Lead Product Designer

The Product Design team at Zola is made up of creative problem-solvers who are passionate about making the best experience for Zola couples throughout their wedding planning journey, and beyond.

Zola is seeking a Lead Product Designer to join our Commerce team. The Commerce team is responsible for vital experiences across Zola such as the Registry and Paper products. This is a collaborative environment where you will partner closely with fellow designers, product managers, engineers, and other cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate is in NYC or Montreal, but remote applicants are welcome.

What You'll Do

• You'll design responsive web experiences that wow our couples and vendors, and meet business goals.
• You'll deliver across the full end-to-end spectrum of product design responsibilities, from early research, to ensuring the final build matches your visual designs.
• You'll distill practical solutions from complex challenges in a user-centric, data-informed feedback loop.
• You’ll define the vision and lead the team through execution of all scope of projects.
• You’ll delegate to and mentor other designers on the team, to aid in their growth potential.
• You'll contribute to the design team as a whole, whether through component library documentation or suggesting ideas for better design ops.

What We Love About You

• Autonomous. You can take full ownership of the work you're tasked with.
• Data-driven. You have experience using data, and when to question it.
• Passionate. You can thrive in an evolving, fast paced work environment.
• Humble. You understand that impactful work doesn't happen in a bubble.
• Curious. You don't have to know everything—just be willing to learn.
• Empathetic. You’ll be at home within an organization that genuinely cares about others.
• 7+ years of professional work experience, or equivalent.

Why You’ll Love Zola

We're Zola, the wedding company that will do anything for love. We're reinventing the wedding planning and registry experience to make the happiest moment in our couples’ lives even happier. From engagement, to the big day, to decorating your first home, Zola is there, combining compassionate customer service with modern tools and technology… all in the service of love.

We built our entire platform from the ground-up in 2013, and quickly became the fastest-growing wedding company in the country. Our team has deep experience creating award-winning online and mobile products that are helpful, intuitive, and simply magical. We've raised over $140 million in financing, and we’re proud to have investor partners including Female Founders Fund, Comcast Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Canvas Ventures, Thrive Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners, among others.

We are passionate about supporting all forms of love, and we’re proud of our thriving community of over 1 million couples. We strive to hire a team that is as beautifully diverse as the couples getting married today, and we encourage individuals from every race, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, marital status, religion and perspective to apply. Zola will always be a place where every employee, couple, wedding guest, wedding vendor, and partner will be respected and accepted and valued.

Our headquarters are in NYC, but we also have a growing team in Charlottesville and Montreal. Come work with us!