Lead AI-Driven Product Designer, Design Systems

Yahoo Holdings Inc.

Champaign (IL)

Hybrid

USD 144,000 - 299,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Yahoo Holdings Inc. seeks a Principal Product Designer to lead visual craft and interaction across its consumer surfaces. You will create high-fidelity prototypes rapidly and translate concepts into polished models showing usability and flow.

You will work across Y100/News, Breaking News, Scout modules, topic pages, and more. You will operate in an AI-augmented environment, using Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex to accelerate prototyping and evolve Yahoo's design systems with cross-functional

Qualifications

8+ years of experience designing high-scale digital products across web and mobile.
Proven experience leveraging generative AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) to prototype.
Exceptional product design thinking with typography, layout and visual systems.
Ability to operate in an AI-augmented workflow balancing AI and manual craft.
Experience leading a broad, diverse surface portfolio with high velocity.

Responsibilities

Lead design vision and interactive prototyping across Yahoo's surfaces.
Craft bespoke interaction patterns elevating Yahoo brand and product experience.
Drive evolution of design standards and visual patterns across surfaces.
Collaborate with researchers, PMs, and engineers to translate concepts into solutions.
Mentor junior designers and present rationale to senior stakeholders.