Growth Designer at Ladders

About Ladders

At Ladders, we're building the most effective AI-powered products in job search.

As one of the leading innovators in the category, we've shipped industry-first products including AI-generated resumes, one-click resume customization, personalized cover letters, and LinkedIn profile optimization tools that help professionals land more interviews.

Every week, we launch new products and improvements that help job seekers advance their careers faster. We move quickly, test constantly, and focus relentlessly on customer outcomes.

We're a highly collaborative team with a strong bias for action. We value people who take ownership, move projects forward, embrace feedback, and care deeply about delivering measurable impact.

The Role

We're looking for an experienced designer who thrives at the intersection of product, marketing, conversion optimization, and user experience.

You'll own experiences across our website, landing pages, ecommerce flows, lifecycle email journeys, and performance marketing creative. You'll combine exceptional design craft with a deep understanding of user behavior, experimentation, and business outcomes.

Portfolio Required: Applications without a portfolio will not be considered.

We are especially interested in seeing examples of websites, landing pages, growth experiments, lifecycle experiences, e-commerce flows, performance creative, and measurable business impact.

• Drive conversion rate optimization (CRO) initiatives and contribute to experimentation and A/B testing programs.

• Design and optimize website experiences, landing pages, e-commerce flows, lifecycle email journeys, and paid advertising campaigns.

• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Leadership to improve acquisition, activation, engagement, retention, and revenue.

• Lead user research, ideation, wireframing, prototyping, testing, and final design execution.

• Create and iterate on performance marketing creative informed by customer insights and business results.

• Use analytics, user behavior data, and research findings to inform design decisions.

• Present design rationale and recommendations to stakeholders across the company.

• Support implementation and ensure a high-quality user experience from concept through launch.

• Increased website and landing page conversion rates.

• Higher-performing acquisition funnels and lifecycle journeys.

• Better activation, engagement, and subscription metrics.

• Faster experimentation cycles and learning velocity.

• Beautiful, intuitive experiences that drive measurable business results.

• 7+ years of experience in design, growth, marketing, or UX/UI design.

• Strong portfolio demonstrating successful website, landing page, e-commerce, email, and design work.

• Experience with conversion optimization, experimentation, and performance-focused design.

• Expertise in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Dovetail, etc.

• Strong understanding of user behavior, analytics, and data-informed design.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

You'll Thrive Here If You

• Have a strong bias for action and enjoy moving quickly.

• Are energized by feedback and comfortable iterating rapidly.

• Enjoy collaborating with highly engaged teammates who care deeply about outcomes.

• Balance speed, quality, and business impact.

• Take ownership and consistently push projects forward.

• Are resilient, adaptable, and excited by ambitious goals.

Why Join Ladders?

You'll help shape the future of AI-powered job search while working directly with company leadership. This is an opportunity to directly influence product strategy, growth, customer experience, and business results. If you enjoy moving quickly, shipping meaningful work, and seeing your ideas have an impact, we'd love to meet you.