\nAn Introduction to Forage\n\nAt Forage, we believe that talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. We want every student to have the opportunity to build vital career skills and industry knowledge for free, and thus, give everyone the chance to discover and land their dream job.\n\nToday, millions of candidates explore Forage virtual experiences to learn more about the unique and compelling work companies have to offer. Hundreds of firms (e.g. Goldman Sachs, BCG, JPMorgan, Accenture) around the world currently showcase their work and career paths on Forage. Our global reach means we can make a direct impact on the worldโs future workforce.\n\nThis is a rare opportunity to be part of a fast-growing mission-oriented start-up with a global presence backed by world-class investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Blackbird, Telstra Ventures, Y-Combinator, FundersClub, SemperVirens, Arizona State University and others.\n\nRole Description\n\nWe are looking for an experienced design leader to build out and lead our Design function. The ideal candidate will have experience growing aspiring individuals at every stage of their career, influencing cross-functional leadership on the importance of design, and a history of delivering best-in-class experiences that lead to impactful outcomes on time.\n\nThis is an opportunity to build a team and instill a design culture in the way youโve always imagined, for a company with an incredible mission, and with a super passionate yet humble group of people.\nResponsibilities\n\n\nDefine and execute upon a vision for design, and how design affects our product, our processes, and our people\n\nManage, mentor and inspire a team of Product Designers that consistently delivers on projects with the level of design quality that functionally drives desired customer and business outcomes and emotionally moves our users\n\nFoster a culture of exploration of new ideas, pushing the boundaries of how challenging problems can be solved through visual and UX\n\nProvide design direction to continually up-level the quality of the design work\n\nPartner closely and facilitate processes with cross functional team members and leadership across organizations\n\nScale design across the organization through strategic resourcing and prioritization and building out a design system for reuse\n\nCollaborate closely with marketing to establish our brand\n\nDevelop design talent and clear career growth paths where designers can grow in their careers\n\n\n\nYour Experience\n\n\nStrong background and work experience in Product Design\n\nVisual Design experience a plus\n\nProven leadership experience managing Product Design managers and individual contributors\n\nExperience growing a strategic design practice, both from scratch and at a larger scale\n\nTrack record of leading design teams that deliver on time and drives successful customer and business outcomes\n\nExcellent oral and written communication skills, and can inspire through engaging storytelling\n\nExperience establishing a design system and deploying its usage across the org\n\nExperience leading a successful visual brand refresh\n\n\n\n\nWhy work at Forage?\n\nForage is a small but dynamic team of builders who are passionate about equipping people with the skills to find their dream job. We are a global team, based in offices (and home offices) across Australia, the US and the UK. \n\nWorking in our team includes the following benefits:\n\n\n20 days of paid vacation leave\n\nCompany-sponsored 401(k) plan\n\nTop-tier medical, vision, and dental plan for you and your dependents\n\nCompany-paid basic life insurance\n\nHealth Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA (DCFSA)\n\nHome office setup stipend\n\nFlexible work schedule\n\nEquity compensation plan\n\nAccess to office space in NY and SF\n\nAccess to an employee assistance program and a professional development fund\n\n18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for the primary caregiver and 8 weeks of parental leave for the non-primary caregiver\n\nFull paid day off to celebrate a holiday of choice\n\nCommuter benefits\n\n\n\n\nWe celebrate diversity and we want people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences to join our team. Even if you feel like you only have some of the qualities outlined in a Forage job description but you still feel like you are the right person for the job, we encourage you to apply. We do not discriminate based upon gender, race, ethnicity, religion, color, age, religion, disabilities, sexual orientation, or other applicable characteristics. Employment decisions are purely based on qualifications, skills, and business needs.\n\nYouโll fit in at Forage if youโre different; if you stand out from the crowd; if you have a unique perspective and you like being creative. If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you! \n\nColorado and New York Residents\n\nColoradoโs Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and New York City Human Rights Law requires employers to provide the salary information for positions that are located in or can be remote from the State of Colorado or located in New York State. The median salary for this position is $210k USD plus equity. The final agreed-upon compensation is based on individual qualifications. Please email
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No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Marketing and Marketing jobs that are similar:\n\n
$65,000 — $100,000/year\n
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๐ฐ 401(k)\n\n๐ Distributed team\n\nโฐ Async\n\n๐ค Vision insurance\n\n๐ฆท Dental insurance\n\n๐ Medical insurance\n\n๐ Unlimited vacation\n\n๐ Paid time off\n\n๐ 4 day workweek\n\n๐ฐ 401k matching\n\n๐ Company retreats\n\n๐ฌ Coworking budget\n\n๐ Learning budget\n\n๐ช Free gym membership\n\n๐ง Mental wellness budget\n\n๐ฅ Home office budget\n\n๐ฅง Pay in crypto\n\n๐ฅธ Pseudonymous\n\n๐ฐ Profit sharing\n\n๐ฐ Equity compensation\n\nโฌ๏ธ No whiteboard interview\n\n๐ No monitoring system\n\n๐ซ No politics at work\n\n๐
We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nSan Francisco, California, United States