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Senior Product Designer

Crossing Hurdles
Palo Alto, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/5/2026

Crossing Hurdles is a global recruitment firm partnering with a fast-growing, product-led consumer technology company that is redefining how creators, communities, and digital businesses monetize online.


The company is building a modern, all-in-one platform that enables creators to sell digital products, subscriptions, access, and experiences directly to their audiences. The platform supports millions in creator revenue, powers thousands of digital storefronts, and sits at the intersection of payments, marketplaces, and community-driven commerce. Backed by strong revenue traction and a rapidly growing user base, the company is scaling its product and design organization during a critical growth phase.


Role: Senior / Lead Product Designer (IC)

Compensation: Competitive base meaningful equity

Location: New York City (in-office / hybrid depending on seniority)

Experience: 5 8 years Product Design

Platform: Consumer marketplace, creator tools, payments & monetization flows, growth surfaces


About The Role

  • Own end-to-end product design across creator-facing and customer-facing experiences, from onboarding to monetization, payouts, and growth features.
  • Design intuitive, high-conversion interfaces that balance power-user functionality with simplicity for first-time creators.
  • Partner closely with product, engineering, and leadership to define product direction in a fast-moving, low-bureaucracy environment.
  • Translate ambiguous product ideas into clear user flows, interaction patterns, and polished, production-ready UI.
  • Create and evolve scalable design systems that support rapid experimentation without sacrificing quality or consistency.
  • Drive improvements across checkout, subscriptions, analytics, and creator tooling to increase activation, retention, and revenue.
  • Use data, experimentation, and user feedback to iterate quickly and make informed design decisions.
  • Act as a strong individual contributor with ownership over large product areas and visible business impact.


Requirements

  • 5 - 8 years of experience as a Product Designer working on consumer-facing or marketplace products.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership, product thinking, and high-quality visual execution.
  • Experience designing complex workflows involving payments, subscriptions, or transactional systems.
  • Comfortable working in fast-paced startup environments with evolving requirements and minimal process.
  • Strong collaboration skills with engineers, PMs, and leadership.
  • Deep fluency in modern design tools (Figma, auto-layout, components, variants).
  • Ability to balance speed, craft, and business impact.
  • Strong product judgment and comfort making decisions with incomplete information.


Why You Should Consider

  • Design products used daily by creators earning real revenue on the platform.
  • High ownership and direct influence over product direction and outcomes.
  • Join a profitable, fast-scaling company with strong momentum and brand recognition.
  • Work on meaningful problems at the intersection of commerce, community, and technology.
  • Small, talented team with a strong product and design culture.
  • Opportunity to shape foundational systems that will scale with the next phase of growth.

Salary : $170,000 - $250,000

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