Senior Product Designer

Artsy; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Artsy as a Senior Product Designer where you'll lead innovative design projects and enhance user experiences in the art marketplace. Collaborate with various teams and drive design strategy while being part of a dynamic, supportive work culture. Your experience in product design and user-centered methodologies will be key in shaping the future of Artsy's offerings.

Benefits

Flexible time off

Private healthcare options

Professional development opportunities

Engaging internal events

Qualifications

• Demonstrated product design expertise with a strong portfolio.
• Experience with large-scale complex systems.
• Familiarity with prototyping and other design methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead product design projects and influence product strategy.
• Create design concepts and prototypes for user experience.
• Mentor less-experienced designers and foster continuous improvement.

Skills

User-centered design

Prototyping

User research

Visual design

Collaboration

Education

5+ years in product design

Tools

Design tools

Job description

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Artsy’s mission is to expand the art market to support more artists and art in the world. Artsy has created the world’s largest two-sided art marketplace, offering more than 1 million works by 100,000 artists from 4,000 leading galleries, fairs, auction houses, and institutions in more than 100 countries.

We are looking for a talented Senior Product Designer with a proven track record to join our dynamic Design team. At Artsy, we pride ourselves on being a collaborative and supportive group of designers, driven by continuous learning, strong design fundamentals, strategic research-informed thinking, and delivering meaningful value. We foster an environment where each designer elevates the work of others.

As a Senior Product Designer, you will shape and enhance our customer experience. You will employ both strategic and tactical problem-solving, user-centred holistic thinking, and exceptional design skills to create value and delight for Artsy’s customers. Your role involves crafting engaging, seamless UX&D solutions that empower collectors to discover new artists, stay updated on their favourites, and grow their collections purposefully.

You will collaborate closely with Product, Data, and Engineering teams, working iteratively to research, shape the roadmap, and set a collective vision. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that is transforming the art marketplace to support more artists and art globally.

What You'll Do:

• Lead product design projects across the lifecycle and multiple product launches, driving innovative design solutions and influencing the product roadmap.
• Provide strategic design leadership to shape a cohesive vision for user experience across cross-functional teams.
• Create design concepts, artefacts, and prototypes to deliver a premium experience for collectors.
• Mentor and coach less-experienced designers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Use qualitative and quantitative data to identify product insights and make informed design decisions.
• Strengthen cross-collaborative relationships, inviting input and creating visibility into processes to build shared knowledge of customer interactions.
• Facilitate group conversations and workshops to uncover opportunities and generate ideas.
• Take full ownership of your work, ensuring responsibility for every detail.
• Proactively share relevant information across teams and articulate your work to non-technical stakeholders effectively.

Who you Are:

We welcome you to apply regardless of “checking all the boxes” below, and are excited to hear what you can bring to the team.

• Authorised to live and work in the UK. This role will be based in London.
• 5+ years of product design experience in agile cross-functional teams or similar.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in product design and UX, with specific examples of insight-driven design and prototyping.
• Deep understanding of user psychology and behaviour, with a track record of translating insights into impactful design solutions.
• Proficient in prototyping and familiar with the latest design tools and technologies.
• Experience with large-scale, complex systems and services.
• Strong skills in typography, composition, and visual design fundamentals.
• A robust UCD practice that shapes your design process for great outcomes.
• Conducted various user research methods (usability testing, user interviews, surveys) and synthesised findings into actionable insights.
• It's an added plus if you have experience in content strategy, creating user-centric content, and collaborating with content creators and marketers for consistency and quality.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity to reimagine the art industry while working with a talented, diverse, international team.
• Competitive salary and equity
• Flexible time off: our culture of trust and empowerment allows employees to take the time they need away from work while still excelling in their roles
• We are a global hybrid team: most employees work from our NYC, London, or Berlin offices 2-3 days per week. (In-person expectations vary by role)
• Private healthcare & benefit options, including: medical, dental, enhanced parental leave, Pension Plan, life assurance, Employee Assistance Programme featuring free mental health support, physio, and more
• Professional development, including: mentoring, lunch & learns, regular training, 1:1 management, and an open feedback culture
• Engaging opportunities and internal programming globally, to foster new relationships and build upon our collaborative community. Including: happy hours, holiday parties, global "All Hands" meetings, "Artsy Salon" (a yearly exhibition of our team's creativity), attendance to art world events, and more

Artsy Values

Artsy has five core values that will inform your experience at Artsy.

For the Love of Art: We have relentless curiosity, empathy, and passion for collectors, artists, and the art market. We are here to make the art world more fair and welcoming.

Own Our Outcomes: We are all individual owners of Artsy’s shared success. We are resourceful and resilient, and to get the job done, we each take responsibility for our outcomes.

Lead with Openness: We trust in our teammates. We seek diverse perspectives, communicate authentically, and act with integrity. A more open art world starts with us.

Transform Together: Our mission asks us to challenge the status quo. We embrace feedback, learning, and change so that we can transform our industry, our company, and ourselves.

Impact Over Perfection: Using both art and science, we debate and decide swiftly and iterate on our plans as we learn. To make the biggest impact, we prioritize speed and clarity of action over perfection.