Sr. Product Designer

LinkedIn; California; Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Product Designer to shape the future of the member experience. Operating at the intersection of technical expertise and human-centered design, you will lead zero-to-one initiatives within a mature global platform, turning ambitious AI capabilities into intuitive, beautiful, and transformative products.

Based in a hybrid role, you will collaborate with Engineering, Product, and cross-functional partners, drive a cohesive design system, and ensure accessibility and

Qualifications

• BA/BS in graphic design, design communication, HCI, or related field or equivalent.
• 5+ years of product design experience with a portfolio of complex consumer products.
• Ability to lead design in ambiguous, technical spaces and align multiple partners.
• Background in interaction and visual design with typography, layout, and motion sense.
• Deep UX fundamentals: IA, system thinking, engagement and retention at scale.
• Fluency in Figma and modern prototyping workflows for low- to high-fidelity work.
• Data-informed mindset, partnering with research and analytics to shape hypotheses.
• Experience presenting to senior leaders and influencing without authority, and accessibility knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Engineering, Product and cross-functional teams to address member problems and influence strategy.
• Use advanced prototyping and AI-driven workflows to validate dynamic user flows in rapid loops.
• Apply systems thinking to integrate UI components into a cohesive global product ecosystem.
• Craft visual, motion and interaction patterns meeting localization, usability, safety and accessibility standards.

Skills

Product Thinking

Visual Design

Interaction Design

AI Prototyping

Data Literacy

Storytelling

Leadership

Education

BA/BS in graphic design, design communication, human-computer interaction, or related field

Tools

Figma

Cursor

Claude Code

Job description

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

This role will be based in Sunnyvale, San Francisco or New York.

The workforce is evolving at a scale and pace unseen since the Industrial Revolution, and LinkedIn Search is uniquely positioned to help. Join us as we transform LinkedIn from a traditional jobs and people lookup tool into an indispensable, AI-powered partner that connects 1B+ global users to economic opportunity.

As a Senior Product Designer, you will shape the future of the LinkedIn member experience. Operating at the intersection of technical expertise and human-centered design, you will lead zero-to-one initiatives within a mature global platform, turning ambitious AI capabilities into intuitive, beautiful, and transformative products.

Responsibilities:

• Partner hand-in-hand with Engineering, Product, and other cross-functional partners to navigate complex member problems. Leverage your collaboration strengths to influence product strategy and deliver helpful products to 1B+ global members.
• Utilize advanced prototyping tools and AI-driven workflows to simulate live content, build interactive concepts, and validate dynamic user flows in rapid experimentation loops.
• Apply a rigorous systems-thinking approach to ensure individual UI components integrate seamlessly into a cohesive, global product ecosystem. Drive clarity out of ambiguity and shepherd radical, divergent ideas from initial concept to launch.
• Craft visual, motion, and interaction patterns that set industry benchmarks. Ensure every experience adheres to world-class standards in localization, usability, safety, accessibility, and ethical AI.

Basic Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in graphic design, design communication, human-computer interaction, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

• 5+ years of product design experience, with a portfolio demonstrating leadership on complex, high-impact consumer products.

• Proven ability to lead design in ambiguous and technically rigorous problem spaces, setting direction and driving alignment across multiple partners or teams.

• Background in interaction and visual design expertise, with a refined sense of typography, layout, hierarchy, and motion.

• Deep UX fundamentals, including information architecture, system-level thinking, and designing for engagement and retention at scale.

• Fluency in Figma and modern prototyping workflows, with the ability to move between low- and high-fidelity as needed.

• Data-informed mindset, comfortable partnering with research and analytics to shape hypotheses, evaluate outcomes, and iterate.

• Experience in communication and storytelling skills, including experience presenting to senior leaders and influencing without authority.

• Experience understanding accessibility standards and inclusive design best practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven Track Record of Impact: A history of shepherding radical ideas, fostering divergent design thinking, and shipping transformative zero-to-one products within scaled, highly matrixed environments.

• Experience using system instructions, AI tools, and interactive prototyping platforms (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Figma) to shape UX requirements.

• Systems & Craft Mastery: Exceptional fluency across visual design, motion design, interaction patterns, and scalable design systems across desktop and mobile platforms.

• Data-Informed & Action-Oriented: Ability to leverage behavioral data and user research methodologies to evaluateinteractions, paired with the strong intuition needed to move forward confidently in the absence of data.

• Executive Communication & Storytelling: Outstanding communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills, with a proven ability to articulate design rationale clearly and influence strategy across executive partners.

Suggested Skills:

• Product Thinking

• Visual Design

• Interaction Design

• AI Prototyping

• Data Literacy

• Storytelling

• Leadership

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $126,000 to $207,000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For additional information, visit: https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

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