Life360 is looking to solve the problem of enhancing user experience for its 88 million users by improving the clarity, trust, and delight in how they interact with location-based information on the Life360 map. The company aims to lead in map and location design by innovating in location sharing, safety features, and contextual experiences.
Requirements
- 10+ years designing consumer-facing products in mobile-first environments, with significant map-based or location UX experience.
- Portfolio showing complex, data-informed design work simplified into intuitive experiences.
- Skilled in prototyping and iteration; strong ability to connect design explorations back into a system.
- Systems thinker with experience building frameworks that scale across teams and platforms.
Responsibilities
- Drive end-to-end design of map and location-based experiences that unify people, pets, and things.
- Translate strategy and user insights into elegant, scalable UI/UX solutions aligned with roadmap priorities.
- Lead early design explorations for new map interactions, safety layers, and contextual awareness (e.g. drives, place arrivals, cross-device experiences).
- Rapidly design and prototype in a rapidly evolving tool suite combination of Figma, Cursor, xCode and any means to shape map and geolocation concepts into product release.
- Create frameworks and interaction models that make complex location data simple and intuitive.
- Expand the design system with scalable patterns for map, tracking, and event-driven UX
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Brand, and Research to deliver high-quality outcomes.
Other
- Excellent communication and storytelling abilities; proven track record influencing senior stakeholders.
- Positive, collaborative mindset with curiosity and humility.
- Guide and mentor designers across the org, modeling exceptional craft and systems thinking.
- Champion design culture by introducing new practices and inspiration from the broader industry.
- Members Before Metrics - We focus on building an exceptional experience for families.
