Senior Product Designer

About us:

Based in New York but fully distributed, Shortcut builds project management software for software and product teams that people actually want to use - just ask an engineer how they feel about Jira. Thousands of the fastest-growing software companies use Shortcut to plan and build software, including Glossier, Venmo, Daitaku, Scale AI, FullStory, LaunchDarkly, and others. You can meet some of the team at design.shortcut.com.

What you'll do:

Collaboration, empathy, and leadership are the core competencies for this role. In practice, this means you will have a say in the team’s direction as they look to you to be an ultimate champion for the user experience. You will have the opportunity to work outside of your team and have a hand in shaping the direction of our design system and the company culture. You will also have ample support from the executive team, who will ensure you have what you need to grow your career.

1. Design system: Actively contribute to the design system, help determine whether components are single-use or multi-use, and partner with PM and Engineers to ensure utilization of the current iteration of UI components

2. Domain knowledge: Become an expert in your teams' focus areas: product, context, and relevant dependencies

3. Product knowledge: Deeply understand the technology and features of the team you are assigned and proactively learn about other areas of the product

4. Research: Independently conduct solution validation and usability studies with minimal guidance from UX Research and your manager to identify insights that fulfill user and business needs

5. Deliverables: Create deliverables at the appropriate fidelity and type that will help define the vision and execution of solving real user problems

6. Communication: Communicate the results of your work and decisions made along the way, with a strong point of view using clear language that simplifies the complexity

7. Iteration: Think big, act small, and know what "good enough" looks like by collaborating with stakeholders and peers to get solutions in the hands of customers without any unnecessary delay

8. Design critique: Regularly participate in Design Critiques, and model best practices for giving and receiving feedback

You should have:

• Three or more years of experience as a Product Designer
• A bachelor’s degree in a design discipline or equivalent working experience
• Experience working with SaaS (software as a service) products is desirable but not required
• Experience working with software developer collaboration products is also desirable but also not required

Even if you don't meet all of the requirements listed, we still encourage you to apply. Job requirements are a wishlist, not a checklist, and we're happy to help the right candidate grow into this role - if you're excited about Shortcut, we're excited about you!

What we offer:

• Compensation: A competitive salary in addition to meaningful equity in the company - you should be able to take ownership of what you’re helping to build.
• Benefits: Health, Dental, and Vision insurance, FSA, OneMedical, Teladoc, Health Advocate, 401(k), commuter benefits
• Work-life balance: A flexible open vacation policy, in addition to 10 company holidays, 5 sick days, and 3 “Dot Days” (our term for bonus days off), community (volunteer) PTO, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave. We also observe 40 hour work weeks without the expectation of after-hours or weekend work.
• Learning and development: A $2,000 annual stipend to use toward conferences, educational courses, books, membership fees and more
• WFH: We are a fully remote company, and we provide all the equipment you need to work from home in addition to an annual WFH stipend.

Target base salary for this role based on experience: $145,000-$175,000 annually + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))

At Shortcut, we embrace the different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences our team members bring to the table.  As a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome all applicants and teammates regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by applicable law. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].