Product Designer, Design Systems

Goodreads LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Goodreads LLC is seeking a Seattle-based Product Designer to own and mature an AI-ready design system used across web and mobile apps. You will lead design libraries, drive adoption, and collaborate with research, engineering, and product teams to improve reader experiences across Discovery, Reading, Tracking, and Community, including emails.

The role emphasizes customer-centered design and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of design experience.
• Online portfolio showing end-to-end, user-centered design across desktop and mobile.
• Experience designing and prototyping with Figma or Adobe Creative Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and enablement of the design system to support core reader experiences across web and mobile apps.
• Drive adoption of the design system and optimize design processes as product needs expand.
• Manage design libraries and tooling and educate the team on best practices.

Skills

UX design

User research

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

Seattle-based, onsite Product Design role at Goodreads LLC where you’ll help shape an AI-ready design system used across web and mobile apps. In this position, you’ll own the system, mature the tooling, and raise the quality of reader experiences across Discovery, Reading, Tracking, and Community, including emails. This is a customer-centered design environment where design is closely connected to research, engineering, and product decision-making.

Salary: USD 129,600 - 176,000 per year. Experience: 3+ years.

What you’ll do

• Own the design and enablement of the design system to support core reader experiences across web and mobile apps, including driving adoption, evaluating system gaps, and optimizing processes as needs expand across products and surfaces.
• Manage design libraries and tooling while educating the team with best practices and practical resources.
• Design customer-centered solutions that incorporate customer feedback, user research, data, market trends, and technical constraints.
• Create flows, wireframes, design mockups, and rapid prototypes to conceptualize, validate, and deliver high-quality product experiences.
• Partner with design, product, and engineering teams to define systems and AI enablement for design work.
• Work with User Research and independently drive evaluative research to understand customer needs and validate design choices before and after development.
• Advocate for design by sharing your work and presenting cross-functionally, clearly articulating design rationale.
• Give and solicit feedback with other designers to continuously improve quality.

Design role, day-to-day

Goodreads Product Design brings together human factors, information architecture, interaction design, visual design, and UX research into a single customer-focused role. Designers work as generalists with specialties, translating customer insights and business needs into experiences that delight, and collaborating with AI and developers to deliver concepts with high quality.

You’ll collaborate with engineers, data scientists, researchers, product managers, sales managers, customer experts, content creators, and designers to build products that help readers discover books they’ll love and get more from them. This role also supports how authors, publishers, and advertisers connect with an engaged reader audience as Goodreads reimagines its products and brand.

Requirements

• 3+ years of design experience.
• Online portfolio or resume samples showing end-to-end, user-centered design solutions and patterns across desktop and mobile.
• Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, or similar.
• Experience delivering design solutions as a UX designer or interaction designer.
• Visual design expertise demonstrated through mockups and style guides.
• Collaborative experience working with developers to implement designs.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and design.
• Experience delivering design solutions for large-scope, complex projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
• Experience managing, contributing to, and adopting design systems.
• Understanding of user-centered design processes and how AI can be integrated.
• Experience designing for consumer-facing and ad-supported products.

Benefits

• Health insurance: medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D, option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

Technologies: Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, web, iOS, Android, emails.