designing responsive web and mobile experiences across different products and user demographicsA keen attention to detail and a passion for good design and aestheticsExcellent communication skills and ability to articulate complex ideas to technical and non-technical team members, partners, and stakeholdersAbility to dive into the details with engineers and also synthesize findings at an executive levelDeep knowledge of the unique traits, features and constraints when designing for both web and mobile experiencesA strong visual designer and prototyper - you have proven experience designing for mobile, and are well-versed in Figma and Adobe Suite including photoshop and illustrator, with the ability to produce sophisticated prototypesStrong sense of curiosity and a desire to constantly improveYou are a self-starter who knows how to figure things out without clear directionYou take pride in your work and go above and beyond to get deliverables over the lineYou are based in New York City or are willing to relocateYou love dogs!
This is a hybrid position.
You must be able to commute into our office in Midtown Manhattan Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Spot & Tango is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.