Sr. Digital Product Designer

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is a world famous brand with offices across the globe. Within Fender Musical Instruments Corporation’s ("FMIC") eCommerce team, you’ll lead product design efforts for Fender.com, jacksonguitars.com and presonus.com helping to evolve our global digital experience through thoughtful storytelling, modern UX, and scalable systems.

An American icon, Fender was born in Southern California and has built a worldwide influence extending beyond the studio and the stage. A Fender is more than an instrument, it’s a cultural symbol that resonates globally.

We are searching for a Sr. Digital Product Designer. This role requires a designer who thrives in fast-paced environments, interprets ambiguous requests with confidence, and can drive both strategy and execution with attention to detail and craft.

We place product discovery, customer engagement and brand elevation at the forefront, you’ll be working close to the eCommerce Product team, merchandising and marketing representatives to define, design and deliver a best-in-class direct-to-consumer experience for our customers and revenue potential globally
The role demands digital product design depth, with principled, empathetic and innovative thinking, sound judgment, and a refusal to settle at “just OK” In addition: a high bar for quality and design, and a mentality of starting with the “Player” and working backward into experiences and products that make them better holistically.

Essential Functions:

• Lead digital product design across Fender’s eCommerce platform
• Translate business goals and user needs into intuitive, user-centered design solutions
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and the creative team to ensure continuity in delivery of product design expectations
• Evolve and scale responsive design systems across web touchpoints
• Contribute to and champion the refreshed Fender design language
• Present design work clearly and persuasively to stakeholders
• Balance large initiatives with iterative optimizations (e.g. PDP/PLP updates, merch modules)

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of digital product design experience, with a strong UI/ UX background in eCommerce, working across interactive and responsive web design across multiple device types
• Strong UX skills, including information architecture, user flows, wireframes, and problem solving
• Excellent visual design skills with experience collaborating closely with brand/creative teams
• Experience working in Shopify and/or Contentful
• Proficiency in Figma and familiarity with Jira workflows
• Ability to self-direct and confidently present work in a lean, cross-functional environment
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving clarity through design
• Bonus Points:
  • Familiarity with Baymard Institute best practices and accessibility standards
  • Passion for music or experience working with global consumer brands
  • Experience designing lifestyle commerce-type products 
  • Multi-platform/multi-screen experience

About Fender Musical Instruments:

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is one of the world’s leading musical instrument manufacturers, marketers and distributors, whose portfolio of brands includes Fender®, Squier®, Presonus®, Gretsch®, Jackson®, EVH®, Charvel®, Bigsby®, and Groove Tubes®, among others. For more information, visit www.fender.com. FMIC offers a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, 401(k), paid time off, and an equipment purchase program to help you get the band back together. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, disability, veterans’ status, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.

Fender is required by law in certain jurisdictions to include a pay scale in the job posting for this position.  “Pay scale” means the salary or hourly wage range that Fender reasonably expects to pay for this position; it is neither a promise nor a guarantee of the compensation that the successful candidate will receive.  The pay scale for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that Fender considers in making compensation decisions, including, without limitation: skill set, experience, and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.  If this is a remote position, the pay scale disclosed herein may be adjusted further based upon the applicable geographic differential associated with the location from which the successful candidate will work.  Please note that it is not typical for a Fender employee to be at or near the top of the pay scale for their role – especially as a new hire – and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.  Subject to the foregoing, the current pay scale for this position is $80,000.00 - $145,000.00