Director of Product Design

FabFitFun is looking for a hands-on, highly creative, Product Design leader who is deeply passionate about creating delightful, innovative e-Commerce experiences and excited by the prospect of leading design transformation in a fast-moving startup environment. This role will work closely with the executive suite (including the SVP of Marketing & Brand) and play a pivotal role in defining FabFitFun’s future brand strategy and product vision. A must - an open mind, an innate knack for customer psychology, and a penchant for action.Location:

This role will be based out of our HQ in Los Angeles where we are operating from a hybrid model of 3 days a week in-office. This role will not be eligible for remote.What You'll Do:UI Design / Design Evangelist

Represents design expertise at a company level & is able to influence design best practices across stakeholders.Proactively seeks to ensure brand is considered and represented across digital customer experiences.Constantly seeking low hanging fruit opportunities to infuse delight, and able to rally teams around design stretch goals.Design System

Responsible for developing, maintaining and evangelizing a central design workflow and design system library that ensures latest design thinking can scale.Works to maximize adoption of design & brand principles by integrating into systems/processes and evangelizing best practices across teams.Challenges the grain by encouraging creativity & innovation within the design system, while maintaining cohesion and consistency.Able to identify the fastest and most scalable path for design evolution, understanding where to iterate and where to overhaul.UX Best Practices / UX Research

Identifies strategic user research initiatives to support Product roadmap & vision.Able to interpret results, frame options, decision choices, and facilitate constructive tradeoffs to drive customer and business outcomes.Proactively defines UX benchmarks for the team and is able to articulate how they correlate with customers' needs & expectations; considers industry benchmarks & standards of excellence.Able to efficiently & effectively rally team to meet defined benchmarks.What You'll Bring:8+ years of experience designing interfaces for web, mobile web, and mobile apps, especially in e-Commerce or subscription based consumer businesses.5+ years managing people / leading a team preferred.Experience leading design transformation at highly cross-functional, fast-paced organizations is a plus!Skills and understanding of UX, UI, usability and interaction design (UI Design, Prototyping, Wireframing), as well as visual design and communication (Typography, Color Theory, Hierarchy, Layout).Effective communication skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions, collect feedback, and collaborate with others.Solid foundational understanding of responsive web design and how to design for it.Must be savvy with research validation methodologies (Quantitative and qualitative).Proficiency in design tools, specifically Figma and Photoshop.Portfolio demonstrating strong UI / Visual design experience.Nice to have: Knowledge of HTML / CSS / Javascript or experience working with front-end CMS or Visual A/B testing tools.The expected base salary range for this position is $180K - $200K. The compensation package will also include an initial equity grant, bonus, in addition to a range of generous medical, dental, vision and other perks & benefits.Compensation decisions are determined using a variety of job-related factors such as skill set, geographic location, market demands, experience, and education / certifications. If we extend an offer for employment, we will consider all individual qualifications.

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