Lead the design of Yahoo’s universal navigation experiences across products and platforms, ensuring clarity, consistency, and scalability.
Design navigation systems that support a wide range of user intents while balancing business priorities and long-term platform needs.
Translate complex information architectures into intuitive, elegant interfaces with strong visual hierarchy and interaction design.
Collaborate with researchers to identify when research is needed, interpret findings, and synthesize patterns across qualitative and quantitative data.
Use AI-powered tools and workflows to rapidly explore concepts, generate alternatives, and create interactive prototypes throughout the design process.
Prototype early and often—at low, medium, and high fidelity—to test assumptions, validate behaviors, and communicate design intent.
Advocate for accessibility, usability, and inclusive design across all navigation patterns and interactions.
Collaborate closely with product, engineering, content, analytics, and design partners to deliver production-ready solutions at scale.
Work alongside Senior Principal Product Designers on cross-cutting initiatives where navigation plays a critical role, aligning system-level decisions across teams.
Present work clearly and confidently to stakeholders, articulating rationale, tradeoffs, and decision-making under ambiguity.
Contribute to design critiques and help evolve shared navigation patterns, components, and systems across Yahoo.
Requirements
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, HCI, Visual Communication, or a related field.
4+ years of experience designing digital products, preferably within large-scale platforms, content-rich ecosystems, or navigation frameworks.
A portfolio demonstrating strong systems thinking, excellent visual and interaction design craft, and polished execution.
Experience working on cross-functional product teams and shipping work at scale.
Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and accessibility standards.
Proficiency in Figma and modern prototyping tools; experience with AI-assisted design and prototyping workflows is required.
Excellent collaboration, communication, and presentation skills.