Staff Product Designer - Remote, High-Impact Design

Medium; United States; Remote; USD 145,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Parental leave

Off-sites

Mental health support

Northstar benefits

Co-working stipend

Home office bonus

Unlimited PTO

Medium membership

Job summary

Medium is seeking a Staff Product Designer to own high-impact design initiatives across a fully distributed team in the United States and France. You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and leaders to translate strategy into intuitive experiences from ideation to launch.

You bring 7+ years of product design, a standout portfolio, and a strong balance of design details with big-picture thinking.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience designing products in a fast-paced environment with cross-functional teams.
• Outstanding portfolio with case studies showing typography, interaction, and visual design.
• Ability to translate complex problems into simple, intuitive experiences.
• Capable of switching between design details and big-picture thinking while maintaining speed.
• Solid understanding of design systems and their evolution.
• Growth mindset in a small, evolving team.
• Excellent written, verbal, and storytelling skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and leadership to translate strategy into initiatives.
• Own and execute high-quality designs, interactions, and prototypes for users.
• Leverage AI design tools to explore and validate ideas.
• Contribute to the design system for a cohesive language across the product.
• Conduct user research to uncover pain points and inform decisions.
• Represent the design team, upholding a high design bar and collaborative ethos.

Skills

7+ years of experience

Portfolio

Typography & visual design

Big picture & detail balance

Design systems understanding

Learning and growth mindset

Excellent written & spoken comms

Job description

Medium is seeking a Staff Product Designer to own high-impact design initiatives across a fully distributed team in the United States and France. You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and leaders to translate strategy into intuitive experiences from ideation to launch.

You bring 7+ years of product design, a standout portfolio, and a strong balance of design details with big-picture thinking.