Staff Product Designer

The Mom Project is excited to support Etsy with their search for a Staff Product Designer to join their team on a contract basis.

Job Description:

The Etsy Inventory team focuses on marketplace health and longevity by improving buyer evaluation and enhancing customer experiences through strategic system investments.

This contract position, reporting to the Director of Product Design, involves solving complex seller experience problems. You'll work autonomously and in collaboration with other seasoned designers to identify, initiate, and deliver new products, influencing cross-functional teams and senior leadership.

You'll use user-centered design methods to create industry-leading user experiences, from concept to execution. This role requires someone who can envision and design elegant, human-centric products and bring them to life with high-quality prototypes.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver features and flows.
• Solve complex interaction design problems for our customers.
• Develop prototypes to clarify product strategy and influence organizational priorities.
• Apply soft skills like listening, negotiating, and decision-making.
• Drive design thinking and product innovation across various time horizons, setting long-term goals while delivering near-term solutions.

To thrive in this role, you should possess:

• 7+ years professional experience in product design.
• Experience building products in novel or complex problem spaces.
• Experience crafting native applications (iOS and Android) and familiarity with platform-specific interaction patterns.
• Excellent visual and interaction design skills, from prototyping to polished execution, with an eye for detail.
• System-level thinking, with the ability to diagnose complex problems and deliver scalable solutions.
• Proficiency in leading workshops and aligning teams around a shared vision and approach.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• An interest in machine learning, foundational systems, and data quality.
• Ability to context switch and apply a wide range of product design skills (e.g., design thinking, design strategy, user problem definition, information architecture, service design).

Hours and Location:

• Core working hours - EST schedule
• Ideally seeking a candidate able to work in the Brooklyn office 1–2 days per week, but will consider fully remote US based candidates

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.