Senior Product Designer — Remote, High-Impact Design

Medium; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully distributed team across US & FR

100% healthcare for employees

Generous parental leave

Off-site company events

Mental health support

Wellness stipends

Home office stipend

Unlimited PTO

Medium membership discount

Job summary

Medium is seeking a Senior Product Designer to join a fully distributed team across the United States. You will own features from ideation to launch, collaborate with engineering and design, and help elevate our reading and writing tools.

You’ll work under the Director of Product Design, shaping a product that prioritizes humans-first experiences, empathy, and durable impact. We value feedback, iteration, and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Portfolio with case studies showing typography, interaction and visual design.
• 2) Understanding of design systems and how to contribute to them.
• 3) Experience or passion for reading and writing tools or experiences.
• 4) Learning and growth mindset in a small evolving team.
• 5) Excellent written, verbal, and storytelling skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with engineers and designers to scope and define features.
• 2) Own and execute high‑quality designs, interactions, and prototypes.
• 3) Leverage AI design tools to explore and validate ideas.
• 4) Contribute to our design system for cohesion and scalability.
• 5) Conduct user research to uncover pain points and inform decisions.
• 6) Uphold a high design bar and advocate for thoughtful decisions.

Skills

UX design

Portfolio

Design systems

Reading tools

Writing tools

Learning mindset

Communication skills

Collaboration

Figma

Tools

Figma

Job description

Medium is seeking a Senior Product Designer to join a fully distributed team across the United States. You will own features from ideation to launch, collaborate with engineering and design, and help elevate our reading and writing tools.

You’ll work under the Director of Product Design, shaping a product that prioritizes humans-first experiences, empathy, and durable impact. We value feedback, iteration, and collaboration.