Zenni Optical, the world's leading online eyewear retailer, pioneered the industry in 2003 with a mission to make prescription eyewear affordable and accessible to everyone. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Zenni offers adults and children the freedom to express their personal style through high-quality prescription and protective eyewear curated with a sense for fashion and incredible selection. With over 51 million frames sold worldwide, the company has brought massive price disruption to the traditional retail model. Zenni is proud to be the Official Eyewear of the San Francisco 49ers, Boston Celtics and Columbus Crew. Zenni has worked with designers and tastemakers on curations and collections, including Keke Palmer, Iris Apfel, Cynthia Rowley, David Ortiz and George and Claire Kittle. Zenni VR Prescription Lenses for Meta Quest 3 launched across the U.S., Canada, UK and Japan in October 2023. 

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Position Overview:

In collaboration with product, engineering, researchers, and other partners, you’ll create compelling end-to-end experiences utilizing Zenni’s design system. You’ll create product designs that deliver value for the business and delight users.

Zenni is looking for a self-starter, entrepreneurial UX designer with a deep skill set in interaction design. You’ll drive the product forward not just by designing what’s on the roadmap but proposing what to build in collaboration with cross-functional partners.

You’re a good fit for this role if you have great storytelling and communication skills and can tackle ambiguous problems and propose elegant and usable design solutions.

As a strong individual contributor to the team, you will drive the future of Zenni forward shipping exceptional designs to a loyal and passionate customer base.

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership and lead design projects of ambiguous scope from end to end, partnering with product managers, engineers, researchers, and content strategists
• Deliver flow diagrams, interaction design patterns, design specs, wireframes, information architecture, and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design
• Advance your design rationale backed by user research, data, and industry trends
• Manage time and project expectations appropriately when working on multiple projects at a time
• Proactively seek input and feedback on your design work, and contribute constructively to design reviews
• Business-minded approach to finding win-win solutions for consumers and the business
• Storytelling and communication skills for various stakeholder audiences

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• 5-7 years of experience in product design or UX
• A portfolio with shipped design work
• Experience working with technical teams in a cross-functional role 
• Respect and Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Benefits

• A highly competitive base salary
• A great career trajectory in a stable, successful growing company. 
• Cutting edge projects with opportunities for growth and professional development
• Excellent health benefits that the company pays for and 401k company match
• Annual Zenni Gift Card
• Great Work Life Balance

As of 01/01/2024, the expected annual compensation range for this position is $140-160,000. Actual pay within this range will be based upon several factors, including without limitation education, work experience, certifications, geographic pay differentials, market conditions, and other business and organizational needs. The Company anticipates that the reasonably expected salary for this position could change in the future and, therefore, the Company retains the right to change, modify, or revisit the salary range for the position for various reasons, including the business needs.