Senior UX Product Designer (eCommerce) - REMOTE

Company: Taylor Stitch
Location: Kansas City
Posted on: January 16, 2022

Job Description:

Company Description

Digital Fuel Capital is one of the leading private equity investors in the eCommerce space. Our portfolio covers eCommerce brands including home improvement, apparel, snow sports and automotive businesses. Digital Fuel Capital provides both capital and in-house strategic and operational resources to help their brands succeed.

We are looking for an experienced eCommerce Product Designer at our newest multi-brand platform, Digital Stronghold. Digital Stronghold is a group of men's eCommerce businesses that sit under one platform and share resources. Our first acquisitions under Digital Stronghold have been Taylor Stitch, The Tie Bar, and Boston Scally.

Job Description

We are looking for a mid-to-senior level eCommerce Product Designer to work with our data-driven product and eCommerce teams to reimagine, update, and add functionality to our web properties. This is a unique opportunity to work on a variety of engaging eCommerce implementations. The ideal candidate will have a strong grasp of UX design principles, a good UI design aesthetic, and an understanding of development principles to evolve core customer content and site features.

This role requires a creative mindset to design elegant solutions, as well as strong communication and collaboration skills working with business owners, product management and development to improve and reimagine user flows. In this role, you will employ a test-and-learn approach with User Centric Design, A/B CRO testing, and eCommerce analytics. Its an exciting opportunity to design in a forward-thinking environment using cutting-edge solutions and innovative approaches to solve core user problems.

This position reports to the VP, Product at The Digital Stronghold.

Responsibilities

• Design UI for the Digital Stronghold brands including Taylor Stitch, The Tie Bar, Boston Scally and more as our portfolio grows!
• Work collaboratively and iteratively with product management, engineers, brand and analysts to conceive, design, and deliver brilliant solutions for our customers
• Test and validate designs through A/B testing and findings from user testing with the intention of improve average order value, conversion rate and, revenue
• Help establish processes and improvements to drive efficiency in our design and development methods
• Create and evolve key UI design documents such as style guides, creative briefs, and content libraries
• Validate designs after initial development phase, communicate bugs, and ensure functionality matches intended design Qualifications
  
  Requirements
  
  • At least 3 years of experience working as a UX/UI designer for a web or mobile property
  • Strong knowledge and experience in eCommerce UI design, custom site build, agency, or freelance experience, a plus
  • BA in design, BS in design engineering, or equivalent
  • Strong mobile eCommerce design expertise
  • Proficient with design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Abstract, or Adobe XD
  • Experience designing in an A/B testing process using tools such as Optimizely, Google Optimize, or other similar tools
  • Fluency in digital KPIs
  • Ability to work quickly, both collaboratively with product management and engineering, as well as independently, with a strong attention to detail
  • Ability to think critically to create hypothesis-driven design solutions based on real business problems
  • Strong organization and communication skills
    Additional Information
    
    What We Offer
    
    • Competitive salary based on experience
    • Medical, dental, vision, life, and other benefits
    • Unlimited PTO
    • A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most talented eCommerce teams represented beloved menswear brands
      We know that great work comes from great, and inclusive teams. At The Digital Stronghold, we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as individuals.
      
      We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. The Digital Stronghold is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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