Senior Product Designer-Slideshare

At Scribd (pronounced “scribbed”), we believe reading is more important than ever. Join our cast of characters as we work to change the way the world reads by building the world’s largest and most fascinating digital library: giving subscribers access to a growing collection of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, documents, Scribd Originals, and more. In addition to works from major publishers and top authors, our community includes over 1.8M subscribers in nearly every country worldwide.

Remote employees must have their primary residence in: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, DC, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Ontario (Canada), British Columbia (Canada), or Mexico.

Since Scribd acquired SlideShare in 2020, the team has been focused on bringing the product experience up to par with our competitors. Now, we’re looking to raise the bar and create a product our competitors strive to match. 

We pride ourselves on creating delightful experiences for our readers and creators and are looking for someone who is passionate about connecting people to a world of knowledge and resources user research, design, technology, to raise the bar even higher.

We value trying new things, craftsmanship, being an open book, and the people that make our team great. Join us and build something meaningful.

• An experienced designer to own key initiatives and partner with product, engineering, research, and analytics to define strategy and direction for SlideShare. 

• Someone who loves crafting beautifully designed solutions based on insights from real people, and inspires the organization with a clear strategic vision to show others what’s possible. 

• A designer with an entrepreneurial spirit who’s enthusiastic about iterative improvements toward an innovative future vision.

• Someone with a mastery of empathy and user experience intuition, strong leadership and strategic partnership, as well as a passion for visual polish. 

• Partner with product, data analytics, user research, QA, engineering, and customer support to identify requirements, use cases, user problems and opportunities.

• Lead design projects from brief, research, and concept exploration through prototyping, visual design details, motion design, and stewardship through development.

• Use data collected from research, user testing and market evaluation to create truly user-centric designs.

• Pari with our research department to plan and conduct user research, and test prototypes to understand user needs and emotions and the resonance of our product — synthesizing the results to inspire empathy and bring clarity to the broader team.

• Illustrate and communicate complex design solutions across use cases by creating process flows, wireframes, motion studies, prototypes, and high fidelity mock-ups.

• Develop and maintain detailed design documentation & specifications for your work.

• Work closely with engineers, stakeholders, and partners to ensure that the user experience is polished and as intended.

• Use a variety of metrics to evaluate and continuously improve the user experience.

• Regularly present your work to senior leaders for review and feedback.

• You have 4+ years of experience as a product designer with demonstrable proficiency owning the design process from early stage ideation through high fidelity design to product ship

• You are comfortable working closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and data scientists. You can synthesize and incorporate their points of view in your work.

• You’re a strong communicator who has the ability to explain complex ideas clearly and persuasively, and present your work in a way that energizes and creates shared ownership for both leaders and peers. You also have the skills to mentor those around you to deliver high quality work. 

• You are fluent in UX, visual and interactive design best practices and have a strong knowledge of usability fundamentals and methodologies.

• You are a talented designer with an impressive design portfolio that you can share with us. Applications without a portfolio are unlikely to be considered.

• You work well with ambiguity and get excited about complex problems.

• You are people-focused and passionate about designing experiences that have a positive impact.

• You are proficient in Figma (our primary tool) or Sketch and prototyping tools of your choosing.

• Healthcare Insurance Coverage: Scribd pays for 100% of all employee’s Medical, Vision, and Dental premiums and a portion of dependent premiums

• 401k/RSP plans provided, plus company matching with no vesting period

• Professional development: generous continuing education annual budget for employees to attend conferences, classes, and pursue courses relevant to keeping skills current

• Quarterly Wellness, Connectivity & Comfort Benefit

• Concern mental health digital platform

• Free subscription to Scribd + gift memberships for friends & family

• Leaves: 12 weeks paid parental leave, company paid short-term/long-term disability plans and milestone Sabbaticals

• Generous Paid Time Off: Paid Holidays, Flexible Sick Time, Volunteer Day + office closure between Christmas Eve and New Years Day

• Company-wide Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion programs which include learning & development opportunities, employee resource groups, and hiring best practices.

Want to learn more? Check out our office and meet some of the team at www.linkedin.com/company/scribd/life