Reddit - Staff Product Designer, Ads Platform
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Requirements
• 8+ years of experience in product design, with a proven track record of navigating high-complexity enterprise systems. You have successfully managed design for products with deep technical constraints and multi-sided marketplaces. • 3+ years of specific experience in Ads, FinTech, or Marketplace systems. You understand the mechanics of auction-based systems, revenue attribution, and how design decisions impact business-critical KPIs. • A portfolio that demonstrates an ability to build scalable design frameworks and patterns, not just individual features. You can show how your work improved the efficiency or consistency of an entire design team. • Demonstrated ability to take a broad, loosely defined business goal and translate it into a concrete, executable design strategy. • High proficiency in documenting complex logic, state transitions, and data-heavy interactions. You are comfortable using high-fidelity prototypes to test hypotheses and communicate north star visions. • Experience partnering directly with Product and Engineering Leads to shape roadmaps. You are a persuasive storyteller who can defend design logic to stakeholders and align cross-functional teams around a unified user experience. • A clear history of formal or informal mentorship with experience conducting high-impact design reviews, establishing team processes, and helping Senior and Mid-level designers elevate their craft and strategic thinking.
Responsibilities
• Architect the foundational design patterns and logic-heavy workflows (e.g., campaign builders, reporting dashboards) that other designers in the Ads org will leverage to ensure consistency and speed. • Act as the primary design bridge to Engineering and Product for highly technical initiatives, such as AI-driven automation and API-led workflows, translating complex backend constraints into elegant user mental models. • Lead by example in the craft, setting the quality bar through high-fidelity prototyping and systems thinking. Conduct rigorous design reviews that uplevel the output of Senior and Mid-level designers. • Drive alignment across Product, Engineering, and Sales pods by synthesizing competing requirements into a single, unified design direction. • Invest deeply in the growth of the Ads Design team by providing actionable feedback on craft, strategy, and professional development, fostering a culture of high performance and psychological safety.
Benefits
• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs • Family Planning Support • Gender-Affirming Care • Mental Health & Coaching Benefits • Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off • Generous paid Parental Leave • Paid Volunteer time off • Pay Transparency: • Pay Transparency: • This job posting may span more than one career level. • In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/. • To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below. • The base salary range for this position is: • $194,600 - $272,400 USD • In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews. • During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us. We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable. We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes. We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision. For more information about how we will handle your personal information, including our retention of it, please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for Potential Employees and Contractors.
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