Spark Networks is the spark that ignites relationships that matter. We are a leading global dating company with a portfolio including JDate and Christian Mingle, and we pride ourselves on fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and impact-driven work.
We are looking for a seasoned Senior Product Designer to join our team and help us redefine how people build relationships in an online world. This is a fully remote role, open to candidates based in the United States.
About the Role:
As a Senior Product Designer, you’ll be instrumental in creating seamless, intuitive, and visually stunning experiences. You’ll apply systems thinking, collaborate across teams, and champion simplicity and beauty in every design decision.
Responsibilities:
Create Stunning, Minimalistic Designs:
•Design visually engaging, intuitive interfaces that delight daters and align with our brand’s commitment to simplicity and elegance.
•Craft minimalistic, user-centered designs that reduce complexity and make every interaction effortless and meaningful.
Design Scalable Systems:
•Develop reusable design patterns, frameworks, and workflows that ensure consistency and scalability across the platform.
•Contribute to and maintain a robust design system that simplifies feature development while enhancing visual appeal.
Collaborate Across Teams:
•Partner with product managers, engineers, and researchers to co-create elegant solutions that are technically feasible and dater-focused.
•Facilitate collaborative workshops with cross-functional teams to align on vision, design strategy, and implementation plans.
User Research and Insights:
•Conduct research to deeply understand our daters’ needs and pain points, ensuring every design decision is informed by qualitative and quantitative insights.
•Analyze data and user feedback to identify opportunities for simplifying and enhancing user journeys.
Deliver Holistic Experiences:
•Address UX problems that cut across multiple features, designing data-informed, cohesive solutions that unify the end-to-end dater experience.
•Ensure technical solutions account for dater needs while preserving simplicity and beauty.
Plan and Execute:
•Participate in roadmap planning to balance iterative delivery with achieving long-term dater and business goals.
•Deliver high-fidelity designs, prototypes, and specs, ensuring alignment with engineering for flawless implementation.
Skills & Competencies:
•Experience: 6+ years in product design, systems design, or service design, with a portfolio showcasing visually stunning, minimalistic, and user-friendly solutions.
•Visual Excellence: Proven ability to create clean, elegant designs that balance aesthetics with functionality.
•Systems Thinking: Experience creating and managing scalable design systems and reusable components.
•Research-Led Design: Strong ability to integrate user research and data insights into visually impactful design solutions.
•Collaboration: Exceptional communication and facilitation skills to drive alignment with diverse, cross-functional teams.
•Technical Acumen: Skilled in working closely with engineers to ensure design feasibility and alignment with backend systems.
•Tools: Expertise in Figma, with proficiency in prototyping and interaction design.
•Adaptability: Thrives in ambiguity and can break down complex problems into elegant, user-focused solutions.
Why Join Us?
•Lead the design of a visually stunning product that transforms the online dating experience.
•Collaborate with a mission-driven team passionate about connecting people meaningfully.
•Fully remote role with flexibility for work-life balance.
•Competitive salary and benefits, including healthcare, PTO, and retirement plans.
•Opportunity to grow professionally in a supportive and inclusive environment.
How to Apply:
To apply, submit your resume, portfolio, and a cover letter highlighting how you approach visually engaging, minimalistic design and your experience crafting scalable, user-centric solutions.
About Spark Networks, Inc
At Spark Networks, we’re dedicated to connecting people and sparking meaningful relationships. As a global dating company, we offer a range of premium and freemium apps that welcome millions of singles worldwide. Our mission is to help people find love and have fun along the way.
Our biggest brand, Zoosk, welcomes 40 million singles to its platform and is available in 80+ countries, translated into 25 languages. We also offer niche brands that cater to specific age groups and religious communities, such as Silver Singles, Christian Mingle and JDate. Despite our diverse brand portfolio, our mission remains consistent: to help singles around the world find love and enjoy the journey. We pride ourselves on ensuring our users remain engaged, happy, and satisfied throughout their Spark experience.
As a successful subscription business, Spark Networks boasts significant opportunities for innovation and growth. At our core, we are a consumer technology company and our commitment to continuous improvement and user satisfaction keeps us at the forefront of the dating industry.
Our current benefits offerings include:
· Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
· Employer Paid Basic Life Insurance
· 401(k) Retirement Plan & Company Match
· FSA, DCA, and Commuter Benefit Plans
· Company Paid Holidays
· Flexible Time off
Spark Networks is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our employees. Any hiring decision is based on qualifications, skills, abilities, and the specific needs of Spark Networks with regard to a given position.
· https://www.christianmingle.com/
· https://www.silversingles.com/
· https://www.elitesingles.com/
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