Nextdoor
Senior Product Designer, Monetization - Micro & Small Business Experience
Nextdoor, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
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Nextdoor
Nextdoor is where you connect to the neighborhoods that matter to you so you can belong. Our purpose is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on.
Neighbors around the world turn to Nextdoor daily to receive trusted information, give and get help, get things done, and build real-world connections with those nearby - neighbors, businesses, and public services. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor in more than 315,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries.Meet Your Future
Neighbors
Nextdoor is looking for a talented Senior Product Designer to join our Monetization team, focused on building impactful tools and experiences for micro and small businesses. In this role, you will be at the forefront of designing solutions that address the unique needs of these businesses, enabling them to thrive in their local communities. You will shape innovative experiences that go beyond traditional advertising, helping these businesses gain exposure, generate leads, and connect with neighbors in meaningful ways.
This role is critical as Nextdoor expands its focus on small businesses, especially those in the micro-business segment. These businesses often have distinct challenges and limited resources, and you'll be designing tools and platforms that empower them to succeed in today's digital economy, outside of conventional advertising channels.The
Impact
You'll Make
If you crave a challenge in a fast-paced environment, the satisfaction of seeing your design work come to life, and take pride in contributing to the growth of a world-class design team, then this is the place for you!
Your responsibilities will include:Lead the design of tools and experiences that support the specific needs of micro and small businesses to gain visibility and generate leads through non-advertising meansCollaborate with cross-functional teams to build experiences that align with the unique business challenges faced by micro businessesDesign intuitive and impactful user interfaces that simplify business actions and allow for seamless engagement between local businesses and neighborsTranslate business goals into design strategies, while ensuring solutions meet user needsContribute to the future vision of how Nextdoor empowers small business growth, driving product strategies with long-term impactLead design discussions, reviews, and workshops, ensuring alignment across product, engineering, and other stakeholdersHelp shape and maintain design consistency across the platform, ensuring a cohesive experience across all devicesWhat You'll Bring To The Team5+ years of professional experience in user experience and product design, preferably with a focus on designing for business usersA deep understanding of the unique challenges and needs of micro and small businesses, and a passion for building solutions that empower them to growExperience creating tools or platforms that allow businesses to gain visibility, build leads, and connect with customers through non-advertising channelsStrong skills in strategic product thinking, with a proven ability to make data-driven design decisionsExcellent UX, interaction, and visual design skills, with a portfolio that demonstrates your ability to create impactful and user-centered business experiencesStrong communication skills, able to present and advocate for your design work in front of diverse stakeholdersDetail-oriented, capable of ensuring high-quality design output across the platformBonus Points:
Prior experience working on tools for businesses, particularly those that solve for unique needs like exposure, lead generation, or customer connection outside of advertisingA passion for supporting local businesses and fostering strong community ties
Please include a link to your portfolio in addition to your resume.Rewards
Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create one overall rewards package.
The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $158,000 to $211,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. Compensation may also vary by geography.
We also expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With equal quarterly vesting, your first vest date would be within the first 3 months of your start date.
Overall, total compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications. We have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of great health plans. We cover 100% of your personal monthly premium for health, dental, and vision - and provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.
At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we seek to serve. We encourage everyone interested in our purpose to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
For information about our collection and use of applicants' personal information, please see Nextdoor's Personnel Privacy Notice, found here.
Nextdoor
Nextdoor is where you connect to the neighborhoods that matter to you so you can belong. Our purpose is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on.
Neighbors around the world turn to Nextdoor daily to receive trusted information, give and get help, get things done, and build real-world connections with those nearby - neighbors, businesses, and public services. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor in more than 315,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries.Meet Your Future
Neighbors
Nextdoor is looking for a talented Senior Product Designer to join our Monetization team, focused on building impactful tools and experiences for micro and small businesses. In this role, you will be at the forefront of designing solutions that address the unique needs of these businesses, enabling them to thrive in their local communities. You will shape innovative experiences that go beyond traditional advertising, helping these businesses gain exposure, generate leads, and connect with neighbors in meaningful ways.
This role is critical as Nextdoor expands its focus on small businesses, especially those in the micro-business segment. These businesses often have distinct challenges and limited resources, and you'll be designing tools and platforms that empower them to succeed in today's digital economy, outside of conventional advertising channels.The
Impact
You'll Make
If you crave a challenge in a fast-paced environment, the satisfaction of seeing your design work come to life, and take pride in contributing to the growth of a world-class design team, then this is the place for you!
Your responsibilities will include:Lead the design of tools and experiences that support the specific needs of micro and small businesses to gain visibility and generate leads through non-advertising meansCollaborate with cross-functional teams to build experiences that align with the unique business challenges faced by micro businessesDesign intuitive and impactful user interfaces that simplify business actions and allow for seamless engagement between local businesses and neighborsTranslate business goals into design strategies, while ensuring solutions meet user needsContribute to the future vision of how Nextdoor empowers small business growth, driving product strategies with long-term impactLead design discussions, reviews, and workshops, ensuring alignment across product, engineering, and other stakeholdersHelp shape and maintain design consistency across the platform, ensuring a cohesive experience across all devicesWhat You'll Bring To The Team5+ years of professional experience in user experience and product design, preferably with a focus on designing for business usersA deep understanding of the unique challenges and needs of micro and small businesses, and a passion for building solutions that empower them to growExperience creating tools or platforms that allow businesses to gain visibility, build leads, and connect with customers through non-advertising channelsStrong skills in strategic product thinking, with a proven ability to make data-driven design decisionsExcellent UX, interaction, and visual design skills, with a portfolio that demonstrates your ability to create impactful and user-centered business experiencesStrong communication skills, able to present and advocate for your design work in front of diverse stakeholdersDetail-oriented, capable of ensuring high-quality design output across the platformBonus Points:
Prior experience working on tools for businesses, particularly those that solve for unique needs like exposure, lead generation, or customer connection outside of advertisingA passion for supporting local businesses and fostering strong community ties
Please include a link to your portfolio in addition to your resume.Rewards
Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create one overall rewards package.
The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $158,000 to $211,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. Compensation may also vary by geography.
We also expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With equal quarterly vesting, your first vest date would be within the first 3 months of your start date.
Overall, total compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications. We have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of great health plans. We cover 100% of your personal monthly premium for health, dental, and vision - and provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.
At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we seek to serve. We encourage everyone interested in our purpose to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
For information about our collection and use of applicants' personal information, please see Nextdoor's Personnel Privacy Notice, found here.