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Crypto Directories

Lead Product Designer

Crypto Directories, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199


Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem.

Considering making an application for this job Check all the details in this job description, and then click on Apply. We're seeking an exceptional Lead Product Designer to join our team and help shape the future of our on-chain tools and products. In this role, you'll combine strategic thinking with hands-on design expertise to create innovative solutions that delight our users.

In this role, you will:

Manage at least one other designer and lead product design across the organization

Create designs to support cross-functional teams, both for internal and external tools and platforms

Design beautiful, usable, and valuable product experiences for the Stellar ecosystem

Maintain and scale our design system to improve and ensure consistency across products

Conduct user research and usability testing to validate design decisions

Present design work to stakeholders and incorporate feedback effectively to ensure high-quality designs

Work closely with engineers to QA products to ensure that they are pixel perfect

Champion user-centered design practices throughout the organization

You have:

7+ years of product design experience

Strong visual UI skills and detailed design eye

Deep experience creating and shipping extraordinary products

Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design work

Expert knowledge of modern design tools (Figma, Framer, etc.)

Experience with design systems and component libraries

Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

Strong understanding of user-centered design principles

Experience conducting user research and usability testing

Bonus Points if you have:

Knowledge of front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

Knowledge of on-chain applications or experiences

Experience managing other designers

We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $190,000 - $230,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer lumen-denominated grants along with the following perks and benefits:

USA Benefits/Perks:

Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependants

Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break

Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both non-birthing and birthing parents, as well as up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy leave for birthing parents

Gym reimbursement ($80 per month)

Life & ADD (up to $50K)

Short & Long term disability

401K with 4% match

Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts

Commuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution

Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution

Family building benefits through Kindbody

Wellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace)

L&D budget of $1,500/year

Daily lunch and snacks in office

Company retreats

About Stellar

Stellar is more than a blockchain. Powered by a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable network made for financial products and services and a thriving and passionate ecosystem that includes a non-profit organization driven by a mission, Stellar is paving the path to unlock the world’s economic potential through blockchain technology. Built with speed and low costs in mind, the Stellar network provides builders and financial institutions worldwide a platform to issue assets, and to send and convert currencies in real time creating real world utility.

About the Stellar Development Foundation

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on working with and supporting changemakers to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. SDF provides grants, investments, funding, and other awards to builders and organizations. SDF also develops resources and tooling on the Stellar network to help unlock real world utility. As a nonprofit foundation, SDF puts the health of the Stellar network and the Stellar ecosystem and its mission above all else.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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