Lead Designer, Discovery

Wish is a mobile e-commerce platform that flips traditional shopping on its head. We connect hundreds of millions of people with the widest selection of delightful, surprising, and—most importantly—affordable products delivered directly to their doors. Each day on Wish, millions of customers in more than 60 countries around the world discover new products. For our over 250,000 merchant partners, anyone with a good idea and a mobile phone can instantly tap into a global market.

We're fueled by creating unique products and experiences that give people access to a new type of commerce, where all are welcome. If you’ve been searching for a supportive environment to chase your curiosity and use data to investigate the questions that matter most to you, this is the place.

Wish is seeking a Lead Product Designer to drive discovery experiences for our consumer product. Wish focuses on helping customers find amazing products within our vast catalog, sourced from merchants around the world. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to explore new ways to help customers discover what they know they want and what they never knew they needed, along with helping us craft our thinking about customer jobs to be done. You will work closely with Product Managers & Engineers to develop the experience strategy, and partner with Researchers & Data Scientists to understand key customer pain points that can ground our thinking and help us evolve the experience.

What You'll Do:

• Design & ship engaging discovery experiences You will create shopping experiences that help customers effortlessly find the unique products, at an amazing price.  Your work makes shopping tasks easy and next steps clear for customers, which in turn drive business outcomes.   
• Collaborate, influence, and negotiate You will work closely & collaboratively across different business units and advocate for a strong design system. You influence senior leadership within the company and rally them around doing right by the customer. You negotiate tactical tradeoffs with other cross-functional partners in an effort to balance design excellence and roadmap completion.
• Represent and advocate for the team’s priorities You will advocate for the customer & design voice in the planning & development process, with a focus on cross-functional alignment and work prioritization. 
• Fill design’s seat at the table You will partner with peers across the organization to ensure a cohesive user experience across the marketplace, and help shape the culture of the design organization.

Contribute to the design system You understand how to work with a design pattern library, and know when to work with and when to extend, for the benefit of experience clarity and quality. You strive for universal, accessible designs.

Who you are:

• ​You are an innovative thinker and a strong individual leader, and can use your skills to open up possibilities for customers as well as your peers and partners.  You can facilitate sessions to develop concepts and ideate toward a north star. You bring others along with you, and can also meet them where they are. 
• You work across platforms and your portfolio shows it.  You know when to follow, bend and break rules. 
• You advocate for our customers and for experience quality, with an eye to sharing knowledge and expertise on what makes great products
• You value data & insights as the foundation of creating experiences.  You actively gather information to inform your design choices, and prioritize working closely with Research & Data Science.
• You advocate for communication clarity and know how to partner with Content Designers to collaboratively build smart experiences. 
• You value and help create a culture of feedback by both seeking it out, and by delivering feedback with clarity and care for your team. You model the behavior you value. 
• You have 8 years of industry experience, and training in your craft (BA/BS degree in Design (e.g. interaction, graphic, visual communications, product, industrial), HCI, or a related field or equivalent practical experience.) 
• Ecommerce experience preferred.  Experience with discovery-based commerce, and/or Search a plus.

Here at Wish, you are joining a team and company at a time of growth and transformation. You will love being surrounded by people who are as passionate as you are about e-commerce, technology, and a data-driven culture. Even if you don't meet 100% of the above, we encourage you to still apply!

The estimated base salary range for this position varies by the candidate's location as follows:
Candidates located in California: $150,500 - $203,500 annually
Candidates located in New York and Washington: $169,500 - $203,500 annually
Candidates located in Colorado: $131,000 - $157,000 annually
For states not listed, the estimated base salary range for this position starts around $131,000 annually

Please note that individual total compensation for this position will be determined at the Company's sole discretion and may vary based on several factors, including but not limited to, location, skill level, years and depth of relevant experience, qualifications and other business considerations.

Wish values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We provide equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. We do not discriminate based on any legally-protected class or characteristic. Employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know. For job positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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