Cars Commerce

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Be essential at Cars Commerce At Cars Commerce, we’re fanatical about simplifying everything about car buying and selling. We do right by our customers and consumers to better connect the industry with simplified and tierless technology to enhance, measure and drive local automotive retail. Whether through our No.1 most recognized marketplace, Cars.com, our industry-leading digital experience, Dealer Inspire, our trade and appraisal technology, AccuTrade, our reputation-based digital wholesale auction marketplace, Dealerclub, or our new Cars Commerce Media Network, Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry. No one ever travels alone here: at its core, Cars Commerce is collaboration. In fact, it’s built into the very fabric of our shared values. We like to say we Rise Together – putting people at the center of what we do, from consumer to customer to community. Life at Cars Commerce makes it easy when we share the ethos to be Open to All, encouraging open-minded communication because we know diverse thinking yields better outcomes. But critical to our success is Caring to Challengeand Taking Ownership, fueling a competitive spirit in a respectful environment where we think about tomorrow but act today. At our foundation, we have integrity, Doing the Right Thing, even when it’s hard. It’s our shared commitment to these values that makes Cars Commerce a place where growth becomes not only possible, but downright unavoidable. But don’t take our word for it. As a U.S. News & World Report Best Company to Work For in 2024, we're obsessive about the employee experience. We are among the top 20% being declared “Best” of our industry based on six critical factors that are important to employee wellbeing, like quality of pay, benefits, work life balance and more. Senior Product Designer (P4) Scope: As a Senior Product Designer at Cars Commerce, you will help solve challenges unique to our dual-sided marketplace by creating and delivering thoughtful product design solutions to car shoppers and dealer customers through design, research, empathy, and vigor. We embed design and design thinking into our products — helping us build a future where the magic of creativity thrives. You will lead the creation and delivery of optimal product designs and user experiences for new products, as well as expand style guides, pattern libraries, and design systems for CARS products. You act as the lead designer on high-visibility, high-impact products. Essential Functions: Experience designing mobile, tablet, and desktop experiences for responsive web. Experience designing mobile apps experiences for iOS and Android. Experience delivering wireframes, prototypes, user flows, and dev-ready high-fidelity designs. Lead design projects across the entire product lifecycle and multiple product launches. Drive design alignment efforts across the organization and with stakeholders to create a fit with strategic vision and coordinate through execution. Proactively address and resolve dependencies across teams and products. Rapidly produce multiple concepts and prototypes, anticipating and prioritizing the needs of stakeholders. Proactively brainstorm initial design concepts with cross-functional teams to bring product requirements to fruition. Engage in user-based research throughout the design process. Measure how your designs perform and come up with hypotheses for ways to improve performance. Represent the design team as a subject matter expert across cross-functional teams. Solicit and incorporate constructive feedback from stakeholders with a flexible and open approach to work, while maintaining a level of accountability and ownership for deliverables. Guide and mentor junior members of the team. Translate complex user and business needs into simple, viable product design solutions. Other duties as assigned. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in visual design, human-computer interaction, industrial design, or related field, or equivalent work experience. 6 years’ experience in product design or related field. Experience with Figma, Sketch, Invision, Principle, Zeplin, or comparable tools. Experience in an agile development environment. Nice To Have Qualifications: 8 years experience in visual design, human-computer interaction, industrial design, or related field. A presence in the broader Product Design community. Salary Range $118,600.00-148,250.00 Our Comprehensive Benefits Package includes: Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up Generous PTO Refuel - a service based recognition program where employees receive additional paid time away to learn grow and reset Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Recharge Day Learn more about our Benefits, Perks, & Culture on our LinkedIn Life Pages! We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. California Applicants: Click here to review our California Privacy Policy for Applicants. For current employees, please click here to review our California Privacy Policy for Employees. Welcome! At Cars Commerce, we think big, push boundaries, and rise together as a team. It’s all the challenge and energy of a job in the tech industry, backed by 25 years of proven resilience and growth as a leading consumer brand. Imagine getting to work on a team with a bold mission to simplify everything about buying and selling cars. A culture that’s a unique mix of innovation and collaboration. Exciting training and development opportunities that empower you to take ownership of your career. For our employees, every day is an opportunity. We’re a remote-first workplace that embraces diversity at every level. Inspired by our values, we intentionally create opportunities for our employees to grow and make an impact in our industry and local communities. Let’s move your career forward together. Cars Commerce is an audience-driven technology company empowering automotive that simplifies everything about buying and selling cars. The Cars Commerce platform includes the flagship automotive marketplace and dealer reputation site Cars.com, innovative digital marketing technology and services from Dealer Inspire, industry-leading trade-in and appraisal technology from AccuTrade, an exclusive in-market media network, and powerful and predictive AI technologies that enable more efficient and profitable retail operations. Cars Commerce is the essential partner to stay one step ahead in automotive.