Senior Product Designer

Nextdoor’s mission is to use the power of technology to build stronger and safer neighborhoods. We are an early-stage Internet company backed by Benchmark, Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Tiger Global Management, as well as other investors and Silicon Valley angels. Our product is a private social network for neighborhoods where neighbors get to know one another, exchange advice, and communicate about local issues.

We're seeking a creative and hands-on Senior Product Designer who combines a passion for clean, usable design with an ability to bring designs to life. Working alongside product, engineering, and marketing, you’ll craft elegant, user-centered solutions to complex data and interaction problems. You’ll gather user feedback, plan product strategy, conceive new features, rapidly prototype wireframes/mockups, and work with engineers to ship great software. You should have an impeccable eye for graphic design, color, and composition and be able to communicate your ideas using a wide variety of methods, from concept to launch.

• Work with the VP of Design and other designers to create highly interactive, delightful, and user-centered experiences for our core product
• Design simple, effective, and beautiful design solutions to help execute the product vision and brand strategy
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and designers to define and deliver a consistent design language
• Translate broad, complex ideas into clear, delightful design products
• Participate in cross-functional brainstorms, discussions, and design reviews
• Present design rationale and concepts to the executive team and understand business needs to achieve excellent results
• Mentor team members by providing feedback and direction

If you’re a versatile designer who thrives on feedback and iteration, loves thinking about the big picture and the smallest details, and has a knack for translating business needs into emotionally engaging design stories, let us know! We’d love to meet you. Please also include a link to your portfolio with your application.

• 6+ years experience on a product or user experience team for a web or mobile application
• Excellent portfolio with examples of mobile/desktop design experiences
• Strong business sense and experience working with senior leadership
• Fluency with web design principles and best practices
• Strong analytic, creative thinking, and collaboration skills
• Comfort working across the product development spectrum: ideation, strategy, concept work to pixel-level details, and implementation
• Strong visual design sense and ability to design within, and help define, visual guidelines
• Ability to quickly master technical skills in a fast-paced startup environment and solve complex problems conceptually in collaboration with the broader team
• Experience managing user and usability research projects is a plus