DigitalOcean

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.

We're seeking a senior-level designer to join our Growth and Digital Experience team—with a focus on AI and Growth—who is passionate about simplifying and unifying the experience from our marketing site through our onboarding flow and into our AI/ML products. Reporting to the Creative Director, you'll become a vital part of a vibrant Growth and Digital Experience team that champions an inclusive and supportive environment. Design at DigitalOcean is not just wireframing around complex challenges; we're spearheading the development of simple, powerful tools across our entire ecosystem.

What You’ll Do:

• Identify and act quickly: Move rapidly from opportunity to concept to design, creating multiple options to maintain momentum.
• Deliver impact: Lead and contribute to projects that drive significant value for customers and the business.
• Design user flows: Create complete user flows that address current and future needs.
• Core team member: Influence growth and AI strategy and execution as part of the Digital Experience team with Product Managers, Engineers, and other Designers.
• Communicate clearly: Articulate and exhibit design perspectives and solutions to complex problems for non–desinger audiences.
• Collaborate technically: Work with engineering to resolve front-end issues and enhance product quality.
• Drive KPI improvements: Hypothesize how design can impact key performance indicators and solve product and brand challenges.
• Advance design practices: Implement best practices and introduce industry-leading tools and methods.
• Foster relationships: Maintain strong cross-functional relationships to ensure seamless collaboration.
• Contribute to our design system: Collaborate to introduce new elements and share innovations in the design library.
• Spearhead innovation: Design intuitive and cohesive user experiences that are engaging and straightforward. Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to create impactful interactions and experiences that exceed user expectations.
• Empower users: Focus on human-centered design principles to enhance user capabilities and respect their needs, driving satisfaction and aligning with strategic goals.
• Ensure relevance: Create contextually relevant experiences for users of varying technical proficiency, addressing the evolving needs of developers and their teams.
• Foster enjoyment: Make development delightful by creating engaging and enjoyable experiences, encouraging continuous innovation and positivity across the team.

Key Metrics:

• Self-Serve Funnel Metrics
• M1-M12 Revenue
• NDR
• Improve discovery of GPU Droplets & GAI Platform
• Improve engagement with GPU Droplets & GAI Platform
• Improved user experience

What You’ll Add to DigitalOcean:

• AI-expertise: AI is ever changing and evolving at a very rapid pace. Your experience working with AI, designing for AI, and selling it will prove vital for this role.
• Cloud and/or Platform Experience: Experience designing for cloud infrastructure or platform products, with an understanding of how developers and technical teams adopt, scale, and integrate these solutions.
• Experience and versatility: Bring relevant experience from AI platform companies, cloud infrastructure companies, and the like. Work on both broadly defined concepts and narrowly defined tactical deliverables.
• Dynamic engagement: Thrive on engaging with a wide range of projects across the DigitalOcean ecosystem.
• T-shaped skills: Deep expertise in product design, with broad skills including visual design, development, research, and usability testing, among others.
• Effective communication and team player: Excel in verbal and written communication, works well within a team, combining opinionated perspectives with humility.
• Accessibility advocacy and user-centricity: Prioritize accessible design and understand the needs of both technical and non-technical users.
• Organization and self-motivation: Maintain highly developed organizational skills and take full responsibility for your work, knowing when to seek guidance.
• Lifelong learning and tech-savvyness: Stay updated with the latest in design systems, continuously pursue learning, and have a keen interest in technical products and their design challenges. Having worked closely with developers or for developer companies is a big +.
• Stakeholder savvyness and adaptability: Gain buy-in from multiple stakeholders, keep them informed about impactful changes, and adjust strategies and roles to meet business demands.

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

• We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
• We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is between $110,880 - $138,600 based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• We value diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and recognize that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams and products to serve our customers. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
• This is a remote role

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