Lead Web Designer & Developer

Description

The company is a market research and analytics firm for the disruptive economy. It recently raised $475M from The Carlyle Group at a valuation of over $1B. Its proprietary technology analyzes billions of alternative data points each day to surface insights across software, AI, cloud, e-commerce, ridesharing, and payments.

Data and research teams turn raw data into strategic intelligence for clients, from top investment funds to Fortune 500 companies, who use it for high-stakes decisions. Work spans sourcing and licensing new datasets, rigorous analysis, and expert narrative framing.

The company has offices in the US, APAC, and India. It has been named a Best Workplace by Inc. for three consecutive years, and its culture emphasizes transparency, ownership, and continuous mastery.

This is a senior, hands-on role for the public-facing websites. The website team is building a scalable growth platform for the company's businesses, brand, and audiences. The role reports into a team of cross-functional partners across design, brand, demand generation, marketing, product, and business stakeholders, and aims to build in-house website expertise to reduce reliance on external agencies.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and development of the public-facing websites from early concepts and user flows through launch and ongoing iteration.
• Turn business goals, brand strategy, content needs, and growth opportunities into clear information architecture and engaging web experiences.
• Design and build responsive, accessible, production-ready pages, templates, components, and interactions in Webflow.
• Build and maintain a scalable website design system that improves consistency, quality, and speed.
• Act as technical owner of the Webflow environment, covering CMS architecture, reusable components, custom code, integrations, permissions, documentation, and publishing workflows.
• Work with Demand Generation and Marketing on SEO, AEO, conversion optimization, experimentation, analytics, lead flows, and campaign launches.
• Work with Brand and Communications so every page reflects the visual identity, narrative, voice, and editorial standards.
• Help business and product teams turn complex offerings, including data, research, and AI-powered products, into intuitive and credible digital experiences.
• Set website quality standards and review regularly for usability, accessibility, responsiveness, performance, and cross-browser compatibility.
• Manage projects and priorities across many stakeholders, explain tradeoffs, and keep work moving in a fast-paced setting.
• Create self-service templates, guidance, and governance so non-technical teams can publish and update content safely.
• Work with external agencies and specialist partners when needed, while growing in-house capability over time.

Requirements

• You have 5+ years of professional experience designing and building marketing or corporate websites, with a portfolio showing strong UX and visual design plus hands-on implementation.
• You are highly proficient in Webflow, including CMS architecture, reusable components, responsive layouts, interactions, and custom code when needed.
• You have solid front-end skills in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and can troubleshoot technical and implementation issues on your own.
• You have deep experience with responsive design, information architecture, design systems, accessibility standards, browser compatibility, and website performance.
• You can own a project from first request through discovery, design, stakeholder alignment, development, QA, launch, and iteration.
• You hold a high visual bar and still ship pragmatically, knowing when to refine and when to launch, learn, and improve.
• You translate well between design, marketing, technical, and business stakeholders.
• You use qualitative feedback and quantitative data to improve user experience, discoverability, conversion, and site performance.
• You communicate clearly, handle competing priorities well, and take ownership of outcomes without waiting for detailed direction.
• Nice to have: designing websites for B2B technology, data, analytics, research, financial services, or other complex products.
• Nice to have: technical SEO, AEO, structured data, content discoverability, or large-scale CMS publishing.
• Nice to have: conversion-rate optimization, experimentation, analytics, and lead-generation workflows.
• Nice to have: Figma and component-based design systems.
• Nice to have: connecting Webflow with analytics, marketing automation, CRM, forms, APIs, or other third-party platforms.
• Nice to have: working across multiple brands, audiences, or business lines within one organization.
• Nice to have: collaborating with external design and development agencies, and helping reduce reliance on them over time.

Conditions

Fully remote work with a standard schedule of about 9 am to 5 pm.

Occasional meetings outside those hours are needed to work with East and West Coast teams across time zones.

The role is remote-friendly and can be based in NYC, at one of the office hubs, or anywhere in the US.

Pay may be subject to New York State tax withholding depending on where the work is performed.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on any protected basis.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits, perks, and a competitive salary.
• Flexible work hours and flexible vacation.
• A generous 401K match, parental leave, team events, a wellness budget, and learning reimbursement.
• Base salary of $150,000 plus eligibility for an annual performance-based bonus of up to 10%.
• Final pay may depend on experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and internal team benchmarks.
• Growth is based on the impact you make rather than tenure, with a focus on ownership, respect, and trust.