Senior Product Designer

Wander is hiring a Senior Product Designer to help shape the visual identity and digital experiences of its growing travel technology platform.

This remote opportunity combines product design, visual storytelling, brand development, and interaction design. You'll create polished experiences for travelers and property operators while helping establish a distinctive visual language across Wander's products and marketing channels.

The role is approximately evenly divided between product and brand design. You'll collaborate with product managers, engineers, and a dedicated brand designer to bring creative concepts into production.

Wander is looking for a hands-on designer with exceptional visual skills, strong product instincts, and demonstrated expertise in motion design, illustration, and iconography.

You'll work across Wander.com, its mobile app, and the company's broader brand ecosystem, helping create memorable experiences that reflect the quality of its vacation properties and technology.

Key Responsibilities

Product Design & User Experience

• Design intuitive, visually sophisticated experiences across web and mobile platforms.

• Improve customer-facing interfaces for Wander.com and the Wander mobile application.

• Translate complex product requirements into simple, engaging user journeys.

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to develop and deliver production-ready designs.

• Create interactive prototypes to explore concepts and validate design directions.

• Maintain consistency across digital touchpoints while continuously improving usability.

• Balance functional requirements with visual quality, accessibility, and user experience.

Visual Design & Brand Identity

• Help develop a recognizable visual language across Wander's digital products and brand.

• Create compelling visual elements using motion, illustration, and iconography.

• Establish cohesive design patterns that reinforce the company's identity.

• Apply advanced typography, composition, color, and layout principles.

• Design consistent icon systems and expressive visual assets.

• Elevate the visual quality of customer-facing experiences through thoughtful details and interaction design.

• Collaborate with the brand designer to ensure consistency between product and marketing experiences.

Brand & Marketing Design

• Produce creative assets for campaigns, product launches, and promotional initiatives.

• Design visual materials for advertising, presentations, and events.

• Develop engaging brand experiences for travelers and property management partners.

• Explore creative ways to communicate Wander's products and services.

• Support the evolution of the company's visual identity as its platform expands.

Prototyping & Creative Experimentation

• Develop high-fidelity prototypes using Figma and other design tools.

• Experiment with AI-powered workflows to accelerate design exploration.

• Explore tools such as Vercel to bring interactive concepts to life.

• Test new visual approaches, motion patterns, and interaction techniques.

• Work independently to transform early ideas into polished, usable experiences.

• Contribute fresh perspectives and practical solutions within a fast-moving product team.

Requirements

Professional Experience

• Strong experience designing and shipping consumer-facing digital products.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality interfaces across web and mobile.

• A portfolio showcasing exceptional visual design and interaction design.

• Experience collaborating with engineers and product teams to launch digital experiences.

• Ability to balance strategic product thinking with detailed design execution.

Visual & Interaction Design Skills

• Exceptional command of typography, color, composition, and visual hierarchy.

• Advanced skills in motion design or illustration, with strong capabilities in the other discipline.

• Ability to create cohesive, high-quality icon systems.

• Strong understanding of interaction design and user-centered product experiences.

• Attention to detail across layouts, animations, interface elements, and visual consistency.

• Ability to develop visual concepts that work across both brand and product environments.

Tools & Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency with Figma for interface design and prototyping.

• Experience creating interactive prototypes and exploring different design directions.

• Interest in AI-assisted creative workflows and emerging design technologies.

• Familiarity with tools such as Vercel for prototyping or bringing concepts to life.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams during implementation.

Collaboration & Working Style

• Comfortable working independently in a hands-on individual contributor position.

• Strong creative judgment and willingness to explore unconventional ideas.

• Ability to communicate design decisions clearly and incorporate feedback.

• Enthusiasm for experimentation, iteration, and continuous improvement.

• Strong ownership mentality and commitment to shipping polished work.

Preferred Qualifications

The original posting does not specify separate preferred qualifications. However, the following experience may be particularly relevant:

• Experience designing products for travel, hospitality, or consumer marketplaces.

• A portfolio demonstrating both product design and brand development.

• Experience building interactive prototypes beyond static design tools.

• Personal projects involving creative coding, AI tools, or custom design utilities.

These are suggested areas of relevant experience, not additional requirements established by Wander.

About Wander

Wander is a travel technology company focused on making exceptional vacation homes easier to discover, book, and manage.

Through Wander.com, the company operates a marketplace connecting travelers with premium vacation properties.

Its WanderOS platform provides technology for property managers, including direct booking websites, automated guest marketing, and AI-supported distribution.

Wander aims to give property operators greater control over their brands, customer relationships, and bookings while delivering high-quality experiences for travelers.

The company has reached Series B funding and is preparing for its next stage of growth, with ongoing product development across AI agents, payments, distribution, and hospitality technology.

How to Apply

Candidates should apply through Wander's official recruitment process.

Portfolio Required: Applications must include examples of:

• Shipped digital product designs.

• Motion design work.

• Illustration projects.

• Iconography and icon system design.

Wander is particularly interested in designers who demonstrate strong visual craftsmanship alongside practical experience developing and launching digital products.

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Designlab's Advanced Design Craft course is a relevant option for product designers looking to elevate their visual design skills and refine the quality of their work.

For designers interested in opportunities like Wander's Senior Product Designer position, developing stronger visual craftsmanship can complement existing expertise in product strategy, prototyping, and interaction design.

The course is intended as professional development and does not replace the advanced motion, illustration, and product design experience required for this role.

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