Staff Product Designer

VSCO®; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work with office in San Francisco

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible Time Off

Company-paid parental leave

Mental health resources

Job summary

VSCO® in San Francisco seeks a Staff Product Designer to lead key design initiatives and shape strategic product outcomes. You'll oversee the design of innovative photography management tools and AI frameworks, working closely with diverse teams.

Your role involves mentoring designers, facilitating product alignment, and ensuring high design standards. The position offers competitive salary, equity, and extensive benefits including medical coverage and flexible time off.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product design experience in fast-moving environments.
• Proven track record using AI-assisted design tools.
• Experience designing AI-powered product experiences.
• Strong portfolio showing strategic product thinking.

Responsibilities

• Own Workspace design from strategy to delivery.
• Define the AI Agent experience.
• Work with team to shape product direction.
• Mentor other designers on interaction principles.

Skills

Product design experience

AI fluency

Interaction design skills

Visual design skills

Systems thinking

Tools

Cursor

Claude

Figma

Job description

About VSCO

VSCO (pronounced vis–co) is a platform that equips photographers with the tools, community, and exposure they need to expand creatively and professionally. VSCO maintains a rich and authentic creative environment that serves photographers at all levels – preserving a home for creative opportunity, inspiration, and connection. Our mission is to champion photographers so they can make it. We empower photographers to connect with other creatives and businesses with our suite of creative tools that spans from mobile to desktop and across our global community.

About The Role

We\'re looking for a Staff Product Designer to join our design team and lead high-impact design initiatives across our portfolio. You\'ll own products end-to-end — from strategy and problem framing through interaction design, visual craft, and delivery. This role will be responsible for designing our next generation of photography business management tools and the AI frameworks that drive them. This is a product-defining role where you\'ll be a primary design voice, working closely with product, engineering, and data to shape strategy, define what gets built, and drive measurable outcomes.

The Day to Day

• Own Workspace end-to-end, from strategy and problem framing through activation loop design, upgrade experience, and paid product delivery.
• Define the AI Agent experience: interaction model, agent behaviors, escalation logic, tone, and how conversation hands off to UI.
• Work with your squad (PM, design, and engineering) to shape product direction, drive alignment on what gets built, and push back on platform limitations with clear rationale.
• Communicate design direction to senior leadership and drive alignment across functions.
• Use AI-assisted tools (Cursor, Claude, v0) for speed and exploration, return to Figma for craft refinement and system alignment, and ensure the quality of what ships reflects a high standard.
• Contribute to VUI, ensuring Workspace and AI agent components are well-structured and token-compliant.
• Mentor other designers on interaction principles, systems thinking, and AI-assisted workflows.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product design experience, including 0 to 1 work in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• High AI fluency and a proven track record using AI-assisted design and prototyping tools (Cursor, Claude, v0) as an active part of your workflow
• Experience designing AI-powered or agent-driven product experiences with a clear point of view on trust, transparency, and user control
• Exceptional interaction and visual design skills, with a high bar for craft at every stage of delivery
• Strong portfolio showing strategic product thinking alongside polished, shipped work across mobile and web
• Experience designing business tools, CRM-adjacent products, or workflow-driven experiences
• Strong systems thinking: you design scalable patterns and think about how decisions ripple across surfaces
• Track record of influencing product roadmap and tying design decisions to business outcomes
• Experience working within and contributing to a design system

Job Perks

• Hybrid work with an office in San Francisco, CA
• Regular in-person events to connect and collaborate
• Competitive salary & equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families
• Flexible Time Off
• Company-paid parental, medical and caregiver leave
• Other perks including mental health resources and tech reimbursements

Compensation

The base salary for this position will vary based on several factors, such as relevant experience, location and your approved internal leveling assessed during the interview process. The base salary range for this role is $220,000 - $235,000. Salary is one component of our total compensation package. This position also qualifies for equity (i.e. stock options) and is eligible for discretionary bonuses based on performance.

The benefits available for this position include flexible time off, a 401K retirement plan, insurance (medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, short and long term disability), and 11 paid holidays. We also provide paid sick time as required by state and local law. Additional benefits and perks contained in our standard employee benefits package are also offered for this position.

Important Notice

Please note: The application window for this role will be open until at least 6/29/2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

As part of our hiring process, we conduct pre-employment background checks in compliance with federal, state, and local laws. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of this background check, which includes state and federal criminal records checks, sex offender registry searches, and other relevant checks as permitted by law.

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Note that VSCO will never ask for financial information or sensitive personal information during the application process.