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Product Designer

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As a product designer, you will help build the end-to-end experiences for our users — from improvement to our project browser, our accounts admin, to upcoming editor features. You will work with our Product Manager and the rest of the team to create the best content creation experience for our users.

Requirements

  • 6+ years as a product designer.
  • You are known for clear, direct communication (written and verbal) and collaborating well with a diverse set of interest groups (engineers, designers, executives).
  • Clearly communicate sophisticated user flows that integrate multiple features, users, and workflows.
  • You have empathy for users and are eager to discover and resolve their pain points.
  • You are highly organized and process-oriented.
  • You enjoy working in ambiguity and can lead the designing process for the team (engage all parties in discussion and drive ideas to design).
  • Ability to identify and frame problems and opportunities from a user-centric perspective, leaning heavily on data & research.
  • A portfolio that exhibits real passion for your craft and strong conceptual ability
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience in Design

Nice to haves

  • Experience building and/or working on a creation tool (e.g., word processor).
  • Startup experience; i.e., experience in a role that didn't previously exist in a highly unstructured environment where individuals were responsible for setting their own day-to-day priorities

Responsibilities

  • Influence holistic decision making across our many web and application surfaces.
  • Bring clarity and insight to problems that are broad and ambiguous in scope, integrating user, business, and technical constraints into a compelling narrative
  • Collaborate effectively with others in a cross-functional team and present, and explain their design ideas and decisions effectively. Must be able to prioritize and manage work to adhere to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment
  • Ultra focused on creating a superb editing experience: Appreciate the context of an content/video creator. Ability to transfer that knowledge into designs
  • Concept, design, prototype, and conduct user testing. Iterate based on feedback to create simple, impactful experiences.
  • Work closely with the Product Manager, fellow Designer, and CEO to define the next-generation video editing experience.

About Descript

Descript is building the next generation of tools for communicating with video and audio. We are a team of 70 (planning to double in 2022) — with a proven CEO and the backing of some of the world's greatest investors (Andreessen HorowitzRedpoint Ventures, Spark Capital). Descript HQ is in San Francisco, and our AI research team, Lyrebird, is based in Montreal.

Descript is the special company that's in possession of both product market fit and the raw materials (passionate user community, great product, large market) for growth, but is still early enough that each new employee has a measurable influence on the direction of the company.

As a small startup, Descript relies on employees who thrive in an environment where they are regularly called upon to translate high level goals into day-to-day priorities, and are regularly presented with technical and business challenges that extend beyond their comfort zone.

Benefits include a generous healthcare package, catered lunches, and unlimited vacation time. We currently have offices in San Francisco and Montreal, and are open to folks working remotely between PST and EST time zones. Whether you love WFH or can’t wait to get back to being in person, we're interested in offering an environment that works for you.

Descript is an equal opportunity workplace—we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We believe in actively building a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions to better allow our employees, products, and community to thrive. 

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  • Is telecommuting possible for this position?
    Yes, telecommuting is possible for this position
About Descript
Record, transcribe, edit, mix, collaborate, and master your audio and video with Descript. Download for free →.
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Industry
Audio, Consumer Software
Founded
2017
Size
51-250 employees

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