Product Designer at UnitedMasters | Translation

Who We Are

UnitedMasters is building a marketplace that connects artists, brands and fans - empowering artists to earn and grow. UnitedMasters has taken the bold step of building a music distribution service that, radically, puts artists first - disrupting the legacy music business by letting up-and-coming artists distribute their music directly to fans through streaming services while maintaining ownership of their master recording rights and up to 100% of royalties. Through the combination of UnitedMasters’ music distribution platform and its deep ties to brands, UnitedMasters enables independent artists and change-makers to grow and earn unlike any other platform.

The UnitedMasters team is made up of musicians, marketers, engineers, and storytellers with backgrounds from YouTube, SoundCloud, Pandora, Facebook, Uber, Dropbox, Complex, VICE, and more. We work hand in hand with the award-winning creative teams that forge those innovative partnerships at Translation (our in-house creative advertising agency).

We are looking for a Product Designer to join UnitedMasters! Please note that this role is a Hybrid role: three days in office and two days remote. 

What You'll Do

• Prototype & Innovate: Lead the prototyping efforts for new product features, turning rough ideas into polished, interactive designs that can be tested and refined. Use rapid prototyping to explore design solutions and ensure we validate concepts before scaling them.
• Design System Expertise: Help evolve and maintain a comprehensive design system, ensuring consistency across multiple products and platforms while still allowing flexibility for creative innovation.
• Collaborative Problem-Solving: Partner closely with cross-functional teams—including engineering, product, and marketing—to develop innovative product experiences. Actively participate in brainstorming sessions, offering fresh perspectives and user-centered solutions.
• Scrappy Execution: Take ownership of the design process in a fast-paced environment. From ideation to execution, you’ll manage multiple design challenges at once, balancing ambition with pragmatism, and driving execution with urgency and precision.
• Communicate Clearly: Present design concepts, rationale, and user insights to a variety of stakeholders, from engineers to executives. You'll be a champion of the design vision, ensuring alignment across the team and effectively communicating design goals.
• Drive Innovation: Constantly stay on top of industry trends, design best practices, and emerging technologies. You'll bring new ideas and tools to the table, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible within the tech and music space.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proven Design Experience: 2-4 years experience in product design, with a strong portfolio showcasing your ability to design complex, user-friendly digital products. Experience in both mobile and web design is highly preferred, particularly in tech or music industries.
  
• Prototyping & Interaction Design: Experience in UX/ Interaction design, and delivering high-fidelity, prototyping responsive designs. You can quickly create prototypes to communicate your ideas and validate concepts with users.
• Design System Mastery: Hands-on experience creating and maintaining design systems. You understand the importance of scalable, consistent design systems while balancing the need for creativity and innovation.
• Collaboration Skills: Strong experience working in cross-functional teams, partnering with engineers, product managers, and other designers. You know how to get things done in an iterative, collaborative environment and work effectively in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial setting.
• Clear Communication: You can communicate your design rationale, process, and decisions effectively, both visually and verbally. You're adept at presenting your designs to various stakeholders and can explain complex design concepts to non-designers.
• Scrappy & Adaptable: Able to work in ambiguity and find creative solutions in a fast-moving environment. You thrive in a startup-like culture where you can test ideas quickly, iterate, and learn.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• 2-4+ years of relevant work experience as a Product Designer or Interaction Designer
• Solid or Expert proficiency in any design tools like Figma (critical), Adobe XD, After Effects, Spline, Webflow, Blender, Rive (nice to haves)
• Experience working with design systems, including scaling and maintaining them across teams
• Experience with rapid prototyping tools (e.g.,Figma, InVision, Framer, Principle)
• Strong visual design skills and a solid understanding of user experience principles
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in both mobile and web design is highly preferred
• Previous experience in the music tech or entertainment industries
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and web accessibility standards
• Experience with user research and usability testing, including gathering insights through both qualitative and quantitative methods
• Strong understanding of animation and motion design principles
• Passion for independent music and helping artists thrive
• Passion for Music & Tech: A love for the music industry and the role technology can play in empowering creators. If you're excited about the intersection of art, technology, and user experience, this is the role for you.

About UnitedMasters, Inc.

UnitedMasters Inc. represents the creative solutions company, Translation, and the leading software and services platform for independent creators, UnitedMasters. UnitedMasters enables ownership, exposure, and new paths for financial return for independent creators, while Translation helps brands leverage the power of contemporary culture to achieve transformational growth. Combined, UnitedMasters, Inc. is the world’s leading marketplace for cultural capital, connecting independent artists and brands to realize a future in which all creators own their future. Backed by Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz, and Apple, UnitedMasters, Inc. is reimagining how brands and artists come together to tell their stories, build profitable growth, and push culture forward.

Salary Hiring Range: $140,000 - $155,000

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide (e.g. bonus, stock options, 401(k) match, etc.)

Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.  We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors. 

The range above is for the expectations as laid out in the job description, however we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted.  If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated with you as a candidate.

The salary range above is for the NY/CA.  As a company, we have a location based strategy, which means the salary range could be lower or higher than this if the role is hired in another location.

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