Product Designer, Growth

Chess.com is a global gaming and technology company focused on providing products, content, and tools for the chess community. The Product Designer, Growth will design and iterate on polished, engaging experiences across web, iOS, and Android, partnering with product, engineering, and design stakeholders from problem definition through implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Design polished, production-ready user interfaces for Chess.com apps across web, iOS, and Android
• Own the design of projects from early problem definition through implementation, helping ensure strong design-to-code alignment throughout the process
• Partner with Product Designers, Product Managers, Engineers, and other stakeholders to define requirements, explore design directions, and build effective product experiences together
• Use Chess.com design patterns and our established design system to create responsive, interactive experiences that balance engagement with simplicity
• Create and iterate on prototypes using agentic tools like Cursor and Claude, to communicate complex ideas efficiently and rapidly iterate on them
• Present your work and explain your design decisions using clear rationale, user insights, and product context
• Participate proactively in our Slack-heavy remote environment, ask questions early, suggest meaningful improvements, and contribute constructive feedback to the design team

Requirements:

• 2-3 years of experience working as a Product Designer on a consumer-facing product or game
• A portfolio that shows polished UI design for web and mobile apps that clearly demonstrates your personal contribution
• Strong command of UI design fundamentals, including typography, color, layout, visual hierarchy, alignment, contrast, and interactivity
• Experience working with an established design system using tokens, components, and design patterns
• Familiarity with frontend development and how design translates into code
• Experience using AI-assisted tools like Cursor and Claude to prototype and iterate on ideas
• Strong written and verbal communication, collaboration, ownership, and follow-through in a remote, globally distributed team
• A love for chess and knowledge of Chess.com and its product experience
• Experience designing social features for mobile games or consumer products
• Motion design experience, with strong product and UI design craft as the foundation
• Design engineering or frontend development experience on web, iOS, or Android