Staff Designer
Mozilla
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $150,000 - $170,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead complex, cross-team design initiatives from problem framing and discovery through shipped outcomes.
- Map end-to-end user journeys to identify system-level gaps and define scalable experience solutions.
- Produce high-quality design artefacts, including flows, wireframes, prototypes, and documentation, that create alignment and enable confident implementation.
- Shape experience frameworks, visual systems, and design standards that scale across platforms and teams.
- Translate research, analytics, and business context into clear recommendations, actionable plans, and long-term experience strategy.
- Lead and guide user research and usability testing efforts, synthesizing insights into practical product decisions.
- Set and uphold a high bar for usability, accessibility, and visual craft, embedding inclusive design standards across products by default.
- Facilitate planning sessions, design workshops, and design reviews that drive alignment and clarity.
- Mentor designers and influence cross-functional partners to strengthen user-centered thinking and design quality.
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional experience in user experience and interface design, including leadership of complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to operate strategically while delivering high-quality, hands-on design work.
- Experience creating and evolving scalable design systems and interaction patterns across web, desktop, and/or mobile platforms.
- Strong systems thinking, with the ability to connect journeys, architecture, and interface patterns into coherent experiences.
- Experience planning and conducting user research and usability testing, translating insights into product decisions.
- A portfolio demonstrating leadership across shipped work, including problem framing, decision rationale, collaboration, and measurable impact.
- Experience mentoring designers and influencing cross-functional teams in distributed environments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with comfort navigating ambiguity and driving clarity.
Benefits
- Fully remote work & schedule flexibility
- Latest Laptop
- Discretionary Annual Bonus Program
- Monthly Remote Work Stipend
- Annual Professional Development Stipend
- Access to Udemy Learning Platform
- Industry Conferences
- Company All Hands
- 24 days PTO per year (prorated)
- Your Birthday
- Year-end Company Shutdown
- 9 Wellbeing Days
- Public Holidays
- Other Paid Leave
- Quarterly Wellbeing Stipend for Personal / Family Activities
- 401(k) Contributions
- Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Sick Days
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
user experience designinterface designdesign systemsinteraction patternsuser researchusability testingprototypingwireframingvisual designdesign documentation
Soft Skills
leadershipstrategic thinkingmentoringcommunicationcollaborationproblem framingsynthesis of insightsfacilitationinfluenceadaptability