Hybrid Senior Product Designer – Marketplace

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About the role

  • Senior Product Designer leading end-to-end user experience design for Mercari's Japanese marketplace. Collaborates with teams to shape problem spaces and define design quality.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end design for buyer-facing experiences, from discovery and problem framing through execution and launch.
  • Act as Lead Designer for assigned product areas, setting experience direction and design quality standards.
  • Translate ambiguous business and user problems into clear experience strategies, flows, and high-quality UI.
  • Drive design decisions through strong craft, systems thinking, and user-centered rationale.
  • Collaborate deeply with PM, Eng, and UXR to shape product direction and influence roadmaps.
  • Identify gaps and opportunities beyond the immediate scope and proactively propose new ideas, concepts, or improvements.
  • Contribute to and evolve shared design systems, patterns, and best practices.
  • Provide thoughtful feedback and mentorship to other designers, raising the overall quality of work.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in product, UX, or interaction design with ownership of end-to-end experiences.
  • Strong craft skills across UX, interaction design, and visual design, with a sharp eye for detail and quality.
  • Proven ability to lead design for complex or ambiguous problem spaces.
  • Experience influencing product direction through design thinking, concepts, and storytelling.
  • Solid understanding of design systems, scalable patterns, and consistency at scale.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills with cross-functional partners.
  • A portfolio demonstrating high-quality shipped work, problem-solving depth, and design leadership.

Job title

Senior Product Designer – Marketplace

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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