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  • Senior Product Designer
    Senior Product Designer
    4 hours ago
    Full-time
    New York

    About Blank Street Blank Street is on a mission to become the defining food beverage brand of our generation. At 100+ locations, we've built one of the fastest-growing consumer brands in the US and UK, and are quickly becoming the go-to spot for the next generation of coffee and matcha drinkers. With a large global roadmap ahead, we're shaping the future through elevated beverages, thoughtful store designs, and hospitality-driven experiences. Add a Spark to the Ordinary At Blank Street, we're building thoughtful, beautifully designed experiences, both in-store and digitally. We're looking for a Senior Product Designer to join our Product Design team to help drive exciting initiatives. As a Senior Product Designer, you will own the design of our consumer app and internal tools, combining user research, a strategic mindset, and design skills across both UX and Visual to deliver stellar customer experiences. You are not only a craft expert across UX and visual design, but also a strategic partner who helps shape what we build and why. You bring a strong point of view grounded in research and data, and you are comfortable navigating ambiguity to define product direction. You translate insights into actionable design strategies, aligning user needs with business goals. You advocate for the customer at every stage, ensuring that design decisions are intentional, scalable, and impactful. This role is fully in-person and based out of our Brooklyn, NY office. What You'll Own: App Experience Design • Lead the end-to-end design process for the consumer app, from discovery and research through concept development, design execution, and post-launch iteration, • Design holistic experiences --- systems, flows, and interfaces --- that are intuitive, elegant, and scalable, • Create wireframes, high-fidelity designs, and prototypes to communicate ideas effectively Internal Tools Design • Own the design of internal tools that support operations, store teams, and other internal users, • Ensure internal-facing products are intuitive and reduce friction in day-to-day workflows User Research \& Insights • Plan and conduct user research to uncover insights, validate hypotheses, and inform product strategy, • Translate research findings into clear product opportunities, frameworks, and design directions, • Champion a user-centered and data-informed design culture, advocating for best practices across teams Collaboration \& Standards • Partner closely with product and engineering to shape roadmaps and prioritize initiatives based on user and business impact, • Serve as a steward of the team's design system, ensuring consistency, quality, and scalability across platforms while sharing ownership with the broader team, • Present and communicate complex ideas and design rationale to stakeholders at all levels, • Explore and integrate AI-driven opportunities into the product experience where relevant Requirements: • 5-7 years of experience minimum in a product design, user experience, or equivalent role, with demonstrated leadership on complex digital products, • Bachelor's degree preferred, with multidisciplinary background such as psychology, computer science, information sciences, human/computer interface design or commerce/business, • Strong foundation in user research methodologies (qualitative and quantitative), including user interviews, usability testing, journey mapping, and synthesis of insights into product direction, • Experienced, innovative and forward-thinking designer who can demonstrate leadership of medium-scale projects from concept to completion - research, approach, design strategy, systems, and implementation, • Experience contributing to and evolving design systems and tokens in partnership with engineers., • Experience working with generative AI, personalization systems, or recommendation engines, • Proven interpersonal skills, stakeholder relation skills, and ability to work in a team environment, • Strong storytelling with excellent verbal, written and visual communication skills, • High proficiency in the use of tools such as Figma as well as Adobe Creative Suite, Keynote, and Google Slides Benefits \& Perks: • $140,000 - $160,000 annual base salary, • Equity package, • 15 days of paid annual leave (on top of company-observed holidays and sick time), • Three health plan options, with full coverage available for two employee-only tiers, • Commuter benefits, • Parental leave, • Bereavement leave, • Exclusive access to our coveted Regulars program -- yes, that means free coffee, matcha and more! ☕️, • Regular social outings with the team, • Free Blank Street swag

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  • Director, National Accounts
    Director, National Accounts
    23 hours ago
    $160000–$200000 yearly
    Full-time
    Brooklyn, New York

    We started Van Leeuwen Ice Cream in a yellow truck on the streets of NYC in 2008 with a mission to make good ice cream that makes you feel good. Nowadays, people can spend so much time on what's "healthy" they don't stop to consider what's healthy. As far as we're concerned, happiness is healthiness. We strive to ensure every scoop, store and employee feels and creates one community to contribute to the overall brand. Van Leeuwen Ice Cream is hiring a full-time Director of National Accounts. This is a great opportunity for an experienced individual to work closely with the growing team of Van Leeuwen Ice Cream as the company embarks on its next stage of accelerated growth across retail brick and mortar and CPG. We are seeking a high-impact Director of National Accounts to lead and grow key retail partnerships across our expanding CPG business. This role is responsible for delivering top-line growth, strengthening customer relationships, and executing best-in-class joint business plans across strategic national accounts. This leader thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and brings a strong track record of scaling emerging brands within frozen, refrigerated, or perimeter categories, with a deep understanding of natural and "better-for-you" consumers and customers. This role can be and based anywhere in the United States. Strong preference would be candidates based in markets where VL has retail outlets (CA, CO, TX, IL, FL, GA, DC, NC, TN, PA, NJ, NYC, CT or MA). Job Responsibilities Customer Leadership Growth • Develop and execute joint business plans (JBPs) aligned with company growth targets, • Identify and unlock distribution opportunities, including new items, sets, and channels, • Drive velocity through pricing, promotion, merchandising, and assortment optimization Strategic Account Management • Build and maintain senior-level relationships with key retail partners, • Serve as the voice of the customer internally and influence cross-functional priorities, • Lead line reviews, innovation sell-in, and strategic customer planning cycles, • Navigate complex customer structures across direct and distributor-serviced accounts Revenue Management Trade Optimization • Partner with internal teams to develop pricing architecture (EDLP + promotional strategy), • Manage trade spend to maximize ROI, improve margins, and drive sustainable growth, • Analyze performance (shipment, scan, profitability) and adjust plans accordingly Execution Excellence • Ensure flawless execution across item setup, promotion planning, and in-store activation, • Collaborate with brokers and distributor partners (e.g., UNFI, KeHE) to drive execution, • Monitor and resolve customer issues including deductions, service levels, and supply alignment Cross-Functional Leadership • Partner closely with Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, and Category/Trade teams, • Provide input into innovation pipeline based on customer and consumer insights Job Requirements • 10 to 15+ years of CPG sales experience, with increasing responsibility in national accounts, • Proven success managing top-tier retailers (e.g., Whole Foods, Target, Kroger, Sprouts, etc.), • Experience in frozen, refrigerated, or perimeter categories strongly preferred, • Background in natural, premium, or better-for-you brands highly desirable, • Experience in both emerging/growth-stage brands and scaled organizations is a plus, • Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, • Deep understanding of distribution, velocity drivers, and retail economics, • Experience working with distributors and broker networks, • Analytical mindset with ability to translate data into action, • Must be comfortable working in-store scoop shifts as needed, while adhering to DOH guidelines Compensation + Benefits $160,000 - $200,000 annual compensation depending on experience, weekly pay Eligible for annual 25% bonus • Employee Scoop Card (Enjoy Ice Cream from any of our scoop shops nationwide), • Medical, Dental + Vision Insurance with 70% Employer Contribution, • 401k with up to 4% Employer Match, • Cell Phone Reimbursement Plan, • Wellness Reimbursement Plan, • Flexible Time Off - No accrual required, • Paid Sick Time, • Yearly Performance Reviews, • Paid one month sabbatical (eligible after 4 years of continued employment) Van Leeuwen Ice Cream is committed to pay transparency and equity among all employees and provides employees an environment where pay transparency and dialogue on compensation are allowed. Van Leeuwen Ice Cream complies with Equal Employment Opportunity laws as well as federal, state, and local laws on compensation, pay transparency, and pay equity. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held. Salary Range $160,000---$200,000 USD Here at Van Leeuwen, Good Ice Cream Is For Everyone! As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to foster a welcoming, diverse environment for every employee and customer. We pride ourselves on the creativity that goes into our ice cream and is built in our stores (by YOU) that help us meet our missions and values.

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