Lead Designer

The Opportunity:

We’re looking for an outstanding Lead Product Designer to join our team. You will work closely with the Product Design/UX team, Product leads, engineers, and leadership in the development of critical TrueCar products. You will have influence on major company objectives and be expected to solve difficult design problems, cross-platform. You’ll design mobile-first but also understand the rigors of responsive/adaptive web design. You are a gifted interaction designer with a strong UI aesthetic and have the ability to translate your vision not only into beautiful designs but into functional prototypes to demonstrate interactions and real-world feel. If you are the innovator we are seeking, we would love to see your passion projects.

How you will contribute to TrueCar’s success:

• Help define what's next for TrueCar—as a product, a business, and a company

• Lead the design vision for our core products, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and user experience. 

• Uplevel other designers' vision work and drive vision for the broadest, farthest-looking projects in the organization

• See gaps in how our visual system works and uplevel it

• Leverage your knowledge of the industry to define new patterns and norms when needed; your work has an impact beyond TrueCar

• Peer designers look to you for help and guidance on visual design, and you regularly offer feedback to improve work outside your own

• Collaborate with Product leads, engineers, executives, and other stakeholders to craft compelling user experiences from concept to completion

• Translate broad, conceptual ideas into practical and elegant designs

• Create intuitive design flows, leveraging interactive prototyping to bring visions to life

• Conduct frequent and thorough usability research to validate concepts, sharing findings with the team to inform decision-making

• Actively seek and provide feedback from fellow designers, stakeholders, and users, consistently elevating the quality of designs through collaborative refinement

• Stay updated on advancements in interaction design and contemporary design patterns in support of our master asset library

• Coach other designers on prioritization, managing dependencies, and requirements definition

• Partner with our leads in data and research to identify ways of improving TrueCar's overall practices around them

Your Expertise:

• Internalize and align with the company strategy and vision, focusing on both aesthetics and functionality

• Possess a robust portfolio featuring examples of visual and interactive product design work

• Demonstrate strong organizational and analytical thinking skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements into user scenarios, flows, and diagrams

• Have a proven track record of effective collaboration with cross-functional teams

• Exhibit self-motivation and a passion for solving complex problems; you frequently suggest and execute extra projects outside of core responsibilities

• Communicate effectively with excellent verbal and written skills, capable of defending design decisions

• Utilize methodologies such as Agile, Design Thinking, and Lean UX in your work

• Primary experience designing for mobile web (adaptive/responsive tablet, desktop), appreciated experience in app design

• Expert in Figma and Figma prototyping tools; adept in Adobe

• Working understanding of web code (HTML, CSS, JS)

• Familiarity with research tools such as Lyssna, and FullStory et al.

• Willingness to occasionally travel as requested

Base salary range: $144,000 - $216,000