• JOB TYPE: Freelance, Contract Position (no agencies/C2C - see notes below)
• LOCATION: Remote - Canada only (TimeZone: EST | Partial overlap)
• HOURLY RANGE: Our client is looking to pay $90 – $100/hr
• ESTIMATED DURATION: 40h/week - Long term

ABOUT US:

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We've onboarded some of the world's most reputable brands and now we need a Product Designer for one of our clients.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Must-Haves

• You can run your design process independently
• You effectively articulate ideas and design solutions
• You express feedback with understanding and clarity
• You have a tolerance for ambiguity and a healthy curiosity
• You can translate quantitative & qualitative insights into design decisions
• You have a track record of designing complex flows and customer journeys
• You have experience designing for both web and native platforms (iOS and Android)
• You are trained to use Figma, the design tool our client use
• You regularly make use of your soft skills: listening, negotiating, decision-making
• You contribute to their culture: motivation, optimism, quality, integrity

Nice-to-Haves

• You can think and design at a system level, not just interface elements or pages
• You can lead workshops and effectively align the group around a vision and approach
• You have experience mentoring other designers

About The Team

The Buyer Experiences Team helps buyers navigate our client's vast global marketplace. They build features to encourage their buyers to return to shop for everything from their evergreen interests to items that complement their current shopping mission. They craft top notch buyer experiences by testing new ways to help buyers confidently make a purchase and engage more with them over time, while improving their topline company health metrics via iterative experimentation and programs to reward buyer loyalty.

The cross-functional team has 10 people on it, and is made up of Product Management, Product Design, Data Analytics, User Research, and Engineering. Our client will look to you to share your deep knowledge of native app and web design and UX patterns, and bring a tried and tested set of processes to design solutions to a range of customer problems to introduce 89 million active buyers to the breadth and depth of our client’s global marketplace.

About The Role

You will set design strategy and priorities on your team to evolve the experience to increase conversion rate and grow buyers’ visit and purchase frequency in their web and native iOS and Android apps. You’ll also collaborate with designers across product teams to help unify the work to ensure it aligns with their overall vision.

Details/Notes

• This is a leave request while an IC does a manager rotation and an IC goes on parental leave
• Open to remote or flex. Office-based in Brooklyn works, but not needed. Note: some team members are office-based, but this role's primary partner is remote in Mexico.
• Time zone would ideally be ET or CT
• There is a possibility for this to turn into a permanent role in the future, if they open more roles in H2.
• Interview process: 1. Hiring Manager screen (30 min), 2. case study review (1 hr) and 3. Product Manager interview (30 min)

Apply Now!

ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS:

Qualified candidates will be invited to do a screening interview with the Braintrust staff. We will answer your questions about the project, and our platform. If we determine it is the right fit for both parties, we'll invite you to join the platform and create a profile to apply directly for this project.

C2C Candidates: This role is not available to C2C candidates working with an agency. But if you are a professional contractor who has created an LLC/corp around your consulting practice, this is well aligned with Braintrust and we’d welcome your application.

Braintrust values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.