Senior Product Designer, Games — Hybrid & Systems-Driven

confidential; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid vacation

Paid sick days

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development programs

Job summary

The New York Times Company is seeking a Senior Product Designer for the Games team in New York City. You will develop new experiences across web and apps and partner with product and engineering on strategy.

You will lead exploration, prototype ideas, and validate with user testing; contribute to design systems and mentor teammates. This hybrid role requires onsite presence 3+ days per week and aligns with Times' mission of independent journalism.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of design experience in cross-functional teams.
• A portfolio that shows your thought process and finished design work.
• Demonstrated experience building, maintaining, and applying design systems in environments with legacy UI or multiple parallel component libraries.
• Fluency in UX best practices for responsive web and mobile.
• Knowledge of usability and accessible, inclusive design (typography scales, contrast, motion, semantics).
• Proficiency in Figma and Rive or equivalent software.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional teammates on product strategy and discovery.
• Lead design exploration before detailed execution: identify work, produce multiple solutions, develop approaches, and establish requirements.
• Prototype and validate ideas through user testing; present design rationale and align decisions.
• Turn concepts into detailed, production-ready flows, mocks, screens, and specifications; collaborate with engineers on implementation.
• Contribute to design systems and documentation; ensure experiences meet brand and accessibility standards.
• Facilitate discovery sessions and mentor teammates; improve team processes and documentation.
• Support The Times's value of journalistic independence and our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

UX design principles

Accessibility design

Portfolio storytelling

Mentoring

Education

Portfolio of design work

Tools

Figma

Rive

Job description

The New York Times Company is seeking a Senior Product Designer for the Games team in New York City. You will develop new experiences across web and apps and partner with product and engineering on strategy.

You will lead exploration, prototype ideas, and validate with user testing; contribute to design systems and mentor teammates. This hybrid role requires onsite presence 3+ days per week and aligns with Times' mission of independent journalism.