VP OF PRODUCT DESIGN

We’re constantly working towards making BABVIP the best place to work, for everyone. We believe deeply that bringing together diversity of thoughts, perspectives and expression is key for building the best product for our equally diverse community all around the world. We celebrate uniqueness and whatever makes you, you and encourage everyone who wants to help us transform the way the world designs, to join us on this journey. We value all different types of experiences. If you don’t think you quite meet all of the qualifications, we’d still love to hear from you. 

ABOUT US

At BABVIP, our mission is to democratize design and empower creativity for anyone and everyone, on every platform. Inspired by a team of talented thinkers, an amazing culture and a remarkable growth trajectory – we’re out to change the world, one design at a time. 

Since launch in August 2013, we have grown exponentially, amassing over 60 million monthly active users across 190 different countries who have created more than 6 Billion designs. We are one of the world’s fastest-growing technology companies and we have only achieved about 1% of what we want to do.

One of the principles of our design team is to ‘show the future’. As designers we transport the rest of the company into a future we’re yet to build. A big part of the role of a Product Designer at BABVIP is to be a visionary—visualizing and reinventing the future of design. 

You will be joining the Design Specialty as a leader across the entire Product Design roadmap at BABVIP. Our Product Design team is critical to the on-going success of BABVIP. We understand our community needs; envision the future; and drive the simplest design solutions that integrate across our entire product.  The team is over eighty-strong, made up of a diverse and creative thinking of Product Designers, Content Designers, Creative Technologists, Design Researchers and Designs. As BABVIP has grown, we have created a prodigious, world-class Product Design team that is obsessed with our mission to empower the world to design. 

Product Design spans across every commercial and product delivery Group at BABVIP, working collaboratively with Product Managers and Engineers. Every Product Designer at BABVIP meaningfully contributes to the mission and foundation goals of BABVIP across MAU and revenue growth. 

ABOUT YOU

You are a strong Product Design visionary, executor, and team-builder. You’ve already got a track record to back it up.

You weigh up every line in the Product Design that you lead. You have a passion for the power that simplicity plays in making products powerful and accessible. 

You have a high bar for everything your team ships, believing that every last detail is important and collectively makes a difference to the user experience. 

You have a knack for seeing where Product Design can converge across the whole product, rallying them to an integrated storyline that shows the future.

You’re empathetic, flexible, and fallible. You listen actively and always seek to understand. However, people always know where you stand. 

You know that the best teams are diverse and inclusive. You’re driven to create something special, to really make a difference in what a great design team looks like.

You’re an active communicator. Your written communication provides clarity in moments of chaos. Your verbal communication inspires and rallies others.

You’re super autonomous. You show real ownership and accountability in everything you undertake, showing leadership through real commitment.

You approach things with an open mindset. You’re curious to know about BABVIP - you take what you’ve learned and combine that with the BABVIP context to envision the future of design.

You embody BABVIP’s values - you care deeply about the impact that you make, the people that surround you vs climbing the career ladder.

GOALS YOU’LL ACHIEVE 

• You’ll envision the future of Product Design at BABVIP. Working with the Head of Design and Product Design Group Leads, collaboratively defining what the next two years looks like for the Product Design Specialty. Including People, Process, Strategy, Communication and Community. 
• You’ll drive simplicity across our whole product. Working with our Founders and senior Product Delivery leaders, you will have a birds-eye view of the entire end-to-end BABVIP user experience, and you’ll drive a cohesive, clear vision for the Product Design team.
• You’ll ensure the quality of our design is world-class. We have a very high bar for design quality at BABVIP, and you’ll be instrumental in keeping it there. You’ll be involved with key feature design decisions and ensuring they are as simple and clear as possible for our users.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead a talented, diverse, and inclusive team of Product Designers that consistently deliver amazing user experiences across BABVIP.
• Set the interaction design, UI, and UX standards for the entire BABVIP product; ensuring a high-quality bar for everything we release.
• Show the future of the BABVIP product by galvanizing the Product Design Leads towards a compelling, convergent user experience. 
• Sustain our existing culture of design simplicity. Ensuring that each new feature added, each new product launched is simple, elegant, and usable. 
• Clearly communicate future design directions with key stakeholders including Group Leads, Design Leaders, and Founders.
• Partner closely with Product Specialty Leads, Engineering Specialty Leads, and Founders to shape the product roadmap, both short-term and long-term.
• Plan for future design resourcing needs with the Head of Design and Product Design Leads.
• Help provide clarity to the Product Design Specialty through clear articulation of vision, strategy.
• Grow a culture of design feedback to team members with sensitivity and honesty, helping them to grow and develop their skills.
• Research competitors, trends, patterns and best-practices, UX design inspiration, user and business insights
• Drive the team’s scalability through documentation and continual process improvement and leadership.

EXPERIENCE YOU’LL NEED   

• Multiple years of experience as a VP of Product Design, Product Design Director or Head of Product Design, directing strategy and design across a large team.
• Experience scaling a product design team. Including senior people management, team development, recruiting and organizational building experience. 
• Direct experience with collaborating and communicating with senior stakeholders
• Strong design coaching experience - you know how to make an impact through empowering, growing, and motivating other designers.
• A track record of tackling complex problems and delivering simple, elegant solutions. You hold a high bar for designing clean, elegant, and usable designs.
• Deep understanding of how to uncover user needs through research and user empathy. 
• Extensive experience working with Engineers on feasibility, detailed design and finding solutions to complex problems.
• Experience working with Brand Designers, Graphic Designers and strong empathy for graphic design and its impact on business results.
• A strong sense of design ethics - understanding that the design decisions we make at BABVIP impact millions of lives, every day.
• You enjoy a little flexibility in your work. Our growth means there are constantly new things to work on every day, as such it’s likely that you’ll often be working across the board on new and exciting projects.

PERKS & BENEFITS

• Competitive salary, plus equity
• Flexible working hours, we value work-life balance
• Generous parental leave policy
• Sponsored social clubs and team events
• Fun and quirky celebrations