Staff Product Designer

Job description

STAFF PRODUCT DESIGNER Join GoodParty.org as a Staff Product Designer and help redesign how democracy works by building tools that empower everyday people to lead. You’ll design intuitive, high-impact experiences that support Independent candidates and elected officials reshaping how communities are represented. This is a rare opportunity to apply your craft to a mission that directly affects millions of lives. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of shipping high-impact products in consumer internet companies or consumer-quality SaaS companies, including at least 2+ years in a staff or principal-level individual contributor role. You will own complex product areas while mentoring other designers, establishing design standards across the platform, and leveraging cutting edge AI tools to make a massive impact. About GoodParty.org: A majority of voters, including more than half of Millennials and Gen Z, say that neither major party represents them. GoodParty.org is the solution. We’re on a mission to make people matter more than money in our democracy by empowering Independent candidates to run, win, and serve. Since 2024, 13,000+ Independent candidates have won their races across all 50 states using our tools, training, and support. Our AI-powered platform provides free tools to launch and run campaigns, connect with voters, and serve their communities effectively - without needing a political party and big donors. What our users have in common is that they prioritize people over parties and community over special interests. We’re not a political party, we’re a platform and a movement to democratize democracy. Founded by serial entrepreneur Farhad Mohit ($1B+ in exits, including Flipagram/TikTok and Shopzilla), GoodParty.org is building solutions so we can have a truly representative democracy where society’s biggest problems are solved. What you'll do: - Own end-to-end design for complex, high-impact product areas that serve candidates and elected officials across the country. - Drive design strategy and execution for features that bridge our Win (campaign tools) and Serve (constituent services) product lines. - Evolve our design system, creating patterns and components that enable the team to ship consistently at speed. - Elevate our brand expression across product touchpoints, ensuring every interaction reflects our mission while remaining accessible to all users. - Pioneer AI-powered design workflows that accelerate our team's velocity while maintaining craft excellence. - Conduct deep user research with candidates, elected officials and citizens to discover what a truly representative democracy experience looks like. - Implement design changes directly in our codebase using tools like Claude Code and Cursor, speeding up engineering dependencies and iteration cycles. - Mentor peer designers on craft excellence, systems thinking, and user research methodologies. - Collaborate closely with engineering and product leadership to ensure our most complex features ship on time and exceed user expectations. - Reports to the Chief Product Officer. Who we're looking for: - You’re up for the audacious challenge of driving money out of politics and democratizing democracy. - You have 6+ years of product design experience with at least 2+ years in a staff or principal-level individual contributor role at a consumer internet company or consumer-quality SaaS company. - You've led the design of complex, multi-stakeholder products from 0-1 and have experience scaling features to serve thousands of users. - You're highly skilled in both responsive web design and native mobile applications, with a portfolio showcasing systematic thinking and craft excellence. - You're highly proficient with design tools like Figma and comfortable implementing design changes in code using tools like Cursor or similar. - You have strong AI fluency, using AI tools to accelerate your design workflow beyond basic content generation. - You have deep experience with user research methodologies and can synthesize insights across diverse user segments. - You have exceptional brand sensibility and visual taste, with the ability to elevate our product's aesthetic while maintaining accessibility and simplicity. - You've built or significantly contributed to design systems that enabled team velocity while maintaining product coherence. - You communicate complex design decisions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders to find agreement around difficult trade-offs. - You're comfortable with ambiguity and thrive in fast-paced startup environments where you need to balance speed with quality. Bonus if: - You have experience designing for diverse user bases with varying levels of technical sophistication. - You've worked on products with civic, social impact, or mission-driven focus. - You've contributed to open-source design systems or have experience with design ops. - You’ve studied, worked, or volunteered in politics, civics, or democracy reform. - You’re tired of sitting on the sidelines while democracy fails to meet its potential – and you’re ready to use your passion for design to act. Why you should work at GoodParty.org: - Join a passionate team with diverse political views focused on one mission. Our values are: People First. Direct, Open, and Honest. Empowered Ownership. Iterate for Impact. Fun Is Fuel. - We’re a Public Benefit Corporation that prioritizes social impact over profit. - Innovative Bitcoin denominated deferred bonus plan, allowing you to have the amazing upside of being in a startup while working on a truly meaningful mission. - Work where and how you like, on a fully remote team spread across the country. - 100% coverage of health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents. - We encourage you to take time off to recharge and have an unlimited PTO (sick and vacation) policy. This is a marathon, not a sprint. We believe a work-life balance is needed to get there. - 401(k) program available so you can contribute toward retirement savings (no employer match). - Individual learning & development budget to fund your growth. - We’ll make sure you’ve got what you need to work remotely through our workspace setup stipend. - If you work from home, we give $50/month to help with your internet and other expenses. If you prefer co-working, that’s an option we can discuss too. - Fully funded for our mission. No stressing over whether the next round of funding will come through. Focus on making an impact. That’s what matters here. The salary range is $184,000 - 200,000, for this remote, full-time position with excellent benefits. This range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, seniority, education, qualifications, certifications, and organizational needs. We reserve the right to modify this pay range at any time. We are not considering candidates currently based outside of the US, so please only apply if you are physically located in the US. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide sponsorship for any of our roles at this time. 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