Product Designer, Discovery

Whatnot is a live shopping platform connecting buyers and sellers through live commerce. The company is seeking a Senior Product Designer for Buyer Discovery to design buyer-facing discovery, advertising, and notification experiences across mobile and web. The role involves close collaboration with product, engineering, data, and design teams to test ideas and refine high-impact consumer experiences.

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:

• As our next Senior Product Designer, you likely have 8+ years of experience designing digital products, plus:
• 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