About Toast
Our focus is on building the restaurant platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love. And because our technology is purpose-built for restaurants, by restaurant people, restaurants can trust that we’ll deliver on their needs for today while investing in experiences that will power their restaurant of the future. We build experiences that help make operating and growing a restaurant and delighting guests easier and scalable. It’s why tens of thousands of restaurant locations love Toast.
About the Roll*
We are seeking a motivated Associate Product Designer with an interest for crafting extraordinary user experiences that enable and enrich the lives of diverse global communities. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design intuitive, accessible, and culturally relevant digital products and services.
We’re looking for someone eager to learn, who asks mindful questions, takes ownership of their work, and embraces collaboration at every opportunity. With guidance from a mentor, you’ll grow your design skills while contributing to meaningful experiences that make a difference and “Do right by the customer.”
Location: This role is Dublin-based with up to 20% domestic travel (to customers and partners in Ireland) and international travel up to 10% of the time to visit customers and teams in London and Boston.
The right ingredients* (Requirements)
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1-2 years of experience in a product design role
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Proficient in designing for responsive web and native mobile platforms including wireframes, user journey maps, prototypes and detailed designs
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Ability to work with UI components to create pixel perfect experiences
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Experience using Figma and other prototyping and design collaboration tools
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Enough user research fluency to plan and conduct research that generates actionable insights
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Understand how to conduct design reviews to obtain feedback and iterate on designs to improve results
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Proactive about seeking out guidance and mentorship from others
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Able to work in a fast-paced hybrid work environment and autonomously manage tasks
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Passion for creating delightful, native-feeling experiences for our global customer base
Special sauce* (nonessential skills/nice to haves):
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Your collaborative style inspires others to the point where people ask to work with you and your expertise and confidence have others seeking out your informed perspective.
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You have a growth mindset - you notice challenges as opportunities, believe feedback is a gift and can speak confidently about failures & what you learned from them.
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Fluency in additional languages is a plus
About You
You are a dynamic team player who is ready and willing to take on new challenges! You’re excited to join the remotely distributed group of product designers, user researchers, design ops leaders, and product managers that compose the Toast Design team. You embody the tenets that drive Toast’s Design practice:
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You have a founder’s mentality: and exhibit ownership of outcomes over outputs. You own the quality and outcomes associated with your work.
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You lift others up: and recognize you don’t have to be a manager to engage and exhibit true leadership. You proactively participate in the team and support the culture.
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You drive action through influence: and appreciate that building trusting and productive relationships with those around you is integral to driving action. You build strong relationships to enact influence within your direct work teams.
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You build strong perspectives: and guide yourself and your teams to make good decisions quickly and often. You make informed decisions within your direct project spaces.
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You raise the bar: and commit to continually improving the technical skills relevant to your role. You take direct feedback and internalize learnings to improve over time.
**This is a hybrid role, requiring two days in the office per week**
Our Spread* of Total Rewards
We strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry. Our total rewards package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet Toasters’ changing needs. Learn more about our benefits at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits.
*Bread puns encouraged but not required
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Baked into our Recipe for Success
At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive. The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse, and we embrace that diversity with authenticity, inclusivity, respect, and humility. By embedding these principles into our culture and design, we create equitable opportunities for all and raise the bar in delivering exceptional experiences.
We Thrive Together
We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs. Our goal is to build a strong culture of connection as we work together to empower the restaurant community. To learn more about how we work globally and regionally, check out: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast.
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Toast is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process. As part of this commitment, we strive to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to enable them to access the hiring process. If you need an accommodation to access the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected].
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Toast Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
Toast’s headquarters is located in the heart of the Seaport District. Toasters are surrounded by art, culture, and delicious cuisine in one of the most bustling neighborhoods in Boston.
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