Senior Product Designer - Growth, Monetization & Acquisition

About Grammarly

Grammarly is the world’s leading AI writing assistance company trusted by over 30 million people and 70,000 teams. From instantly creating a first draft to perfecting every message, Grammarly helps people at 96% of the Fortune 500 and teams at companies like Atlassian, Databricks, and Zoom get their point across—and get results—with best-in-class security practices that keep data private and protected. Founded in 2009, Grammarly is No. 7 on the Forbes Cloud 100, one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies, one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in AI, and one of Inc.’s Best Workplaces.

The opportunity

To achieve their ambitious goals, they are looking for an innovative, craft-caring freelance Senior Growth Designer to join their Acquisition team within the Growth Area. The designs will reach millions of people daily and make Grammarly’s value so clear and undeniable that our top-of-funnel overflows with new users excited to get started with Grammarly. The person in this role will collaborate with a fun, diverse team of talented growth experts, all passionate about experimentation and innovative growth strategies. Furthermore, their influence will shape how Grammarly’s AI capabilities are showcased to professionals and students, demonstrating why Grammarly is the top AI writing partner!

Important, please read before you apply: Experience working in a Top-of-Funnel Growth role is essential for this position. While a specific “Growth Designer” title is not required, relevant experience is a must. Unfortunately, candidates without this experience will not be considered. Additionally, experience in B2C or B2B SaaS is required.

This position is remote to start but has a strong preference for candidates based in the San Francisco/Bay Area. If converted to a full-time role, relocation to the San Francisco office will be required. We will prioritize candidates in the US West Coast time zone for optimal collaboration, but we may expand the search across the US if necessary. All candidates must be willing to work on Pacific Time and be authorized to work in the United States.

This role requires a minimum of Senior-level experience, but Staff-level candidates are also encouraged to apply.

If you are passionate about growth and have the expertise we are looking for, we would love to hear from you.

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Responsibilites

• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, content designers, data scientists, and user researchers to design efficient growth systems, conduct experiments, and create new experiences that significantly boost new user growth.
• Partner with the Organic Acquisition Marketing and Creative team to define and execute the strategic design and optimization direction for our web and top-of-funnel surfaces, ensuring potential customers easily understand and act on Grammarly’s value.
• Envision and create concepts for new acquisition solutions and vision. Explore cutting-edge web interactions and capabilities, build highly interactive elements and product experiences on web, and proactively share how we can push the boundaries
• Understand Grammarly’s strategic business goals and user needs to actively contribute toward identifying key growth opportunities and building a cohesive roadmap with your team.
• Conduct user testing on your designs, capture insights gained, and seamlessly integrate these findings into iterative design improvements.
• Elevate design standards for acquisition surfaces, ensuring on-trend, high-quality execution that pushes us forward.
• Mentor designers and cross-functional partners, fostering agile problem-solving and encouraging high-quality craft and outcomes.
• Maintain and grow/expand design standards that showcase Grammarly’s trusted brand.
• Be curious about and constantly learn about new ways of approaching top of funnel opportunities.

Qualifications

• Has 5+ years of shipping product designs that drive business growth.
• Excels in designing for web and mobile web experiences.
• Possesses storytelling charm to inspire support for design direction.
• Demonstrates prototyping skills for bringing ideas to life.
• Exhibits strong visual and graphic design skills that elevate web standards.
• Has knowledge of how to build productized web experiences, interactive web elements, and motion-based web content. Bonus if you know Webflow.
• Can adapt between zero-to-one projects and iterative work.
• Geeks out on growth strategy, user psychology, and conversion goals.
• Loves running A/B tests to gather data-driven insights that optimize designs.
• Is highly curious about user needs and business goals.
• Is passionate about the AI and productivity industry.
• Seeks research to develop hypotheses and inform design decisions.
• Balances craft, critical thinking, and business needs delivering meaningful impact.
• Has a growth mindset and runs wholeheartedly toward a challenge.
• Is driven to collaborate and drive projects to completion.
• Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
• Is inspired by our MOVE principles: move fast and learn faster; obsess about creating customer value; value impact over activity; and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust.
• Is able to meet in person for their team’s scheduled collaboration weeks, traveling if necessary to the hub where their team is based.

Project Details

• Duration: 2 months (targeting January 2025 start date)
• Commitment: 40 hours per week
• Location: Remote for now, you must work on Pacific Time.
• Work Authorization: You must be based in and eligible to work in the United States.

$70 - $90 an hour

Academy Interview Process

You’re probably not used to interviewing with a staffing or recruiting firm. We get it, we are a bit different. Just know that we are doing it with your best interest in mind. That means you are gonna get a fair, honest, and thoughtful review of your candidacy with clear and direct feedback. We want to help you look like a star to our clients because the better talent we can share, the better company we can build. So if you’re considering working with Academy, we won’t make it harder by forcing you to read our minds or guess what we value. Instead, we’ll tell you exactly what we look for – and why it matters to us. We’ll work closely to support you throughout the interview process, which we’ve outlined below:

Portfolio Review & Phone Screen

If your portfolio and work experience shows that your skills and experience have synergy with the role qualifications and responsibilities, then we will schedule an initial phone screen to learn more about you, discuss your availability, experience, and what you’re looking for in your next role.

Portfolio Interview

If everything aligns on the Phone Screen, we schedule a second interview, our Portfolio Interview. On this call, we will ask you to walk through one of your case studies in order to evaluate your work, strategy, and execution.

Client Interview

The next step would be to present our assessment of the talents candidacy to our clients. Should they decide to move forward, we will schedule interviews with the candidate and the hiring team to review their work, strategy, and execution.

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