POSTED July 27

Senior Product Designer at Genies

  • Product
  • Fulltime
  • Anywhere (100% Remote) Only
Job Description

Founded by Akash Nigam, Evan Rosenbaum and Jake Adams, Genies is the world’s largest avatar technology company and driving force in the creation of digital identities that can be used across platforms. The company is setting the foundation for swift, widespread adaptation of avatars in society and culture through its internationally renowned Avatar Agency and SDK partnerships. With investors such as NEA, Breyer Capital, CAA, Tull Investment Group, Bond, NetEase, Coinbase Ventures and Dapper Labs, Genies is creating a network of platforms and marketplaces where virtual identities lead the way in digital communication, connection, commercialization, and monetization. To date, the technology has been used by the likes of Gucci, FritoLay, GIPHY, Offset, Justin Bieber and many more.

Help us build and grow the best design team in the world and create a world class avatar and NFT marketplace. We’re a team of avatar technologists, engineers, artists, animators, riggers, designers and more dedicated to building culture’s go to digital identity in the metaverse. We are looking to hire our first in house product designer who will help us build upon our Marketplace and app experiences while helping establish our product design practice and team. We’re looking for a team player who is results-driven and can drive their design visions to life in a way that feels thoughtful, crafted and even magical.

As a Senior Product Designer, you’ll lead design on our largest product challenges working with cross-sectional teams, learning and understanding about our users’ needs and behaviours in order to gather insights that inform your product strategy and guide the experiences you create. You’ll help shape, influence and grow our design team as well as our design culture & process. If you’re someone that is passionate about changing the status quo and a strategic thinker that is driven by ownership and impact we’d love to hear from you!

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Deeply understanding and solving complex problems for our event organizers and fans while working with a cross-functional team to ensure the solutions meet the right metrics and business & user outcomes
  • Conducting and leading user research, stakeholder interviews, and framing problems and insights through stories that help your team envision opportunities
  • Using a human-centered design process to develop user stories, personas, user flows, design mockups, prototypes and specs for our most complex projects
  • Owning projects from beginning to end, while helping guide more junior & intermediate designers through their design process
  • Contributing to and helping shape product design vision and strategy, generating buy-in, advocating for great user-centered practices, and operationalizing the strategy and processes for product design

What You Should Have:

  • Minimum of 5+ years of product experience that demonstrates your craftsmanship and ability to lead end-to-end design on products for desktop and mobile
  • A portfolio of design work that shows the full range of your product design, user research, interaction design and visual design skills
  • Strong product thinking, systems thinking and a track record for driving results by building products that provide great user and business value
  • A passion for Genies, culture and the blockchain & NFT space
  • Experience mentoring junior designers and the ability to give and accept feedback
  • Proficiency with Figma, Adobe Suite, etc.
  • Excellent storytelling with an ability to inspire via compelling stories
  • Providing and seeking feedback from other designers to always push the bar for quality

Nice to Have:

  • Experience working in a startup, e-commerce or on a marketplace
  • Experience with motion design
  • Experience designing for accessibility

Here's why you'll love working at Genies:

  • You'll work with a design team you’ll be able to learn from and grow with, including support for your own professional development as a Senior Product Designer
  • You'll be at the helm of your own career, shaping it with your own innovative contributions to a nascent team and product with flexible hours and a work from home policy
  • You'll enjoy the culture and perks of a startup, with the stability of being well funded. Perks include working remotely, Health (Anthem + Kaiser Options Available), Dental and Vision Insurance, 13 Paid Holidays, Unlimited PTO/Sick Days, Parental Leave and Benefits

Genies is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting an inclusive work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We value diversity, inclusion, and aim to provide a sense of belonging for everyone. 

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