Lead Product Designer

Nextdoor is where you connect to the neighborhoods that matter to you so you can belong. Our purpose is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on.

Neighbors around the world turn to Nextdoor daily to receive trusted information, give and get help, get things done, and build real-world connections with those nearby — neighbors, businesses, and public services. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor in more than 300,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries.

The Lead Product Designer position is an individual contributor role that will report to the Design Manager of the Engagement team. You will be designing experiences within Nextdoor’s core product areas, including Feed, Discover, Marketplace, and Content Creation, with the goal of building an active valued community, transforming how people connect and engage with the neighborhoods that matter to them.

If you want the challenge of fast-paced growth, the satisfaction of seeing your design work come to life, and the pride in helping grow a world-class design team, this is the place for you. Please include a link to your portfolio in addition to your resume 

• You’ll tackle complex tasks and transform them into intuitive, accessible, and easy-to-use designs  
• You are impact oriented, and can imagine for the long term, design for the mid term and ship in the short term
• You thrive in ambiguity and transform abstract ideas into tangible solutions
• You think holistically through a customer-focused body of work that drives iterative experiments, building towards a long term vision
• You have delivered metrics results that have changed the course of products in a material way
• You design delightful products, and understand that great products are built to not only meet functional needs but also emotional needs
• You can reduce system complexity and streamline processes to improve outcomes
• You design desirable products that our customers love, going above and beyond to create experiences that are considerate, special, and evokes emotions
• You effectively communicate, utilizing prototypes and integrated user stories to share the story of your design direction. You use the arc of setting, problem, solution, celebration and learning to help communicate product direction
• You help build a better Nextdoor by contributing to an inclusive, creative and positive Design team and company culture

• 10 years demonstrated experience shipping great consumer products in an agile environment, preferably including work on social networks, building social graphs, follow or relational models
• Bring a deep empathy for customer needs and insights as well as an intuitive grasp of the business problems we’re trying to solve
• An eagerness to think big, paired with the rigor and resolve to iterate and experiment your way there, and a sharp eye for the metrics to track to know if we’re on the right track
• Comfort working across the product development spectrum: strategy, ideation, concept work, pixel-level details, and front-end development and implementation
• Demonstrated ability to help a team navigate ambiguity and set the vision and strategy
• Excellent UX, Interaction/prototyping, visual design.  Animation and motion design is a plus
• Ability to create rich interactive prototypes with Framer, Origami, or similar
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Swift, Java, or Xcode
• You’re deeply curious about how to empower neighbors to strengthen their communities, how local businesses enhance their communities, and about what makes different neighborhoods around the globe thrive

Please include a link to your portfolio in addition to your resume.

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create one overall rewards package.

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $140,000 - $230,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. Compensation may also vary by geography.

We also expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With equal quarterly vesting, your first vest date would be within the first 3 months of your start date.

Overall, total compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

We have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of great health plans. We cover 100% of your personal monthly premium for health, dental, and vision – and provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we seek to serve. We encourage everyone interested in our purpose to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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