Lead Product Designer, AI Search Experiences

Thenewyorktimes; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid vacation

Paid sick days

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

The New York Times is seeking a Lead Product Designer to shape AI-powered experiences that help readers search for information and understand the world across NYT products. You will lead in designing coded prototypes, collaborate with product managers, engineers, researchers, and editors to ship high-quality experiences, and grow junior designers in a hybrid NYC-based environment.

The role emphasizes creating AI-enabled features, refining AI tone to match brand, and contributing to design

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a product designer, with recent experience creating coded prototypes using AI-enabled tools and workflows.
• 7+ years of experience with interaction design and prototyping, including a portfolio showing a deep care for micro-interactions, motion, and accessibility best practices.
• 7+ years of experience collaborating, building alignment and communicating clearly.
• 7+ years of experience working with user research and data analysis teams to inform product and UX decisions.
• 3+ years of creating functional prototypes.
• Experience designing features that use generative AI to deliver end-user experiences.
• Experience refining AI's tone, format, and behavior to align with brand guidelines, product goals, and quality standards.
• A portfolio of shipped work demonstrating experience working in 0-to-1 environments.

Responsibilities

• Create sketches, mockups, user journeys and other UX artifacts to rapidly explore a range of editorial and consumer scenarios and identify promising concepts.
• Frame different approaches and describe tradeoffs.
• Create functional coded prototypes of AI-powered experiences.
• Give input to product strategy and concept development.
• Lead conversations and help make decisions with the cross-functional team.
• Contribute to the development of design standards and systems around AI.
• Represent your work to leadership within the company.
• Improve the people and process around you by shaping and participating in team and Product Design rituals.
• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
• You will report to the Deputy Head of Product Design.

Skills

AI prototyping

Interaction design

Prototyping

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

AI tools

Job description

The New York Times is seeking a Lead Product Designer to shape AI-powered experiences that help readers search for information and understand the world across NYT products. You will lead in designing coded prototypes, collaborate with product managers, engineers, researchers, and editors to ship high-quality experiences, and grow junior designers in a hybrid NYC-based environment.

The role emphasizes creating AI-enabled features, refining AI tone to match brand, and contributing to design