About AllTrails

AllTrails is the most trusted and used outdoors platform in the world. We help people explore the outdoors with hand-curated trail maps along with photos, reviews, and user recordings crowdsourced from our community of millions of registered hikers, mountain bikers, and trail runners in 150 countries. AllTrails is frequently ranked as a top-5 Health and Fitness app and has been downloaded by over 75 million people worldwide. AllTrails was selected as Apple's App of the Year in 2023!

Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems so that we can get more people outside having healthy, authentic experiences and a deeper appreciation of the outdoors. Join us!

This is a U.S.-based remote position. San Francisco Bay Area employees are highly encouraged to come into the office one day a week.

About the Role and Team

We are looking for a strong and passionate Design Lead to help us shape the future of AllTrails. This role will report to a Design Director and will be a part of a small and talented product design team. You’ll work closely with product management, research, engineering, and marketing to imagine, execute and deliver innovative products that elevate users’ experience on our platform. This role will work collaboratively across many areas of the product including Discovery, Search, Planning and Community. You will obsess over craft and details of typography, layout, interaction and interface design. You will think holistically by defining seamless end-to-end experiences that bring to life the strategic value of AllTrails through simple, intuitive and beautiful product design.

What You'll Be Doing:

Lead work to develop a best-in-class product & brand
Create beautiful and compelling experiences at the highest quality of design
Identify product gaps and opportunities that can be strategically added to our roadmap
Facilitate and lead stakeholder reviews including feedback prioritization
Define, design and ship meaningful work on web, iOS and Android
Work in a highly collaborative environment across design, product management, data, and engineering to define and document the scope and product requirements for your projects
Provide mentorship and coaching to designers collaborating with you on projects
Be an advocate for the needs of our users
Leverage, contribute to, and help evolve our design system
Raise the bar for quality by giving and seeking feedback from other designers
Contribute to the culture of a tight-knit design team

What We're Looking For:

7+ years of professional experience researching, designing, and shipping consumer facing products/features for iOS, Android, and web
A passion for turning complex problems into elegant and engaging user experiences
Outstanding product design sensibility and craft - excelling at UX, visual design and interaction
Ability to prioritize and apply learnings from research, metrics and usability to inform and evolve design decisions
Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across functions - including Product Management and Engineering - to define, develop and optimize new product features
Product sensibility – experience informing project timelines and scope prioritization
Desire to share work early and seek constructive feedback from team members at all levels
Self motivated, and confident independently designing end-to-end design work - creating concepts, defining requirements, documenting and assessing post-launch learnings
Manage time and priorities in an effective and efficient manner
Experience designing inclusively (ex. international, multi-language, accessible use cases)
Adept in design, prototyping and research tools such as Figma, Proto Pie and Usertesting.com
Humble, empathetic and open-minded
Passion for helping people find their way outside
Bonus: diverse experience across large and small companies, as well as agencies
Please note: A portfolio link is required for consideration

Our Commitment to You:

A competitive and equitable compensation plan. This is a full-time, salaried position that includes equity
Physical & mental well-being including health, dental and vision benefits
Trail Days: First Friday of each month off to hit the trails!
Unlimited PTO
Flexible parental leave
Remote employee equipment stipend to create a great remote work environment
Annual continuing education stipend
Discounts on subscription and merchandise for you and your friends & family
An authentic investment in you as a human being and your career as a professional