Staff Product Designer, Commerce - Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-centric product company at heart, whose mission is to be the all-in-one platform for anyone who wants to stand out. You will join an organization that values vision and delivery of excellent work. Product designers at Squarespace are embedded within product teams that are deeply collaborative, and each member is directly responsible for the team’s success.

We’re looking for a Staff Product Designer to join our finance ecosystem group in the Commerce organization. In this role you’ll spearhead the vision and strategy for a new 0-1 product initiative, empowering sellers to easily manage their money and grow their business. You’ll also collaborate with a team of designers working on other finance-related products across the organization such as Payments and Capital, building an end-to-end ecosystem of excellent experiences. 

This is a hybrid role working from our New York City headquarters. You will report to a Product Design Manager.

You'll Get To…

• Help Squarespace users grow their businesses by designing best-in-class financial products
• Drive strategy and vision for a new high impact, high visibility product initiative
• Work closely with other designers and Product and Engineering partners to ideate on and deliver high-quality work across our finance product ecosystem
• Define problems, identify insights, and measure solutions through collaboration with User Research and Product Analytics teams
• Contribute to OKRs, team and product strategy, vision, and roadmap
• Be a thought leader as a senior member of the design organization, providing feedback, direction, and support
• Provide mentorship and coaching to more junior members of the team

Who We're Looking For

• 8+ years of experience designing articulable, elegant solutions to complicated problems
• Track record of driving 0 to 1 product initiatives, building consensus among stakeholders and managing ambiguity, complexity, and scope
• Excellent cross-functional partner enthusiastic about forming relationships across orgs
• Proficiency with Figma and prototyping everything from large flows to micro-interactions
• Experience with UX methodologies and artifacts for intricate systems (e.g. service blueprints, user journeys, usability testing)
• Ability to multitask across multiple workstreams
• Effective at storytelling and tailoring presentations for different audiences
• Systems thinker with experience operating within and contributing to a design system
• Strong visual design expertise
• Fintech or ecommerce experience a big plus

Benefits & Perks

• A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums 
• Fertility and adoption benefits
• Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
• Headspace mindfulness app subscription
• Global Employee Assistance Program (available January 2025)
• Retirement benefits with employer match
• Flexible paid time off
• 20 weeks for parental leave and up to 12 weeks to care for an ill family member
• Pretax commuter benefit
• Education reimbursement
• Employee donation match to community organizations
• 6 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Dog-friendly workplace
• Free lunch and snacks
• Private rooftop
• Hack week twice per year!

Cash Compensation Range: $185,500 - $299,000 USD

The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills, experience, and location, among other factors.

In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and, where applicable for eligible roles, may include on-target commissions or overtime pay), Squarespace employees are eligible to receive an incentive award as part of their total compensation.

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,500 is headquartered in bustling New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Aveiro, Portugal, and coworking spaces in the UK, Netherlands, and Australia. For more information about our company culture, visit www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Our Commitment

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers, but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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