Head of Product Design & Design System

Signal & Strand; Seattle (WA); Sur place; USD 150 000 - 175 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Signal & Strand partners with a fast-growing local media company to hire a Head of Product Design who will own end-to-end UX and visual direction across digital properties. This hands-on leader will shape a cohesive design language for multiple brands while staying close to work.

You will collaborate with editorial, membership, advertising and product leaders, work with engineering to ship designs, and mentor a growing design team as the function matures.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of UX/product design experience, including owning end-to-end design for a consumer-facing product at scale.
• Strong portfolio spanning web and email/marketing design, ideally with early-stage mobile app work.
• Experience building or evolving a design system used across multiple products or brands.
• Experience partnering directly with engineers from concept to shipped product, with fluency in implementation constraints.
• Strong communication skills, including presenting and defending design decisions to executive leadership.
• Experience conducting or commissioning user research to inform design decisions.
• Comfort with autonomy in a lean, fast-moving organization, equally strategic and hands-on.
• Preferred: experience designing for media, publishing, membership/subscription, or email marketing at scale.
• Preferred: people management experience, or a track record of building the case for a team before it exists.
• Preferred: experience as a sole/first design hire, standing up process and craft standards from scratch.
• Preferred: familiarity with WCAG accessibility standards and email rendering constraints across clients.

Responsabilités

• Define and own the UX/visual design vision for the company’s digital properties, building a cohesive design language that flexes across brands while preserving each publication’s voice
• Own end-to-end website design, including information architecture, interaction, visual design, and responsive behavior, from concept to shipped experience
• Design and maintain the system for email templates and marketing formats (newsletters, membership, ticketing, promotions), ensuring consistency and deliverability across markets
• Lead early-stage design exploration for future mobile app initiatives, from concept through user testing
• Build and maintain a scalable design system and component library so a small team can ship consistent, on‑brand work across properties
• Partner with engineering to translate designs into shipped product, and with product, editorial, membership, and advertising leaders to align design with business goals like growth, conversion, and retention
• Conduct or commission user research and usability testing to validate and iterate on design decisions
• Establish and maintain accessibility, usability, and brand standards across all digital touchpoints
• Build the case for growing a design function over time, then hire, mentor, and manage that team as it is approved

Connaissances

UX design

Product design

Web & email design

Design systems

Leadership

Outils

Figma

Sketch

Description du poste

Signal & Strand partners with a fast-growing local media company to hire a Head of Product Design who will own end-to-end UX and visual direction across digital properties. This hands-on leader will shape a cohesive design language for multiple brands while staying close to work.

You will collaborate with editorial, membership, advertising and product leaders, work with engineering to ship designs, and mentor a growing design team as the function matures.