Medium - Staff Product Designer
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!
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.
Benefits
• In addition to the new experiences you'll pick up, here's what else you'll enjoy by working at Medium: • 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 • At Medium, inclusion, diversity, and equity are core to how we work and what we build. We believe a more inclusive team creates a better product—one that’s intuitive, thoughtful, and serves a wide range of users. We strive to foster a supportive, fun, and challenging environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. • We welcome applicants from all walks of life and strongly encourage those from historically underrepresented groups to apply. Our hiring process is built to ensure fairness and equal opportunity for everyone. Even if your experience doesn’t match every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you—your perspective and passion matter more than checking every box. We actively track representation across our hiring pipelines and hold ourselves accountable to building inclusively. • Learn more about our mission, operating principles, and culture: • Yes to a diverse community • Be part of a better internet • Operating Principles
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