Lead Product Designer

We are looking for a motivated Lead Product Designer to join our Product Design team working across all Aviation products, including web, apps, and hardware, bringing our digital product experiences to life and meeting our high bar for quality + craft. Join our team if you're passionate about user-centered design and have a history of collaboratively creating and launching seamless digital experiences. At CLEAR, you'll tackle substantial challenges in the travel and digital identity domain, contributing to our vision and transforming our technology into an experience that feels like everyday magic.

• Design and deliver end-to-end product flows/UX/UI that translate big abstract ideas into concrete solutions, with a primary focus on CLEAR’s mobile app
• Work closely with cross-functional partners in Product, Engineering, Operations & Marketing to ensure CLEAR is building the right solutions that address the highest-order needs of both our business and members
• Define simple, elegant solutions for complex problems, creating friction-free experiences
• Be a fierce advocate for best-in-class UX/UI across the entire design lifecycle of our products both in the experience design, as well as the visual design of core products
• Have a consumer-centered approach to design, conducting research, and utilizing data to inform decisions and optimize product performance
• Map user flows, design, prototype, test, and iterate on new features and products prior to and post-launch

• Articulate a compelling narrative for your design decisions for different levels of zoom that can inspire + influence cross-functional partners, teams, and leadership
• Design and maintain cross-platform interaction patterns and libraries, with experience building out design systems for visual style, typography, spacing, and motion
• Help drive the right UX Research, both qualitative and quantitative, to yield insightful, actionable, data-driven design decisions, including but not limited to user interviews, usability testing, customer journey mapping, and existing data analysis
• Connect with design peers by learning, sharing, and teaching

• 9+ years of experience designing innovative consumer experiences across apps and the web
• Passion for understanding user behavior and anticipating new use cases
• Curiosity for exploring how digital experiences affect real-world behaviors
• Design philosophy that emphasizes clean and simple user interactions
• You take calculated risks: you’re comfortable with designing to learn, unafraid of making mistakes, and finding the balance between data-driven decision-making and intuition
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once and execute in a fast-paced environment
• Strong proficiency with current design tools including Figma, Principle, Lottie, and Abstract
• Possess a strong portfolio that demonstrates your proven track record of success
• Ability to write, synthesize, and/or analyze usability tests and apply the insights to your solutions
• Experience developing and conducting discovery and service design research is a plus
• Experience with HTML, CSS, and Javascript is a plus

At CLEAR we help YOU move forward - because when you’re at your best, we’re at our best. You’ll work with talented team members who are motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. Our hybrid work environment provides flexibility. In our offices, you’ll enjoy benefits like meals and snacks. We invest in your well-being and learning & development with our stipend and reimbursement programs. 

We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match. 

The base salary range for this role is $150,000-$200,000, depending on levels of skills and experience.

Have you ever had that green-light feeling? When you hit every green light and the day just feels like magic. CLEAR's mission is to create frictionless experiences where every day has that feeling. With more than 15+ million passionate members and hundreds of partners around the world, CLEAR’s identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or right on your phone, CLEAR connects you to the things that make you, you - unlocking easier, more secure, and more seamless experiences - making them all feel like magic.

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