Key skills
Communication
About this role
Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe, enabling users to buy, sell, and discover various products. They are seeking a Senior Product Designer to focus on buyer-facing experiences in Discovery, particularly around Ads and Notifications, contributing to the design of intuitive user experiences and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities:
- Design thoughtful, intuitive user experiences across buyer discovery surfaces on mobile and web
- Contribute to the Messaging Platform that bring buyers back at the right moment with relevant, engaging content
- Help shape Ad Experiences within discovery surfaces in ways that balance buyer relevance, seller value, and overall ecosystem health
- Create flows, mocks, prototypes, and polished UI that clearly communicate design intent
- Partner closely with product, engineering, data, and design peers to explore ideas, test hypotheses, and improve the user experience
- Participate in critiques and feedback loops, and iterate quickly based on learnings
- Sweat the details while keeping sight of the broader user and business goals
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience designing digital products
- Strong visual and interaction design fundamentals
- A portfolio that shows craft, clarity of thinking, and care for the end-to-end user experience
- Curiosity about how design can support both user needs and business outcomes
- Excitement to work on consumer-facing product experiences with high visibility and lots of iteration
- Comfort collaborating with product managers, engineers, and other designers
- A willingness to learn quickly, ask good questions, and incorporate feedback
- Strong communication skills in both verbal and written form
- High attention to detail and a desire to keep refining until the work feels right
- Experience designing consumer products, marketplaces, feeds, messaging, or notification experiences
- Interest in personalization, discovery systems, recommendations, or growth-oriented product work
- Excitement for live commerce, collecting, or online communities