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Role Overview As a Staff Product Designer on the Growth team, you’ll be a key driver of Linktree’s product-led growth strategy—working at the intersection of user behavior, business strategy, and product craft. You’ll lead the design direction for experiments, onboarding, conversion, and monetization experiences that help users discover value, upgrade, and stay engaged. This is a hands-on role with high impact. You’ll be expected to influence product direction, shape strategy alongside PMs and engineering leads, and raise the bar for design craft and experimentation across the team. You’ll also mentor and guide other designers, helping them grow and align their process, thinking, and work closer to business goals and iterative approaches. What You'll Do • Rapidly design, deliver, and iterate on end-to-end user journeys that drive measurable impact on user acquisition, activation, retention, and revenue. • Shape and shepherd the design vision and strategy for key growth levers across acquisition, activation, engagement, and monetization. • Partner closely with product, engineering, data, and marketing to identify high-impact opportunities and shape roadmaps. • Lead complex projects end-to-end, from identifying insights through to execution and iteration. • Define and refine how we approach experimentation and measurement from a design perspective. • Champion design excellence and advocate for our users—balancing experimentation velocity with long-term product quality. • Mentor and coach other designers on the Growth team, supporting both craft and career development. • Act as a thought partner to design leadership, contributing to design ops, hiring, and evolving our Growth design culture. What We’re Looking For • 8+ years of product design experience, including 2+ years in a senior or staff-level role on a growth or optimization-focused team. • A portfolio that demonstrates exceptional craft, critical thinking, and a strong bias for impact. • Deep understanding of product-led growth mechanics and how to design for conversion, retention, and revenue. • Strong experimentation experience—comfortable designing A/B tests, interpreting results, and iterating quickly to deliver quality at speed. • Systems thinker who can zoom in on pixels and zoom out to product vision without skipping a beat. • Proven leader and collaborator—you influence without authority and act as a centerpoint to bring cross-functional teams together. • Confident communicator who can clearly articulate design rationale, strategic thinking, and trade-offs. • Our ideal candidate has prior management experience, history as a design mentor to Senior-level designers, or an interest in growing into a management role. Why Join Linktree • Be part of a rapidly growing company that's shaping the future of how people connect online. • Contribute to a product that impacts millions of users worldwide, driving innovation in digital experiences. • Shape the user experience for one of the most popular platforms globally, impacting millions of users. • Be part of a collaborative and inclusive culture that values diversity and innovation. • Enjoy competitive compensation, flexible work arrangements, and robust professional development opportunities. Linktree is committed to providing a fair and competitive compensation package including cash, equity, and benefits. The base salary offered for this role is targeted at $200,000 - $225,000 for roles based in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Final offers depend on multiple factors including location, experience, expertise, and role scope, and may vary from the range listed. P.S. If you don’t tick every box in this listing, please don’t rule yourself out. We take pride in inclusion and hiring incredible human beings with great potential over ticking boxes – so if this role resonates with you, hit that apply button! Our Story We’re on a mission to empower anyone to curate, grow, and monetize their digital universe. We created the “link in bio” category — and we’re just getting started. From creators, artists, and entrepreneurs to global brands, we’re redefining how people connect with their communities, showcase their content and promote products — all in one link. Today, a community of 70+ million use Linktree, including icons like Adidas, TikTok, the UN Environmental Program, The NFL, Manchester United, World Central Kitchen, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, and Selena Gomez. With 48,000 new accounts created every day, Linktree is the fastest-growing leader in our space. We’ve teamed up with some of the world’s biggest platforms including TikTok, Snap, YouTube, GoFundMe, Spotify, Google, Stripe, Reddit, Laylo, and Kajabi, to unify Linkers’ digital spaces, and we partner with retail brands Amazon, Nike, Nordstrom Target, Sephora, Vuori, and more to share products they love. We’re a tight-knit, passionate team building best-in-class tools that make online presence simple, powerful, and yours. If you're excited by the idea of shaping a new category, setting the standard, and making space for everyone to be seen and succeed, we’d love to meet you. Where and How We Work We're a global, diverse team spread across continents with offices in London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, and San Francisco. We work together flexibly and you can choose the setup that works best for you: fully remote or a hybrid mix of office and home. We offer autonomy in how you structure your days and weeks. While we’re mindful of time zones and occasionally collaborate outside the typical 9–5, we lean into async work to keep things flowing. Our culture is family-friendly and Zoom-casual where kids, pets, and delivery drivers are welcome. How we’ll help you thrive Our approach to benefits considers the whole person and the unique contributions they bring to Linktree. We want the experience at Linktree to be one that enables people to truly thrive so we can Go Further Together (one of our values). Some ways we support you: • An annual wellbeing allowance to use on things like (but not limited to) fitness memberships, development courses, childcare, travel, charitable donations, pet insurance, home office set-up - the choice is yours! • 100% coverage (and 80% for your dependents) of your monthly premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for US-based employees. • Employer contribution towards your retirement. • Generous time off for vacation, holidays, parental leave, volunteer time, and other categories. • Employee stock option program - we want each and every employee to share in the company’s success. At Linktree, we believe in promoting a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds, talents, and experiences, and we’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are creating an inclusive workplace where every individual feels valued, respected, and has equal opportunities to thrive. We aim to foster a diverse and inclusive environment where all team members have a sense of belonging. Linktree welcomes all people regardless of sex, gender identity, race, ethnicity, disability, pregnancy, age, or other lived experience. If you require accommodations to fully participate in our opportunities, please don't hesitate to reach us at talent@linktr.ee – your needs are important to us.

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Rapidly design, deliver, and iterate on end-to-end user journeys that drive measurable impact on user acquisition, activation, retention, and revenue.
Shape and shepherd the design vision and strategy for key growth levers across acquisition, activation, engagement, and monetization.
Partner closely with product, engineering, data, and marketing to identify high-impact opportunities and shape roadmaps.
Lead complex projects end-to-end, from identifying insights through to execution and iteration.
Define and refine how we approach experimentation and measurement from a design perspective.
Champion design excellence and advocate for our users—balancing experimentation velocity with long-term product quality.
Mentor and coach other designers on the Growth team, supporting both craft and career development.
Act as a thought partner to design leadership, contributing to design ops, hiring, and evolving our Growth design culture.
What We’re Looking For
8+ years of product design experience, including 2+ years in a senior or staff-level role on a growth or optimization-focused team.
A portfolio that demonstrates exceptional craft, critical thinking, and a strong bias for impact.
Deep understanding of product-led growth mechanics and how to design for conversion, retention, and revenue.
Strong experimentation experience—comfortable designing A/B tests, interpreting results, and iterating quickly to deliver quality at speed.
Systems thinker who can zoom in on pixels and zoom out to product vision without skipping a beat.
Proven leader and collaborator—you influence without authority and act as a centerpoint to bring cross-functional teams together.
Confident communicator who can clearly articulate design rationale, strategic thinking, and trade-offs.
Our ideal candidate has prior management experience, history as a design mentor to Senior-level designers, or an interest in growing into a management role.
Why Join Linktree
Be part of a rapidly growing company that's shaping the future of how people connect online.
Contribute to a product that impacts millions of users worldwide, driving innovation in digital experiences.
Shape the user experience for one of the most popular platforms globally, impacting millions of users.
Be part of a collaborative and inclusive culture that values diversity and innovation.
Enjoy competitive compensation, flexible work arrangements, and robust professional development opportunities.

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