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Product Designer

Descript

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Salary

💰 $190,000 - $230,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

Spark

About the role

  • As a Product Designer, help leverage emerging technology to reimagine the experience of editing video and own end-to-end design of new and existing features in the generative/agentic space.
  • Passion for creating novel experiences and collaborating closely with user research, product management, engineering, and other designers to achieve the right mix of novelty and usefulness.
  • Strong systems design thinking: find the right fit for new features in an existing product and have strong intuition for when to push at system boundaries.
  • Play a key role in a feature team, driving design decisions and collaborating with stakeholders and fellow designers to shape innovative video editing experiences.
  • Set a high bar for craft, eye for detail, and deep empathy for users.
  • Own the design process from concept through to execution.
  • Bring clarity to broad and ambiguous problems, integrating user, business, and technical constraints through structured thinking and effective communication.
  • Contribute to the definition and expansion of our design system.
  • Collaborate deeply with diverse stakeholders (product management, engineers, designers, executives).
  • Advocate for what you think is right; know when to disagree and commit.

Requirements

  • 4+ years as a designer, the majority of it spent in product
  • You have a portfolio demonstrating your ability to create net new features from scratch as well as your systems thinking
  • Exceptional interaction and visual design skills—the ability to create delight without sacrificing usability
  • Understanding of AI/ML and some experience designing for it
  • Experience designing web, mobile or desktop applications with workflows and systems design challenges
  • Experience on a fast-growing team and ability to work through ambiguity and create clarity
  • Clear, direct communication
  • Self-direction, you own your own work and deliver on your commitments
  • Contribute actively in team crit—know how to give and receive feedback well
  • At least 2 of the following stand-out skills