Senior Designer

Nicedesignjobs; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple in Cupertino invites a Senior Designer to help shape future interactions within the IA team, crafting interactive prototypes and guiding design direction across disciplines. You will balance craft with perspective in ambiguous spaces, collaborating with hardware, software engineers, and other designers.

The role emphasizes constructive critique and open briefs within a design‑led environment. You'll mentor peers, present work to senior leadership, and contribute to high‑impact projects

Qualifications

• Considerable experience designing interactions for diverse product types.
• Experience organizing, directing, and motivating project teams.
• Wide range of prototyping skills from scrappy to polished.
• Technical fluency in both hardware and software prototyping.
• Strong product sensibility and user experience advocacy.
• Mentoring capability and commitment to design quality.
• Cross‑disciplinary, collaborative approach.
• Comfortable presenting work to senior leadership.
• Portfolio link required.

Responsibilities

• Help the organization learn by doing through rapid, cross‑functional work creating interactive prototypes.
• Balance craft and perspective — shaping direction in ambiguous spaces, connecting ideas across disciplines.
• Collaborate in a design‑led environment where critique is constructive and briefs are open‑ended.

Skills

Interaction design

Team leadership

Prototyping

Hardware prototyping

UX advocacy

Mentoring

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Executive presenting

Portfolio

Job description

Senior Designer

Apple

Location

Cupertino, California

Summary

Interaction Architecture (IA) is a design and prototyping team within the larger Apple Design Team exploring future experiences through a diverse team of designers, hardware engineers, software engineers, and makers.

Description

IA seeks a Senior Designer to help the organization learn by doing through rapid, cross‑functional work creating interactive prototypes. The role emphasizes balancing craft and perspective — shaping direction in ambiguous spaces, connecting ideas across disciplines. The position involves collaborating in a design‑led environment where critique is constructive and frequent, briefs are intentionally open‑ended.

Minimum Qualifications

• Considerable experience designing interactions for diverse product types
• Experience organizing, directing, and motivating project teams
• Wide range of prototyping skills from scrappy to polished
• Technical fluency in both hardware and software prototyping
• Strong product sensibility and user experience advocacy
• Mentoring capability and commitment to design quality
• Cross‑disciplinary, collaborative approach
• Comfortable presenting work to senior leadership
• Portfolio link required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing cross‑functional teams
• Significant technical depth in hardware or software prototyping
• Significant expertise designing for AI/ML interactions
• Deep technical understanding of AI/ML technology
• Experience building coalitions from diverse teams in large organizations