Etsy

Director of Content Design

Brooklyn, New York · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$218k-$283kDetected 30 days ago

Design SystemsContent MarketingLeadershipCollaboration

About the role

Company Description Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods.
As an Etsy Inc. employee, whether a team member of Etsy or Depop, you will tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.
Salary Range: $218,000.00 - $283,000.00 What's the Role?

Lead and develop a team of content designers embedded across product verticals.
Build the conditions for strong independent work, shared craft standards, and a clear operating model for how work gets scoped, prioritized, and decided across teams.
Drive the content strategy for Etsy's horizontal design systems, ensuring content patterns are first-class components in how we build at scale.
Partner with UX Foundations leadership to shape how content design integrates into the design system and broader platform work.
Show up as a senior design partner to the product verticals working on Etsy's most complex buyer and seller experiences.
Know when to lead, when to coach a team member through it, and when to escalate a content risk.
Represent content design in product planning, surface quality issues early, and help partners understand what it takes to ship content that holds the bar.
You will partner deeply with Brand, Legal, Product Design, and Design Systems to drive a cohesive content voice and style that is clear, consistent, and unmistakably Etsy.
You will lead a team of content designers working directly with systems and product teams to embed content quality into the product experience at every level.
This is a full-time position reporting to the Director of Product Design, UX Foundations.

Experience on buyer/seller marketplaces or two-sided consumer platforms is a strong plus.
A portfolio that shows range across systems-level thinking and specific product decisions, at different levels of scope and ambiguity.

$218,000.00 - $283,000.00
In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy.

setting the vision for content quality, leading high-impact and highly complex work across our buyer and seller experiences, and elevating the quality and maturity of content design as a practice at Etsy.
In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy.

For this role, we are considering candidates based in the United States.
If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the application or interview process, please let your recruiter know.

While Etsy supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skills.

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