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Nextdoor · 22 hours ago

Senior Designer

Nextdoor is the essential neighborhood network connecting neighbors, public agencies, and businesses. They are seeking a Senior Product Designer to create user-centered tools that empower small businesses, enhancing their advertising and performance tracking capabilities.

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Responsibilities

Design user-centered tools that empower small businesses to succeed from content creation and posting to advertising and performance tracking
Craft intuitive, delightful workflows that help SMBs show up in the neighborhood and connect with their local audiences
Elevate the visual quality of our SMB experiences while ensuring clarity, accessibility, and responsiveness across platforms
Collaborate closely with product, engineering, sales, marketing, and research to define and deliver scalable solutions that balance business and neighbor needs
Use insights from research and behavioral data to inform and validate design decisions
Build for trust, ensuring monetization features feel native to the Nextdoor experience, not disruptive
Contribute to and evolve our design system, with a focus on business surfaces and cross-platform consistency
Participate in design critiques, roadmap planning, and occasional in-person events like offsites and team trainings
Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to Nextdoor’s company culture

Qualification

Product design experienceVisual designInteraction designSystems thinkingWebMobile designHierarchyLayoutUser journey thinkingData-driven designAI explorationCollaborative mindset

Required

8+ years of product design experience, with a track record of delivering highly polished work across complex workflows
A portfolio that showcases strong visual design, interaction design, and systems thinking especially for business-facing tools
Deep empathy for SMB users: their challenges, workflows, and goals
Experience designing across web and mobile platforms (iOS, Android, responsive web)
Strong skills in hierarchy, layout, color, and typography
Ability to think holistically about user journeys and touchpoints
Familiarity with testing, measurement, and iteration based on data and user feedback
Collaborative mindset and comfort working with cross-functional stakeholders
Eagerness to explore and apply AI and emerging technologies to reimagine how work gets done

Preferred

Experience with self-serve ad platforms or marketing tools (e.g., campaign builders, dashboards, analytics)
Experience designing products that connect individuals with local businesses or community services
Comfort designing with AI tools, personalization engines, or recommendations
Experience in motion studies and interactive prototyping
Passion for local businesses and neighborhood-based economies

Benefits

A variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option
A OneMedical membership for concierge care
Meaningful equity grant for this role

Company

Nextdoor

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Nextdoor is a private social networking platform that connects neighbors for them to exchange helpful information, goods, and services.

H1B Sponsorship

Nextdoor has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (44)
2024 (31)
2023 (53)
2022 (39)
2021 (36)
2020 (20)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$723.8M
Key Investors
Benchmark
2023-01-17Post Ipo Equity· $18.6M
2021-11-08Post Ipo Equity· $270M
2021-11-08IPO

Leadership Team

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Nirav Tolia
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Michael Kiernan
Chief Revenue Officer
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