Senior Product Designer — Publishing Platform

The New York Times; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits include medical

Dental and vision benefits

Flex spending accounts

Company-matching 401(k)

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid vacation

Paid sick days

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development programs

Job summary

The New York Times in New York City seeks a Senior Product Designer for the Publishing Group to design media production workflows and centralized CMS tools. You will lead complex features for images, videos, and audio, collaborating with editors, developers, and product managers to create cohesive experiences across platforms.

As an individual contributor, you’ll shape strategy, work with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment, and mentor peers while upholding the company’s journalistic

Qualifications

• Portfolio showing design process and finished work.
• 5+ years designing digital web or app products.
• 3+ years designing interactive products or tools.
• 1+ years system design experience or platform work.
• Recent experience creating coded prototypes with real datasets.
• Proficient in building prototypes with agentic coding tools (Claude, Cursor, Gemini Canvas, Retool, Figma).
• Proficient in Figma.
• Experience with AI-assisted generative design.
• Experience with Agile development and cross-functional teams.
• Experience facilitating alignment through workshops and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on high-level product strategy and solve distinct needs.
• Navigate stakeholder needs across News, sub-brands, and internal teams.
• Work with engineers and product teams to ensure design quality.
• Create clear, data-driven prototypes using live APIs.
• Document user journeys, experience maps, wireframes, and frameworks.
• Refine ideas into concrete requirements with teammates.
• Contribute to team and product design rituals.
• Mentor teammates and enhance design processes.
• Support journalistic independence and NYT mission.

Skills

Experience designing digital products

Web & app design experience

Prototype development

Coding prototypes with real data

Design tooling (Figma)

AI-assisted design

Agile cross-functional teamwork

Workshop facilitation

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Figma

Retool

Claude

Cursor

Gemini Canvas

Job description

The New York Times in New York City seeks a Senior Product Designer for the Publishing Group to design media production workflows and centralized CMS tools. You will lead complex features for images, videos, and audio, collaborating with editors, developers, and product managers to create cohesive experiences across platforms.

As an individual contributor, you’ll shape strategy, work with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment, and mentor peers while upholding the company’s journalistic