Staff Product Designer, Growth

Staff Product Designer, Growth Remote within Canada Product Design Remote Full-time Who We Are At Apartment List, we’re transforming how people rent—making it smarter, easier, and a lot less frustrating. Our platform has already matched over 1.4 million renters with their next home, while helping properties fill units with the right residents. Backed by strong growth and a big vision, we’re building the future of renting—and inviting bold thinkers to help us shape it! The Role We're looking for a Staff Product Designer with a high bar for both product thinking and visual craft. You care deeply about how things work and how they look, and you do not treat those as separate concerns. You are an end-to-end product thinker: systems-fluent, research-informed, and comfortable owning a problem from framing through launch. You also bring a genuine eye for design. Bold typography, purposeful motion, and expressive micro-interactions are part of how you solve problems, not a layer you apply at the end. You set a high bar for yourself and help raise it for the people around you. You notice things, form a point of view, and move. You also treat AI as a core part of your practice and have used it to ship real product. What you’ll do Drive renter acquisition and engagement through design Own the design of experiences that attract, convert, and delight renters. Shape how people first encounter Apartment List through interactive, shareable, and visually rich touchpoints that feel exciting and delightful rather than utilitarian. Raise visual craft across product and brand Champion brand and expressive visual design. You know when to work within guidelines, when it’s time to evolve them, and you can articulate why. You spot opportunities to improve the product beyond your immediate scope and act on them. Spot problems, move on them, and collaborate openly You notice things early. You form a point of view and act. You communicate your thinking clearly and early, present with conviction, take feedback with grace, and help your teammates do their best work. Keep pushing what AI makes possible You are curious about new tools, quick to experiment, and generous with what you discover. You help the team stay sharp and move faster together. What we’re looking for Baseline, required for all Product Designers

• 6-8 years shipping consumer or B2C digital products, end-to-end: from problem framing and research through detailed UI and launch

• Mastery of Figma, including components, auto layout, variables, and prototyping; strong design systems fluency

• Product strategy chops: you connect user needs to business outcomes and make smart tradeoffs

• Deep user empathy and excellent collaboration skills across product, engineering, data, and marketing

• Curious about AI design tools and actively using them to move faster Specialty, what makes this role unique

• An exceptional eye for visual design: motion, and brand expression are how you think, not flourishes you add at the end

• Brand design fluency: you understand the difference between rigidly applying a system and extending it with intent, and you know when to flag that the brand system itself should evolve.

• Motion design sensibility: you can design and specify meaningful animations and micro-interactions, with a clear understanding of timing, easing, and attention

• High agency, low maintenance: you spot problems before they are assigned, form a point of view, and move

• A portfolio that shows authored work: not just usable, but visually exciting, with evidence across growth surfaces, brand expression, and visual craft Nice to have Rive / Lottie / After Effects · Cursor / Storybook / Claude Code / Vercel · HTML / CSS / React · Online marketplaces · A/B testing and experimentation

Here's the Pay Range: At Apartment List, we carefully consider a variety of factors to determine compensation for each position, including the role, level, and work. The Canada base salary range for this position is: ($CAD)

• Zone 1: $131,000 CAD - $159,000 CAD TTC (including $117,900 CAD - $139,920 CAD base salary) + equity
• Zone 2: $118,000 CAD - $143,000 CAD TTC (including $106,200 CAD - $125,840 CAD base salary) + equity This reflects the compensation target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Please note, the compensation details provided do not include benefits and perks that we offer. We also rely on market indicators along with considering your work location, job related skills, experience and relevant education and training, to determine compensation that is fair and competitive for you. Apartment List will consider paying compensation near the higher of the range in exceptional circumstances, where candidates have the experience, credentials or expertise that would warrant such consideration. It is always our goal to hire exceptional talent and we would be happy to share more about compensation during the hiring process. Ready to apply? Powered by First name * Last name * Email * LinkedIn URL * Phone number * Location * Resume * Click to upload or drag and drop here Cover letter Click to upload or drag and drop here Are you legally entitled to work in Canada on a continuous basis? * Yes No Portfolio and Password * We want to see strong product design fundamentals above all else: clear UX thinking, systems fluency, and end-to-end ownership. On top of that, show us your visual range: bold typography, motion, brand expression. If your best work lives behind an NDA, tell us what you can and show us something that captures the same sensibility. (please include a password if required) A short blurb about yourself. * 100 words or less. Tell us who you are, what kind of work gets you excited, and why Apartment List specifically. Avoid the generic cover letter format. We will read it. Voluntary Self-Identification To comply with government reporting requirements, we invite candidates to participate in the self-identification survey below. Your completion of this form is entirely optional, and your decision will neither influence the hiring process nor any subsequent stages. Any information you choose to share will be kept confidential and stored in a secure file. As outlined in our Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we uphold a commitment to non-discrimination based on any protected group status specified in applicable laws. Gender Race Race and ethnicity descriptions Voluntary Self-Identification of Veteran Status VEVRAA requires Government contractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment protected veterans. To help us measure the effectiveness of our outreach and recruitment efforts of veterans, we are asking you to tell us if you are a veteran covered by VEVRAA. If you believe that you belong to any of the following categories of protected veterans, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. Veteran status descriptions Disabled veteran A veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military and is entitled to disability compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to disability compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability Recently separated veteran A veteran separated during the three-year period beginning on the date of the veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S military, ground, naval, or air service Active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran A veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge was authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense Armed Forces service medal veteran A veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military ground, naval, or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985 (61 Fed. Reg. 1209). Veteran status Req ID: R493