Web Designer

Factory

$90K — $110K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in designing and building production websites with a strong portfolio.
  • Expertise in typography, layout, and interaction design that conveys a distinct site identity.
  • Proficient in Figma and capable of navigating design, prototyping, and coding workflows.
  • Strong skills in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with experience in React or Next.js frameworks.
  • Experience with web animation and motion design, demonstrating timing and restraint in implementation.
  • Understanding of responsive design, accessibility, and web performance best practices.
  • Familiar with AI tools for prototyping with a critical eye for assessing outputs.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end website process from concept through to ongoing iterations.
  • Design and develop product and marketing pages along with other site features.
  • Implement animations and interactions, enhancing user experiences with thoughtful transitions.
  • Evolve the visual language and reusable components for swift new page creation.
  • Collaborate with Marketing and Product teams to clarify technical features into user-friendly stories.
  • Regularly deliver content and design updates, maintaining existing site quality.
  • Ensure responsive, accessible, and fast experiences across all devices and browsers, considering user motion preferences.
  • Leverage analytics and user feedback to refine navigation and engagement strategies.

Benefits

  • In-office position promoting collaboration and team dynamics in San Francisco.
  • Opportunity to work closely with cross-disciplinary teams including Design, Marketing, and Engineering.
  • Encouragement for exploration and innovation in the user experience and site effectiveness.
  • Frequent opportunities for launching experiments and implementing ongoing site improvements.
Full Job Description
About the Role

This is a hands-on role for someone who cares how a website feels in the browser. The rhythm of a page. The timing of a transition. An interactive demo that makes a complex idea click. You'll have room to explore those details and the responsibility to ship them.

Working closely with Design, Marketing, and Engineering, you'll keep the site moving as quickly as the product, with frequent launches, experiments, and improvements.

What you will do and achieve
  • Own Factory's website end to end: concept, design, prototyping, frontend development, testing, launch, and ongoing iteration.
  • Design and build product pages, campaign landing pages, launch experiences, and other additions to the site.
  • Create and implement motion, animation, and interactions, including page transitions, scroll-driven storytelling, hover states, and interactive product demonstrations.
  • Evolve the site's visual language and reusable components so new pages ship quickly without losing their character or craft.
  • Partner with Marketing and Product to turn technical capabilities into clear stories that people can explore and understand.
  • Ship frequent content updates and design improvements. Take care of the existing site with the same attention you bring to a new launch.
  • Make every experience responsive, accessible, and fast. Own the details across screen sizes and browsers, including reduced-motion behavior.
  • Use analytics, user feedback, and experimentation to improve navigation, engagement, and conversion.


Qualifications
  • Experience designing and building production websites, with a portfolio of live work that demonstrates strong visual craft and hands-on implementation.
  • Excellent typography, layout, composition, and interaction design skills. You can give a site a distinct identity and carry it through to the smallest details.
  • Proficiency in Figma and a comfortable workflow between design, prototyping, and code.
  • Strong HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills, with experience shipping in a modern frontend framework such as React or Next.js.
  • Experience implementing web animation and motion. You have a feel for timing and easing, and know when restraint makes an experience better.
  • An understanding of responsive design, accessibility, browser behavior, and web performance.
  • The ability to take an open-ended brief, propose a direction, and carry it through implementation. You're comfortable balancing ambitious work with quick, frequent updates.
  • Experience using AI tools to prototype and build, with the judgment to review and refine what they produce.
  • Bonus: experience with creative coding, WebGL, 3D, or animation tools such as GSAP, Motion, or Rive.
  • Please include links to websites you've shipped and a short note on what you personally designed and built. We'd love to see motion and interaction work in the browser.


This is an in-office position (5 days/week) in San Francisco (walking distance to Caltrain)

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