Lead Product Designer — Equity & Global Retail Experience

Faire; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 184,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Faire is seeking a Lead Product Designer to shape the product experience for thousands of retailers and brands in our marketplace. You will partner with research, engineering, product, and customer service to design features that move the business forward and delight users across channels.

You’ll own design from discovery to production, mentor teammates, and push our design system forward with an emphasis on scalable patterns and thoughtful storytelling.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience designing digital products and systems.
• Expertise in interaction design, visual craft, and systems thinking.
• Strong ability to connect design direction to business and customer outcomes.
• Comfort exploring and experimenting with new tools and workflows for rapid prototyping and AI-integrated design.
• A portfolio that demonstrates visionary product thinking, strong craft, and clear communication of impact.

Responsibilities

• Define the direction by influencing what to build based on customer understanding and business context.
• Lead end-to-end design from deep discovery and rapid prototyping through polished execution and production.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and data teams to explore new paradigms.
• Tell powerful stories that connect design vision to tangible business and customer impact, inspiring alignment across teams and leadership.
• Push Faire’s design system forward through the lens of your work—evolving patterns, motion, and visual language that scale across the platform.
• Prototype fearlessly using modern tools to explore new ideas, test assumptions, and accelerate innovation.
• Elevate other designers by sharing your craft, process, and storytelling approach to raise the bar across the org.

Skills

Interaction design

Visual craft

Systems thinking

Business impact

Collaboration

AI prototyping

Tools

Figma

Design systems

Job description

Faire is seeking a Lead Product Designer to shape the product experience for thousands of retailers and brands in our marketplace. You will partner with research, engineering, product, and customer service to design features that move the business forward and delight users across channels.

You’ll own design from discovery to production, mentor teammates, and push our design system forward with an emphasis on scalable patterns and thoughtful storytelling.