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About Us
Blackbox is a new shipping company from the creators of Cards Against Humanity.
Our mission is to help independent artists sell and ship stuff directly to their fans for a fraction of the cost and effort of doing it themselves. Blackbox works like a co-op: if we all go in together, we get the cheapest pricing, the fastest shipping, and the best service. We think the future will favor independent creators selling their own products, without publishers or bloodsucking middlemen taking most of the money. In fact, we’re betting the company on it.
The technology we’ve built so far has shipped the most-backed Kickstarter game in history, sold over 10,000 Cards Against Humanity Trump Bug-Out Bags in under two hours, distributed 30,000 pieces of cow poo, and helps our clients run their successful small businesses.
About the Role
Our product team finds elegant solutions to challenging problems and makes the mundane task of shipping and selling products enjoyable for our clients. As the leader of our product design team, you will work alongside the development team to define and create software that enables our clients to get their products into the hands of their customers.
Blackbox is still in its infancy, and as the Head of Design you will play a pivotal role in shaping the direction of the business. You'll be responsible for setting your own goals, with a little help from the Board and the Product Director. The ideal candidate should find the idea of a blank slate—and the opportunity to really put their own mark on the business—exciting and empowering. In addition to shaping the business, the Head of Design will also enjoy rolling up their sleeves and doing the work themselves at times.
This is a full-time position based in Chicago, IL, with benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, and generous vacation. We work out of our wonderful co-working space full of artists, developers, game designers, photographers, and the occasional dog.
Responsibilities
- Manage the user experience and visual design for multiple projects from strategy to deployment on our various platforms including our checkout widget, client dashboard, and warehouse system.
- Help build an awesome product-design team that embraces creativity and rigor.
- Lead and define our product-design approaches and practices, including standards for process and quality of work.
- Help define and evolve the overall design language of the Blackbox brand.
- Maintain consistently excellent implementation of our brand design language across all channels, including product interfaces and public-facing portals.
- Articulate user-experience design issues effectively to accounts, logistics, and creative teams. Apply user-experience and design principles to create user stories, personas, user flows, site maps, wireframes, prototypes, and functional specifications.
- Stay current with industry trends and communicate those to the team for continued growth.
- Set scope and deadlines for projects.
- Focus the team on iteratively shipping usable products into the hands of our users.
Skills and Qualifications
- 10 years of experience in the design field and at least 4 years in managing design teams.
- Strong leadership, team development, project management, and mentorship experience.
- Deep knowledge of building a successful product—from concept to production.
- Design skills and knowledge that showcase an expertise in visual and interaction design.
- Adept at prototyping with tools like InVision, Marvel, or Atomic.
- High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
- Ability to guide complex projects from initial concept to production and post-launch evaluation.
- BA or BS in Design or similar field.
To apply, please send the following to [email protected]
- A brief introduction to yourself and why you want to work at Blackbox.
- A link to your online portfolio.
- Your resumé.
- Salary requirements.
No cover letters.
We are committed to diversity and especially encourage members of underrepresented communities to apply.
This is a full-time position based in Chicago, IL.
Must be legally authorized in the United States.
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