Padlet
Head of Design
Padlet, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Experience, qualification, and soft skills, have you got everything required to succeed in this opportunity Find out below.A good education is one of humanity's most vital pursuits. At Padlet, we're building software for a good education, starting with a content creation and collaboration app to make school less boring.
We aspire to build products that delight users. We are looking for a Head of Design to lead our talented design team and help us fulfill this aspiration.
You'll be a player-coach, mentoring the team while also shipping designs yourself. This is an in-person role out of our San Francisco office, reporting directly to the CEO.
Responsibilities
Leading the design of new products, features, and marketing assets.
Mentoring and coaching the design team.
Hiring more designers, if necessary.
Putting Padlet in the hands of a billion people.
Qualifications
You like working hard.
You are honest.
You've designed beautiful software products.
You've led exceptional design teams.
You've hired exceptional designers.
Bonus:
You have a good sense of humor.
About Padlet
Vision:
Every child in the world will grow up with Mickey Mouse and Padlet.
Product:
Visual content creation and collaboration app for classrooms. Our users love the product.
Impact:
We have over 40 million users worldwide. Padlet is one of the most used apps on the planet.
Money:
We are venture backed AND profitable. We want to be around for a hundred years.
Badassery:
We are 50 people. That's about a million active users per employee.
Joys of designing at Padlet
We ship. Your work will not be stuck in purgatory for years.
Your work will have a tremendous impact on global education.
Every artist craves an audience. You'll start with 40 million.
We value quality and craft.
We don't take ourselves too seriously.
Sorrows of designing at Padlet
Work can be chaotic. "Change of plans. Let's do this instead." is not uncommon.
You will get hate mail whenever you redesign something. Many users feel very strongly about the product.
Some people you’d be working with
Collin Palmer:
exclusively listens to movie soundtracks when working, especially the Darth Vader theme.
Olga Zalite:
Our resident illustrator and graphic artist.
The office
Our office is in the middle of Presidio, a beautiful national park, just 5 minutes from the beach.
The office is designed to inspire creativity with various amenities.
Benefits
Top tier medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family.
401(k) with matching.
Commuter benefits.
Stock options.
Catered lunches and dinners.
20 vacation days, plus sickness and bereavement days.
Parental leave.
All the gadgetry you need.
Badassery budget for learning.
Opportune time to joinWe find ourselves in a very fortunate situation at Padlet right now: we have the execution of a small team, and traction of a big business.
Compensation Range: $200K - $300K
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We aspire to build products that delight users. We are looking for a Head of Design to lead our talented design team and help us fulfill this aspiration.
You'll be a player-coach, mentoring the team while also shipping designs yourself. This is an in-person role out of our San Francisco office, reporting directly to the CEO.
Responsibilities
Leading the design of new products, features, and marketing assets.
Mentoring and coaching the design team.
Hiring more designers, if necessary.
Putting Padlet in the hands of a billion people.
Qualifications
You like working hard.
You are honest.
You've designed beautiful software products.
You've led exceptional design teams.
You've hired exceptional designers.
Bonus:
You have a good sense of humor.
About Padlet
Vision:
Every child in the world will grow up with Mickey Mouse and Padlet.
Product:
Visual content creation and collaboration app for classrooms. Our users love the product.
Impact:
We have over 40 million users worldwide. Padlet is one of the most used apps on the planet.
Money:
We are venture backed AND profitable. We want to be around for a hundred years.
Badassery:
We are 50 people. That's about a million active users per employee.
Joys of designing at Padlet
We ship. Your work will not be stuck in purgatory for years.
Your work will have a tremendous impact on global education.
Every artist craves an audience. You'll start with 40 million.
We value quality and craft.
We don't take ourselves too seriously.
Sorrows of designing at Padlet
Work can be chaotic. "Change of plans. Let's do this instead." is not uncommon.
You will get hate mail whenever you redesign something. Many users feel very strongly about the product.
Some people you’d be working with
Collin Palmer:
exclusively listens to movie soundtracks when working, especially the Darth Vader theme.
Olga Zalite:
Our resident illustrator and graphic artist.
The office
Our office is in the middle of Presidio, a beautiful national park, just 5 minutes from the beach.
The office is designed to inspire creativity with various amenities.
Benefits
Top tier medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family.
401(k) with matching.
Commuter benefits.
Stock options.
Catered lunches and dinners.
20 vacation days, plus sickness and bereavement days.
Parental leave.
All the gadgetry you need.
Badassery budget for learning.
Opportune time to joinWe find ourselves in a very fortunate situation at Padlet right now: we have the execution of a small team, and traction of a big business.
Compensation Range: $200K - $300K
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