[Remote] Staff Product Designer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Medium is hiring a Staff Product Designer to shape product initiatives and turn product strategy into intuitive experiences for its reading and writing platform. The role owns design work from ideation through launch, collaborates with engineering and product teammates, and contributes to research and the design system.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with other engineers, designers, and leadership to translate product strategy and complex challenges into well-defined product initiatives
• Own and execute high-quality designs, interactions, and prototypes that distill a product vision into tangible experiences for our users
• Leverage AI design tools and workflows effectively to create artifacts that explore and validate new ideas, features, and interactions
• Contribute to our design system to ensure a cohesive and scalable visual language across the product
• Conduct user research to uncover pain points and opportunities, using insights to inform design decisions
• Represent the design team by upholding a high design bar, working with your teammates to make thoughtful, intentional decisions at every step

Skills

• 7+ years of experience designing products in a fast-paced environment working closely with engineering, design, and product teammates to develop the strategy and rationale for features
• An outstanding portfolio with presentable case studies of your best work, showcasing a foundation in typography, interaction and visual design, and idea generation for work you've shipped
• The ability to tackle complex challenges and transform them into simple, intuitive experiences
• The ability to change altitude from design details to big picture thinking, while maintaining a high pace of execution and quality bar
• An understanding of design systems, including an understanding of how and why the field has evolved and a point of view on what comes next
• A learning and growth mindset
• Excellent written, verbal, and storytelling skills

Benefits

• Working with a fully distributed team: We’re fully remote and have teammates across the U.S. & France
• Healthcare benefits covered at 100% for employees and 80% for dependents
• Generous parental leave policy
• Twice a year company off-sites
• Mental health support through Spring Health (or find a provider through Rula or Kaiser Mental Health Network)
• Financial wellness support through Northstar
• Stipends for co-working, professional development, wifi, and a one-time home office bonus
• Unlimited PTO and standard company holidays
• A discounted Medium membership

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