Staff Product Designer

Who you are

• 6+ years of product design or UX/UI experience, with demonstrated ownership of end-to-end initiatives at a senior to staff level
• A portfolio that demonstrates strong user-centered design, interaction design, and visual design skills
• Hands-on expertise in Figma and other industry standard design tools
• Experience applying user research methods and A/B testing to inform data driven design decisions
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate design rationale to cross-functional partners
• P5 Background working in e-commerce, subscription-based businesses, or consumer-facing digital products

What the job involves

• You’ll join Thrive Market’s Product Design team as a Staff Designer embedded in the Discovery Pod, owning search and browse end to end
• You’ll work alongside the existing design team, bringing strategic clarity to each initiative you own rather than just executing what’s in front of you
• Own information architecture and taxonomy decisions for search and browse, including category structure, filtering and faceting logic, and sort and ranking behavior
• Design for search relevance, including zero and low result states
• Partner with data and ML teams on search ranking and personalization signals, translating model behavior into a coherent, explainable member experience
• Lead end-to-end design efforts across key initiatives, from discovery through execution
• Collaborate with product designers, product managers, engineers, data analysts, and data scientists to design intuitive and trustworthy member experiences
• Align with Product Managers and Engineers on goals, constraints, and feasibility
• Advocate for accessibility and inclusive design across products
• Contribute to and evolve the design system, collaborating with the design system owner as needed, to keep it consistent and scalable
• Mentor other designers with feedback and guidance that supports the whole team
• Design filter and facet UX that scales as catalog size and attribute complexity grow
• This position requires traveling to our HQ office in Los Angeles, California, twice a year for all-company summits; once in the summer and once in the winter

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental & vision insurance
• Adoption & fertility assistance
• Flexible paid time off
• Competitive salary & equity
• Free Thrive Market membership & 20% discount
• Remote-first culture
• Dog-friendly office