Staff Product Designer, eBay
Personalization
$149.2-234.8k
3 days a week in office
Leading online marketplace
Open for applications
Leading online marketplace
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$149.2-234.8k
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of professional product design and leadership experience, preferably within complex ecosystems, leading the vision and execution of end-to-end customer experiences hands-on
- Deep passion for craft in product and interaction design, with continued investment in sharpening your tools and adding new ones to your belt as you’ve grown
- Portfolio demonstrating excellence in storytelling, design strategy, product design craft, and the ability to inspire others to help you achieve ambitious goals
- Experience collaborating directly with product managers, content designers, researchers, and engineers to design product solutions as a team
- High-degree of comfort with data-driven decision-making; leveraging product analytics and User Experience Research to create and evaluate design hypotheses, iterating to reach solutions that work best for customers
- Growth mindset; a willingness to approach ambiguities, new experiences, and challenges as opportunities to learn and grow together
- Comfort with a hybrid work schedule, 3 days per week in eBay’s office
What the job involves
- On the Personalization team within eBay’s Core Product Design organization, we’re building new ways to tailor experiences to unique passions, specialized interests, shopping preferences, and individual values
- Through understanding what people like, connecting them to enthusiast-communities, and helping them discover more of those treasures only found on eBay—the best personalized experiences make shopping feel expertly curated and delightfully individualized
- The Staff Product Designer is an individual contributor and a thought leader within the Personalization Design team and the Core Product Organization overall
- They will lead both the vision and execution of eBay’s first explicit preferences interaction design framework—working closely with product and engineering leaders—they will bridge silos to build beautiful, holistic experiences that scale eBay’s diverse global marketplace
- Design a 0-1 experience, building on existing insights, concepts, patterns, and adjacent strategies
- Lead the alignment of cross functional leadership around an immediate-term roadmap of explicit preferences and a longer-term vision for personalized shopping on eBay
- Leverage your professional expertise and deep craft to contribute to the mentorship and growth of other designers on the team
- Contribute to the development of design capabilities at eBay, to help the organization build cohesive, seamless, shopping experiences across platforms
Our take
Founded in 1995 as an online auction platform primarily catering to collectibles, eBay quickly emerged as a pioneer in connecting buyers and sellers in the digital realm. This early success propelled eBay to become to globally recognized leader it is today.
In the present landscape, eBay competes with industry giants like Amazon within the C2C eCommerce sector. However, eBay distinguishes itself by fostering an environment where businesses can cultivate and promote their brands on the platform, offering a tailored, community-driven experience for both sellers and buyers. By championing small businesses, eBay attracts sellers and socially conscious consumers, positioning itself in stark contrast to Amazon's corporate image.
The rising consumer interest in sustainability has presented economic opportunities for eBay, particularly as younger demographics gravitate toward purchasing pre-owned items. in response, eBay has directed its marketing efforts toward Gen Z customers and formed partnerships with cultural phenomena like Love Island, further solidifying its appeal among contemporary audiences.
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back within 2 weeks
13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Comprehensive and competitive health and wellness program designed to meet your unique needs.
- We strive to provide programs that help support both mind and body, including quality healthcare insurance, wellness programs and preventative care.
- Stock Purchase Plans
- Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
- Stock Awards
- Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
- Credit Union Memberships
- Balancing work & life - eBay believes in providing you with the opportunity to be your best self in your professional and personal life. In addition to supporting flexible workstyles including hybrid and remote, eBay offers 4 weeks of paid sabbatical time for every 5 years of service
- Giving back to our community - We provide our employees around the globe with opportunities to have a positive impact on their local communities. Through the eBay Foundation, our company matches donations to eligible nonprofits up to $10,000 per employee per year. And our employee-led volunteer groups organize local giving and volunteering activities throughout the world
Company HQ
Greylands, San Jose, CA
Articles
Leadership
Jamie Iannone
(CEO, not founder)Studied at Princeton and Stanford University. Held executive roles at Walmart, Barnes & Noble, and The Children's Place, before becoming CEO of eBay in April 2020.
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