UX Designer

About Ancestry:
When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, empowers journeys of personal discovery to enrich lives. With our unparalleled collection of more than 40 billion records, over 3 million subscribers and over 23 million people in our growing DNA network, customers can discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Over the past 40 years, we’ve built trusted relationships with millions of people who have chosen us as the platform for discovering, preserving and sharing the most important information about themselves and their families.

We are committed to our location flexible work approach, allowing you to choose to work in the nearest office, from your home, or a hybrid of both (subject to location restrictions and roles that are required to be in the office- see the full list of eligible US locations HERE). We will continue to hire and promote beyond the boundaries of our office locations, to enable broadened possibilities for employee diversity.

Together, we work every day to foster a work environment that's inclusive as well as diverse, and where our people can be themselves. Every idea and perspective is valued so that our products and services reflect the global and diverse clients we serve.

Ancestry encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people’s lives? Join the curious.

At Ancestry, UX and design are at the heart of everything that empowers the journeys of personal discovery that enrich the lives of our 3 million customers every time they engage with our core products. Our team is growing and effective immediately, we are looking for an exceptionally passionate and data-driven Product Designer who will help us reach the next 3 million customers.

What you’ll do

You'll become an integral part of our passionate and innovative team, where your contribution will help shape our journey toward becoming a product organization driven by data, continuous learning, and growth.

• Translate quantitative data and qualitative insights into multiple design concepts and prototypes; balancing when to apply pixel-perfect attention to detail with speed.

• Collaborate cross-functionally to optimize the user experience by identifying and prioritizing opportunities, forming hypotheses, and designing experiments.

• Rely on metrics, rapid testing, and your knowledge of existing best practices to identify practical new solutions to common customer problems.

• Collaboratively develop strategies and present hypotheses for regular and continuous testing, learning, and iteration

• Contribute to building a culture of experimentation and A/B testing

Who You Are

• You work well in ambiguity and a fast-paced environment

• You have 2-3 years of relevant experience. Bonus points for anyone with experience in data-driven design for growth

• You have good grasp of your craft, showcasing competence in visual and interaction design, sketching, and prototyping

• You embrace challenges as opportunities for growth and actively seek out learning experiences

• You function well in a collaborative environment, genuinely enjoying teamwork with diverse and talented colleagues

• Experience working end-to-end in the product design process, successfully taking products from concept to launch

• You are biased for action

Helping people discover their story is at the heart of ours. Ancestry is the largest provider of family history and personal DNA testing, harnessing a powerful combination of information, science and technology to help people discover their family history and stories that were never possible before. Ancestry’s suite of products includes: AncestryDNA, AncestryProGenealogists, Fold3, Newspapers.com, Find a Grave, Archives.com, and Rootsweb.

As a signatory of the ParityPledge in Support of Women and the ParityPledge in Support of People of Color, Ancestry values pay transparency and pay equity. We are pleased to share the base salary range for this position:

• Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20) and sb1162(1-1-23)

Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law. For San Francisco office candidates, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.