Staff Product Designer

Medium is a writing platform focused on connecting readers with ideas and redefining online reading and writing experiences. The Staff Product Designer will work across the product development process, shaping product strategy and translating priorities into simple, intuitive experiences from ideation through launch. The role also involves collaborating with engineering and design teams, conducting user research, leveraging AI design tools, and contributing to 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

Requirements:

• 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. We're a small team. Our shape and process will evolve and change many times over the next few years. We strive to continuously improve, iterate, and integrate what we learn—from our work and each other
• Excellent written, verbal, and storytelling skills. We are a reading and writing company, after all!