Senior UXUI Designer

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a Senior Digital Product Designer to join our team to help with the design development execution and ongoing optimization of Caraways digital product and ecommerce website. The ideal candidate has a seasoned background in designing delightful digital experiences with an emphasis on responsive design across mobile & desktop ideally at a fast-growing startup and/or consumer goods brand. This role is familiar working cross-functionally with developers digital product managers marketers and other designers to build a best-in-class & top converting ecommerce platform. The Senior Digital Product Designer will have an impeccable eye for design to reinforce (and establish) the brands visual identity digitally and will work to infuse their creative decision making with data-driven insights to help improve & hit company KPIs (Site Conversion Rate Revenue per Session AOV etc.).

Who You Are:

The Senior Digital Product Designer has a passion for visual storytelling with exceptional skills in typography layout design and delivering pixel-perfect & developer-friendly assets. They stay up to date on all of the latest design trends within our industry & amongst challenger brands and are adept at compiling directional research to inform and validate their creative decisions. Theyll be responsible for constructing maintaining and enforcing site guidelines across all digital touchpoints ensuring all aspects of the site experience are considered and consistent. They have a strong ability to work independently and be self-sufficient in managing their tasks and responsibilities. They possess a proactive attitude excellent communication and the ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks without constant supervision.

Responsibilities:

• UI/UX design for all aspects of Caraways digital product experience ensuring all new features & site optimizations directly or indirectly assist in improving core business KPIs
• Implementing and enforcing a cohesive end-to-end look and feel across the brands digital product including:
  • Enforcing brand style guides & considerations informing usage of fonts color grids etc. across all site pages (PDPs navigational features landing pages brand story & educational pages blog etc.).
  • Creating collaborating and iterating on site prototypes user journeys and user flows utilizing systems-based design thinking
  • Understanding the Caraway customers evolving wants and needs and making improvements to their shopping experience across all devices
  • Exporting and uploading content to the site via Caraways internal CMS
  • Collaborating with internal & external teams on producing net-new creative assets (photos videos copy graphics etc.)
  • Supporting the product design teams workflows by creating reusable and adaptable interactive components that leverage variants design tokens and component properties. Optimizing and updating the Figma Library accordingly to keep the team as organized and up to date.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to analyze site performance data to identify plan scope and execute end-to-end design solutions (user testing heatmaps CX inquiries etc.).
  • Proactively looks for opportunities and challenges the status quo on innovation and design quality.
• Contribute to brief out on-site A/B tests and any net-new creative content needed to support e-comm business goals.
• Execute thorough quality assurance testing on new & optimized site features to identify potential bugs and ensure development is completed to scope in a timely manner

Knowledge skills and abilities:

• 5 years of experience in designing responsive digital experiences with a compelling portfolio of distinctive design work; DTC brand experience a plus
• Expert in web design tools (Figma) and the Adobe Suite (Photoshop XD InDesign Illustrator)
• Strong organizational skills keen eye for detail and ability to manage multiple projects at once
• An advocate for not just the user but for the quality consistency and scalability of the tools that they use
• You work well in a team as well as alone
• Youre excited about our mission and making an impact at Caraway
• Collaborative team player skilled at working cross-functionally to achieve shared objectives.
• Have a passion for all things home design and leading a non-toxic lifestyle.

The anticipated base salary range for this role is $110000 - $130000 - Final compensation will depend on a variety of factors determining the base pay at offer including but not limited to: skills qualifications experience. This range provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role.

Please note that the duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required for the role. Additional tasks and responsibilities may be assigned as needed to meet business needs.

Who are we:
Caraway is a home goods brand on a mission to craft well-designed non-toxic home goods that thoughtfully raises the standards of what you cook with. Were passionate about creating elevated products free of toxic chemicals that are better for you your family and the planet. We prioritize a holistic approach to the creation of Caraway products. We partner with ethical manufacturers where their employees are safe paid fairly given benefits and work regulated hours. Our eco-friendly manufacturing process releases less CO2 into the environment than traditional non-stick coatings and we engage in sustainable packaging practices free of single-use plastics and ship in packaging made from recycled materials. We pride ourselves on continuously striving to do and be better - for you and the planet - in every step of the process.

Since launching in November 2019 weve become one of the fastest growing digitally-native brands of the last decade and are now sold in retailers including Target Bloomingdales Crate & Barrel The Container Store Costco Zola and many more.

Weve amassed over 85000 five-star reviews from happy customers and hundreds of press hits from the likes of Vogue Domino Good Housekeeping Food & Wine Architectural Digest PureWow Fortune and CNN.

Caraway is a fully-remote company filled with motivated and hardworking innovators and doers. Were continually developing programs to support our distributed team to ensure a successful remote experience. If youre looking to join a brand that folks love read on and apply!

Caraway Life:
Caraway is an exciting fully remote digitally native company that is bringing kitchenware and home goods into the modern era leading from a non-toxic and sustainable foundation.

Team: You will be joining a passionate and collaborative fully-remote team that prides itself on high-quality work supporting one another sharing our successes and building a brand we truly love together.

Culture: At Caraway we value continuous learning and career growth. We strive to continually optimize our processes ensuring that were thoughtful in everything we do both internally and externally. We listen to our employees celebrate our wins and constantly look for ways to be better for our team and the world.

Workplace: Being a fully-remote company we have no headquarters and are truly distributed across the country. Our leadership team sits on both the East and West Coast and we have folks in a variety of states. We offer a monthly stipend towards co-working space should folks need to switch up their working environment every now and then.

Benefits: We value you and your family. With this in mind full-time eligible employees are provided:

• Equity: We believe in our product and that the skys the limit for where our business is going. You are an asset to Caraways success and we think you should be rewarded for it.
• 401k: A 3% company match to help you plan for for your future
• Benefits: Comprehensive medical dental vision coverage options with generous employer contributions access to FSA/HSA/Dependent Care FSAs
• Parental Leave: Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave depending on tenure and access to additional fertility care services via KindBody
• A Setup that works for you:: From MacBook to PC weve got you covered. Let us know what you prefer and well get your at-home set up stocked!
• Elevate your Workspace: Annual reimbursements for you to elevate your workspace from standing desks to desktop succulents you got it!
• Fully Remote: Need to pick up the kids No problem. Have a doctors appointment Enjoy! Flexibility when you need it most.
• Coworking Reimbursement: Need a break from the home setting Monthly reimbursements for you to get out of the house and work from anywhere. From day passes to monthly memberships the world is your oyster we mean office.
• Events Swag: Connection is top of mind (Yes even in our completely remote environment). We have monthly virtual events company wide offsites and many opportunities for new Caraway swag!
• Leveling Up with Caraway: In addition to exciting opportunities and exposure in your day-to-day work we offer annual reimbursements to all full-time employees to support their professional development aspirations!
• #AwayFromCaraway: We believe healthy happy humans do better work. We offer unlimited PTO in addition to our 11 paid annual holidays and quarterly wellness days.
• Wellness Reimbursement: Monthly reimbursements for you to stay well. From meal services to gym memberships to monthly massages we want our team to have the flexibility to choose what wellness means for them.
• Employee Discount: We provide an employee discount on all Caraway Home products so you can continue to level up your kitchen and home life too!
• Home Upgrade(s): Complimentary product as a new hire continuous to expand your Caraway Home collection.

Caraway is an Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status