Product Designer, Courses

Chess.com is one of the largest gaming sites in the world, serving a global chess community of over 250 million players. They are seeking a Product Designer to own the design of their Courses product experience, collaborating with various teams to create engaging and effective product experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Own the design of the Courses product experience at Chess.com
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Copywriters, and leadership to help define the problem and build effective product experiences together
• Craft polished, high-quality designs for our web and mobile platforms that follow Chess.com design patterns, make use of our design system, and keep players engaged
• Design how players learn new concepts from interactive courses and master them through habit-forming spaced repetition practice
• Present your design proposals and clearly articulate your decisions, backing them up with contextual rationale, heuristics, and user insights where possible
• Build interactive prototypes to share and quickly test ideas using agentic tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and Figma Make
• Own your projects from initial concept through to implementation and help ensure design-to-code alignment throughout the process
• Be proactive about suggesting and designing meaningful improvements to our product to make it more fun, social, and consistent across platforms
• Help uplift your design teammates and provide constructive design feedback

Requirements:

• Own the design of the Courses product experience at Chess.com
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Copywriters, and leadership to help define the problem and build effective product experiences together
• Craft polished, high-quality designs for our web and mobile platforms that follow Chess.com design patterns, make use of our design system, and keep players engaged
• Design how players learn new concepts from interactive courses and master them through habit-forming spaced repetition practice
• Present your design proposals and clearly articulate your decisions, backing them up with contextual rationale, heuristics, and user insights where possible
• Build interactive prototypes to share and quickly test ideas using agentic tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and Figma Make
• Own your projects from initial concept through to implementation and help ensure design-to-code alignment throughout the process
• Be proactive about suggesting and designing meaningful improvements to our product to make it more fun, social, and consistent across platforms
• Help uplift your design teammates and provide constructive design feedback
• 3-5 years of experience working as a Product Designer on a consumer facing product or game
• A portfolio of your best design work that demonstrates a clear understanding of interface and user experience design
• Mastery of UI design fundamentals including typography, color, layout, visual hierarchy, alignment, contrast, and interactivity
• A clear understanding and experience designing responsive and interactive user interfaces for mobile apps and the web
• Experience working with a large, established design system
• Familiarity with frontend development and how design translates into code
• Experience using AI tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and Figma Make to build shareable high fidelity prototypes to share and quickly iterate on
• Strong collaboration and communication skills working in a remote, globally distributed team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills that allow you to document and explain your design decisions
• A sense of ownership, pride, and responsibility for your craft