About Howl 

Howl is a creator platform for the customer centric and product obsessed. Creators of every size use Howl’s commerce and payments technology to get better rates and easy payments for their big ideas. Creators on Howl earn more when they open doors for others, and have the tools to turn their craft into a business.

We are a remote-first company with a diverse team that reflects our vision. Howl builds so millions more creators can bring their talent, magic, and service to shoppers around the world.

What You’ll Do

Howl is looking for a Senior Product Design Lead / Design Director to help usher our products into their next phase. This role reports to the head of product. 

Your outcomes in the first 1-2 years

  • You have helped craft the vision of what our client-facing products can do. You will be transforming the complex into simple; raw data into usable insights. 
  • You have helped us reimagine how our users do their work: from marketers at the hottest brands and retailers; to writers, editors, and creators who write the internet’s most trusted recommendations. 
  • You have externalized our internal tools into the self-serve platform necessary to scale and grow the company.

What You’ll Bring

  • Track record of success: Has built an end-to-end experience that people currently use. Has delivered projects in abbreviated time frames, owned and led alignment discussions around discovery and design. 
  • Structured thinking: Can break down a design into its component parts, and then guide a group of stakeholders through countless design directions to an actionable result. Ability to help scope, discover design projects,  take direction and feedback and iterate quickly 
  • User empathy / curiosity: Always grounds the design process in a deep curiosity about the user. 
  • Collaboration: Brings a low-ego approach to the team, seamlessly incorporating feedback and new inputs into their design/thought process, while pushing back against stakeholders when necessary. Opinionated but humble. 
  • Confidence to explore (speed):  In early exploration phases, brings exceptional design velocity to to guide stakeholders through multiple “rough” versions to quickly validate ideas and drive conversation.
  • Adaptability: Has worked in a fast-paced environment — bringing well-worn frameworks to the table and the confidence to break from them when necessary. Fluidity and comfortable with iteration. 

Important Notice: Howl is a fully remote organization! 

Howl is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.

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