Principal Product Designer (US)

Air; New York (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 272,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in New York is seeking a Principal Designer to drive innovative design solutions and lead a team. This role focuses on high-impact product design, requiring 8+ years of experience. The company values diversity and offers comprehensive benefits including 90% medical coverage and unlimited vacation days.

Benefits

90% medical, dental, and vision insurance

75% dependent coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Professional development reimbursement

Unlimited vacation days

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in product design in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to lead and develop design teams.

Responsibilities

• Shape and drive Air's overarching design vision.
• Lead user research initiatives and mentor junior designers.

Skills

Communication

Presentation

Detail-oriented

Self-motivated

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Adobe Creative Suite

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Job description

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About Air

Air is a Creative Ops System for Marketers. Our product automates the mindless tasks that marketers do every day to manage content and unlocks creativity through image recognition, automated versioning, and approval workflows. We launched in March 2021 and have raised $38M+ from world-class venture capital groups including Tiger Global, Headline Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, WndrCo, and Slack Ventures.

About Air

Air is a Creative Ops System for Marketers. Our product automates the mindless tasks that marketers do every day to manage content and unlocks creativity through image recognition, automated versioning, and approval workflows. We launched in March 2021 and have raised $38M+ from world-class venture capital groups including Tiger Global, Headline Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, WndrCo, and Slack Ventures.

Location: NYC

This is a role requiring in-office attendance at least 3 days/week.

The Role

At Air, our Principal Designer will lead by example, working hands-on to deliver exceptional design outcomes. This role is focused on executing high-impact product design with minimal oversight. If you're passionate about shaping design strategy, tackling complex challenges, and driving innovative solutions that impact users and the business, this role will allow you to lead by example and leave a lasting mark on Air's product direction.

• Shape and drive Air's overarching design vision, ensuring alignment with customer needs and company goals
• Leverage your design expertise to tackle complex challenges and deliver high-quality, functional products that stand out in the market
• Lead user research initiatives, synthesizing qualitative and quantitative insights to continuously refine design approaches
• Mentor and elevate junior designers, fostering a strong culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and excellence
• Influence cross-functional processes, identifying and implementing opportunities to refine design workflows across teams
  
  
  

Requirements

Your experience

• You have 8+ years of experience in product design within a fast-paced, high-growth environment, with a proven track record of leading and developing design teams, ideally in SaaS or technology-driven businesses
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with experience presenting design concepts, strategy, and research findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proven ability to take concepts and ideas to execution and close, embracing both big-picture objectives and following through on details
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated with a passion for pixel perfection, consistency, organization, usability, and discoverability
• Proficiency with Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools. Familiarity with HTML / CSS / Javascript is a plus!
  
  
  

Benefits

Our company culture was built around a tireless pursuit to be the best at what we do. We're entrepreneurial and focused: tackling problems head-on without ego. We communicate with empathy. We speak directly, listen thoughtfully, and ask questions. We previously worked out of a cozy warehouse in Brooklyn, but we're now distributed between two offices in New York City and Toronto.

Air contributes 90% to medical, dental, and vision insurance and 75% to dependent coverage. Employees also have life insurance, disability insurance, and membership to One Medical. We offer a generous work-from-home stipend, professional development reimbursement, and unlimited vacation days. Although we are still early stage, we are always seeking ways to invest in the long-term health, wellness, and continued education of our employees.

At Air, we believe that it takes a diversity of thought, culture, race, sexual orientation, and outlook to build a world-class business. We value unique contributions and welcome people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join us at Air.

If based in US, the compensation range for this role is US $160-249K.

This is a role requiring in-office attendance at least 3 days/week!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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