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About The Role
The Community Product Design team is looking for a Contract Lead Product Designer with a social media background who's excited to craft experiences that will engage users and foster a supportive, professional community. We need a contract teammate who knows how to marry function and fun, and who can offer creative, innovative solutions that fit into the long-term vision for the product. We're seeking someone with a collaborative leadership mentality, who's not afraid to dive in, take charge, and leverage their design expertise to craft best-in-class experiences.
You will collaborate with designers, researchers, developers, and product managers to design user-focused surfaces and systems across web and app. This is a twelve month contract opportunity with a target start date of April 1, 2024. There may be opportunities for contract extension or conversion to a full-time role based on performance and business needs, but it cannot be guaranteed.
To succeed in this role, you should have a solid grasp of the social media space, UX process, system thinking, attention to detail, and a strong portfolio showcasing your customer-centric experiences across a range of touch-points. Familiarity with Figma is required. You should feel comfortable presenting your work, advocating for your choices, and explaining your thinking while maintaining an open mind.
As part of our Product Design team, you will have the opportunity to share your knowledge and expertise, making a lasting impact on our platform's success. With every interaction, you'll leave your mark as you help us build an inviting and intuitive experience for millions of users as we grow Community.
What You'll Do

• Responsibly and effectively advocate for the customer
• Work with our product partners, cross-functional and external teams to define and build user-friendly products that consider functionality and technical limitations
• Collaborate and communicate high-level design strategies to leadership within and outside of the team
• Create Figma artifacts with excellent attention to detail and support for complex user flows
• Run design planning for your lane, including managing a Jira board
• Collaborate across lanes to ensure a consistent user experience across Glassdoor

What You'll Bring

• A commitment to add to our culture of DEI
• A social media background is required for this role
• 8 years professional experience as a UX designer, interaction designer, product designer, or similar role
• Portfolio of work demonstrating your expertise in crafting customer-centric experiences across a range of touch-points, as well as proficiency in UI and interaction design
• Driven to understand how a system works and how specific problems influence or are influenced by the larger system
• Strong communication skills with an ability to collaborate compassionately and inclusively with cross-functional partners (Design, Product, Engineering, Marketing)
• Passion for user-centered design
• Strong skills in Figma

Compensation
Base Hourly Rate*: $70.00 - $80.00
*Glassdoor base salaries are targeted to the market 75th percentile for technical roles and the 65th percentile for non-technical roles. In other words, 65-75% of comparable organizations in our industry will pay less.
Our Commitments

• Come as you are: At Glassdoor diversity is not a slogan; it's a core factor in our success. We welcome your background, experience and ideas because you help us understand and better serve our world. You make us stronger.
• Grow your career: Glassdoor is small enough for you to see the impact of your contributions, while large enough to offer significant resources and endless opportunities to grow. This is a great place to make a career.
• Find your people: Ask anyone who works here: it's the people who make the difference. We are a group of well-rounded humans who support one another and work hard together to bring the Glassdoor mission to life.
• Discover flexibility: With flexible hours and a where-to-work policy, Glassdoor allows you to take on professional and personal responsibilities - enhancing both productivity and your well-being.

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Where-to-Work Policy
Being a remote-first company, Glassdoor employees can live anywhere Glassdoor is a registered company. Requests to move must be approved by an employee's manager and the People team. While we will try our best to support relocation requests, some requests may not be approved due to various tax, legal, or other restrictions.
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