Designer

🚀 Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.

As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our values and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.

We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.

💻 Role

• Designer (Whatnot Inc.; Culver City, CA): Create intuitive, impactful designs that resonate across diverse markets. Partner with Growth, Product, and Engineering teams to understand project goals, define design requirements, and deliver innovative solutions tailored to our target audience. Work closely with company’s product and engineering teams to develop designs. Lead the end-to-end design process from initial research, wireframes, and prototypes to final User Interface (UI) designs. Conduct and analyze user research to gather insights and apply them to create designs that meet the needs of users across multiple regions. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure design solutions align with business goals, technical requirements, and cultural expectations. Manage feedback loops and iterate based on input. Align design language and elements to meet market-specific preferences while maintaining a consistent brand identity. Telecommuting from anywhere within the U.S. is permitted.

👋 You

Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that embodying a low ego, growth mindset, and high-impact drive goes a long way here. You have:

• Minimum requirements: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Graphic Design, Product Design, Media Design Practices, or a related field. Five (5) years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.

• Must have experience with the following: Interactive design, visual design, and user-centered design principles with a focus on designing for acquisition, activation, or retention; Defining and evolving visual design standards for large projects or multiple product lines across mobile or web platforms; Using design tools (Figma/Adobe Creative Suite), animation and prototyping to reinforce brand identity and enhance usability; Creating interactive, complex prototypes that allow stakeholders to experience near-final designs; Identifying gaps and opportunities within products; and Working with teams across Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions

Salary: $185,000 to $230,000

🎁 Benefits

• Generous Holiday and Time off Policy

• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision

• Work From Home Support

  • Home office setup allowance

  • Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet

• Care benefits

  • Monthly allowance for wellness

  • Annual allowance towards Childcare

  • Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses

• Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally

• Monthly allowance to dogfood the app

  • All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product. We're passionate about building the best user experience, and all employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job (our dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy!).

• Parental Leave

  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.

APPLY NOW

or send resume to: emilypullen@whatnot.com

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💛 EOE

Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.