Sr. Product Designer

Designing a global ecosystem for knowledge sharing, and the platform for businesses to reach our audience, requires a multidisciplinary approach. To deliver our mission, we are designing systems that make knowledge sharing rewarding and discovery easy, while scaling to support the participation of the entire planet. We’re building a diverse team with people of different backgrounds and experiences, empowered to shape strategy.
Our designers leverage what they learn about psychological and social dynamics, communities and networks, and systems and policy design, in addition to more typical design skills. Product design plays a significant role in impacting product strategy directly. Designers at Quora work on everything from ranking to UI, from internationalization to moderation systems, design decisions are validated through A/B testing and user studies alike, as we value rigor and empathy in equal measure. We pursue candor, holism, and awareness in our work.

As a senior product designer at Quora, you’ll be responsible for what you design from start to finish because designers at Quora control the interface — and contribute to product direction. This not only ensures the right solution is being designed but the right problem is being solved. As an integral part of that structure, you will be embedded in a product team focused on a major, user-facing area of Quora.
We value rigor and empathy in equal measure, both are essential to democratize access to knowledge. Designers reason through complex product decisions, translating strategic goals to product systems and features. Collaborating closely with cross functional teams to advance design’s perspective.

Responsibilities

• Identify high-impact opportunities for the business, design strategies and features in pursuit of goals.
• Navigate ambiguity and clearly communicate decision rationale to designers and cross functional partners alike.
• Contribute to team growth and development through mentorship and evangelizing best practices.
• Work autonomously to quickly and pragmatically execute on multiple projects.
• Streamline and manage UI complexity (complexity reduction is not always the solution), resulting in polished UI design, clear information hierarchy, a holistic feature set.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to be available for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora’s “coordination hours” (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time). 
• Portfolio that demonstrates digital design capabilities across apps and other platforms.
• 3+ years experience designing complex products with clear, effective interactions that accomplish business goals.
• Experience working in direct collaboration with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating and directing the work of other designers on your team.
• Proven track record of aligning stakeholders at a strategic level for complex social products.
• Experience with A/B testing and use of data analysis frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience maintaining and improving a design system.
• Skilled at delivering high quality mobile experiences for social media products.

For Colorado based applicants, the minimum salary range is $130,000 – $135,000 + equity + benefits. For New Jersey and New York based applicants, the minimum salary range is $157,000 – $162,000 + equity + benefits. There are many factors that will determine the starting pay, including but not limited to experience, location, education, and business needs.

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