Designer, Web Presence

There are two teams under the banner of Web Presence & Platform (WPP) at Stripe: Experiences, and Content Platform. All told, it’s a tightly coupled group of interactive designers, front-end specialists, web strategists, platform engineers, and every skill set in-between. The Experiences team focuses on the craft of pages on stripe.com—UX design, frontend code, information architecture. The Content Platform team supports them and other partners around Stripe by ensuring there’s a fast, efficient platform on which to build and run these pages.

Together we design and build stripe.com and other sites that amount to what is, for many, their first impression of Stripe. We want to make every pixel count, we want it to be enthralling, and we want to help other Stripes seamlessly benefit from our systematic work.

You will

• Work closely with the team to help develop and expand our design systems
• Craft novel moments of storytelling and delight for Stripe.com
• Collaborate closely with design-developers and engineers to shape your work together
• Work with other design specialists and managers on team-wide initiatives, like recruiting and developing content standards
• Help the team influence strategic decisions across all the corners of our web presence
• Partner with product marketing teams to define information architecture and tell the right stories
• Often work on very broadly defined, loose concepts, and sometimes on narrowly defined, tactical deliverables

We will

• Help you focus on what you do best—whether that’s sketches, wireframes, prototypes, designs, or code—and give you the opportunities to sharpen the skills you’re looking to develop
• Provide an environment in which you can thrive both as an individual, and as a member of a diverse community
• Give you the agency in your work to shape outcomes you can proudly own
• Help you partner closely with our user research team and support ongoing research projects

We’re looking for someone with

• 5+ years of relevant web design experience—ideally at a tech-forward, product-driven company
• Experience and understanding of the formal elements of design, not just limited to the web and including typography, layout, balance, and proportion

You may also be suited to this role if you

• A passion for the web as a storytelling medium, demonstrable through a portfolio of design systems, engaging microsites, Sketch libraries, WebGL experiments, CSS art, or anything else—you tell us
• Can reduce complex problems down into pithy stories, delivered through interaction or animation
• Have experience designing for marketing websites, or developer-focused online experiences
• Are skilled in explaining your work, process, and decisions to cross-functional stakeholders and crave feedback to help you produce your best work
• Are an expert in either UI, UX, or visual design
• Think in systems and are able to extrapolate and extend shared patterns and behaviors
• Have experience applying those systems to CMS-driven websites—and moreover, know how to balance maintainability with adaptability
• Love working with other designers to help them learn and grow—and have them help you learn and grow

Please include these in your application

• A portfolio, preferably online
• Your resume and/or LinkedIn profile
• A 1-2 paragraph summary of your favorite project from any of your work or personal experiences
• A short paragraph on why you have faith you’ll flourish at Stripe