The Knot Worldwide · 6 hours ago
Lead Product Designer
New York City
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expThe Knot Worldwide is a company that champions celebration, focusing on creating meaningful moments for millions. They are seeking a Lead Product Designer to shape exceptional planning experiences for engaged couples, collaborating with various teams to design user-centered solutions and evolve their design system.
Event ManagementEventsInformation TechnologyProfessional ServicesWedding
Responsibilities
Be a great product designer
Model exceptional product design quality, combining craft, strategy, and systems thinking
Deeply understand our users — their goals, pain points, and motivations — and champion their needs throughout the wedding planning journey
Create user-centered solutions that simplify complexity and drive measurable impact
Demonstrate expertise and deep experience in native app design
Design visually elegant cross-platform experiences, ensuring cohesive, brand-aligned UI that balances usability and visual delight
Partner closely with product, engineering, research, data and stakeholders to shape squad and zone strategy, prioritize high-value opportunities, and solve user problems
Communicate design decisions clearly and persuasively to stakeholders and executives, influencing product direction through insight and expertise
Be a great design leader
Elevate design quality across the organization by mentoring designers, fostering constructive critique, and modeling high standards of craft and thinking
Contribute to and help evolve our design system to create consistency and efficiency across products
Provide thought leadership to all levels of the organization through both written and verbal communication
Champion a culture of feedback, collaboration, and continuous learning within the team
Bring a spirit of curiosity — staying current with emerging trends, tools, and technologies, and translating them into actionable insights for the team
Be a great cross-functional partner
Be a strategic thought partner — framing problems, influencing roadmaps, and driving alignment with partners and stakeholders across the squad and zone
Lead design initiatives end-to-end, from exploration and concepting to execution and delivery
Collaborate with cross-functional peers to ensure solutions are feasible, scalable, meet business goals, and are implemented with a high level of quality
Advocate for user experience excellence and product coherence across the ecosystem, and across platforms
Anticipate challenges, identify opportunities, and help define the 'why' behind product decisions
Qualification
Required
A standout portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft and strategic thinking in creating elegant, user-centered digital products and solutions that make complex experiences simple and intuitive across iOS and web
Extensive professional experience leading product design efforts, spanning from discovery, strategy, and prototyping through to polished execution
Strong storytelling and communication skills, with the ability to influence decisions at all levels of the organization
Deep understanding of UX principles, visual design, and interaction patterns, with a sharp attention to detail
An appreciation for how language can simplify, clarify, and bring life to an experience
Mastery of Figma and working within design systems, and proficiency with user research and collaboration tools
A solid understanding of front-end technologies and how to partner effectively with engineers
Experience building prototypes and performing user testing; comfortable translating both qualitative and quantitative insights into actionable design strategies
A passion to create products that are not only functional and beautiful, but that make a meaningful impact on users' lives
5-7+ years of relevant experience
Benefits
Flexible vacation
Generous parental leave
Initiatives that support the growth, development, and happiness of our people
Company
The Knot Worldwide
The Knot Worldwide is a mobile application.
1001-5000 employees
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