Why We’re Hiring For This Role:

What You’ll be Responsible For:

• Familiarize yourself with our product, customers, industry, and figma files
• Immediately jump into design execution, leaning heavily on CEO to learn and make well-informed decisions through team-work and collaboration
• Get involved with product execution and engineering team, offering up help and getting quick wins with the existing product
• Review session recordings to understand the gaps between product design and customer behavior

• Work with CEO and product to design new workflows and new product solutions
• Establish more cohesive design principles and design systems
• Design and develop clickable figma prototypes in advance of development
• Prep production ready files for both dev and marketing
• Continue to focus on design velocity, and how it translates to product and development velocity

• Bias for action, enjoys high intensity quick turns and rapid iterations with lots of feedback
• Several years of designing interactive applications
• Excellent visual, UI, and interaction skills
• Comfortable working in a low-process, highly opinionated product environment
• No ego / high humility - design is opinionated and forged in the fire of feedback, both team and users
• Desire and ability to work closely with engineers and other partners to ensure a high-quality implementation - work does not end with a Figma file!
• Passion for design and figuring out best-in-class solutions to UX, UI, and interaction challenges
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to think through complex interaction design
• Expressing ideas through visuals and prototyping (Tread uses Figma)
• Experience with design systems, programming, and using technical tools is a major
• Enthusiasm for latest trends in design, including GenAI and modern tooling for the discipline

In Office Expectations:

Why You’ll Love Working at Tread:

Our Core Values

Our values are the foundational pillar that keeps us focused on our mission and vision. They collectively determine how we interact with each other, work, and how we approach challenges everyday.

• Own the outcome.
  We act as if there is no one else to solve the problems that arise. We act quickly and follow through until the end result is clear and achieved.
• Communicate directly.
  We emphasize clarity of message and speed of understanding. We synthesize information on behalf of others. We document rigorously for async communications and learning.
• Raise the bar.
  We endeavor to be the best at what we do. We hold our teammates to high standards, and push each other to achieve quality that delights customers and inspires pride in our team.
• Do boldly, today.
  We aim high, and execute relentlessly to deliver. We constantly iterate on how to move faster. If it needs to be done, do it today.

• Celebrate wins.
  We are building a generational company that has no finish line. So we celebrate the wins from our team and individuals intentionally and frequently.

Pay and Benefits
The annual US base salary range for this role is $140,000-$220,000. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Tread and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidates experience, qualifications, and location. Additional benefits for this role include: equity, 401(k) plan, medical, dental, and vision benefits.

Hiring Process for This Role:

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  Initial Meeting: You’ll meet with either our People team or CEO for 30-45 minutes to learn more about the role and opportunity. This gives us the opportunity to learn more about your experience and for you to ask any questions you have for the role.
• Manager Interview: You’ll meet the hiring manager for this role, Sameer, CEO, for a 45-minute interview, where you will cover a range of topics including past experiences as well as some technical components to ensure experience and capabilities are a fit.
• Design Case Studies / Paid Project: We’ll discuss opportunities to work together to establish fit for both you and us. Any work prior to full-time employment would be mutually agreed upon, fully compensated, time-boxed, with clear benchmarks for success.
• Colleague/Panel Interview: You’ll meet with members of the team for 30-45 minutes interviews to dive deeper into your related skills and experience