Staff Product Designer

VSCO; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

VSCO is looking for a Staff Product Designer to join their design team based in San Francisco. The role involves leading impactful design initiatives and owning products from strategy to delivery. Key responsibilities include designing AI-powered business management tools and working closely with product and engineering teams to drive measurable outcomes.

The ideal candidate should have a strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in AI-assisted design tools, with at least 8 years of product design experience, particularly in fast-moving environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product design experience, including 0 to 1 work in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Proven track record using AI-assisted design and prototyping tools as part of workflow.
• Experience designing business tools, CRM-adjacent products, or workflow-driven experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-impact design initiatives across the VSCO portfolio.
• Own products end-to-end, from strategy and defining what gets built.
• Design next generation of photography business management tools.

Skills

AI-assisted design tools

Product design experience

Interaction and visual design skills

Systems thinking

Influencing product roadmap

Tools

Cursor

Claude

Figma

Job description

Requirements

• Our team uses AI-assisted tools like Cursor as a core part of how we design, prototype, and ship. We're looking for someone with hands-on experience using these tools and we're looking for someone comfortable designing within this workflow — where rapid ideation, quick iteration, and early testing are core to how we ship while still holding a high bar for craft
• 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

What the job involves

• 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
• At VSCO, our product, design, and engineering squads work closely and move fast because we've embraced AI-first processes across the team
• 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