Product Design Lead, Handshake
+ Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company
College career network and job board
Be an early applicant
College career network and job board
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To democratize access to opportunity and ensure any student can build a great career no matter who they know, where they live or what school they attend.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a seasoned designer, looking to transition into people management, who is excited to raise the bar on quality and execution while staying hands-on with the work
- +6 years of product or user experience design experience, blended between B2B/B2C preferable
- Experience leading the end-to-end design process for key product features, from ideation and user research to prototyping, testing, and final implementation
- Experience managing a small team or acted as a mentor or coach to designers by providing guidance on design best practices, feedback on work, and support in their professional development
- Experience closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders, to align design efforts with business goals and user needs
- You’ve navigated, defined, and drove complex design challenges, balancing user needs with business goals, and excel in senior stakeholder communication
- Contributed to and help maintain the company’s design system, ensuring consistency and scalability across products
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Design Manager to join our Europe Expansion team as a player/coach
- This team is responsible for Handshake’s events marketplace, European market expansion, and analytics
- This role offers the opportunity to drive significant impact in expanding our market, develop as a manager, and collaborate with an exceptionally talented team
- Leading product design initiatives and managing a team of one to help grow Handshake’s marketplace in Europe
- Collaborate cross functionally to drive and shape product vision and strategy for growth in the EU and UK
- Partner with product, research, content, data science, and engineering to ensure projects are well-defined, high impact, and successfully executed
- Develop and improve a shared product design language across all surfaces reflective of our brand
- Establish design processes to increase design impact and scale the team
- Stay current with industry trends, tools, and techniques, and proactively apply new knowledge to improve the quality and efficiency of the design process
Our take
The three founders of Handshake established their company in an attempt to eliminate inequality and make the student hiring landscape fairer. The Handshake platform acts as a LinkedIn for college students, pairing students from every walk of life with more than 650K employers, including the entire Fortune 500, which includes Google and Nike.
The graduate recruitment platform is open to any student with a valid @.edu email address, with more than 12 million active users from thousands of colleges and universities. With a student-first philosophy, the company generates revenue from both universities and employers rather than students.
Valued at $3.5B, Handshake has gained traction in a competitive market, although it has strong competition from recruiting giants LinkedIn and Indeed. It stands out, however, by helping students build new relationships and skills, rather than simply making connections to people they already know.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2022
$200m
SERIES F
May 2021
$80m
SERIES E
Total funding: $434m
Company benefits
- 💰Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company
- 🍼16 Weeks of paid parental leave for birth giving parents & 10 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birth giving parents
- 💝Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies including LGTBQ+ Coverage. We also provide resources for Mental Health Assistance, Employee Assistance Programs and counseling support
- 💻Handshake offers $500/£360 home office stipend for you to spend during your first 3 months to create a productive and comfortable workspace at home
- 📚Generous learning & development opportunities and an annual $2,000/£1,500 stipend for you to grow your skills and career
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Garrett Lord
(Co-Founder & CEO)Majored in Computer Science at Michigan Technological University. Interned at Palantir Technologies before co-founding Handshake in 2012.
Ben Christensen
(Co-Founder)Graduated from Michigan Technological University with a degree in Computer Networking & Systems Administration. Interned at Target and worked as a Developer at Up and Running Software. Was part of Arbor Networks' ASERT Security Research team.
Scott Ringwelski
(Co-Founder)Attained a degree in Computer Software Engineering from Michigan Technological University. Co-founded Handshake in 2012.
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