Product Designer, Youth

OpenAI

Product Designer shaping safe AI experiences for young people and K–12 education. Leading high-craft, zero-to-one product design at OpenAI.

Posted 9/10/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $245,000 - $310,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in product design with a focus on creating engaging, safe, and age-appropriate experiences for youth and education. Capable of leading cross-disciplinary teams and conducting research to inform product development while ensuring clarity and safety in design.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Staff-Level Product Design ExperienceExceptional Interaction DesignVisual Design CraftDeep Product and Systems ThinkingExperience in Safety-Critical Contexts

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Hard Skills

Product DesignInteraction DesignVisual DesignPrototypingUser ResearchSystems ThinkingDesign for SafetyAge Assurance DesignHigh-Fidelity Product ExperiencesZero-to-One Product Development

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationCross-Disciplinary AlignmentHands-On DevelopmentNavigating User Needs

Industry Keywords

Youth ExperiencesEducation ProductsHigh-Trust InteractionsCollaborative WorkInstitutional Partnerships

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Establish a high standard for craft across OpenAI’s youth and education experiences
Lead end-to-end design for products helping young people use AI safely, confidently, and productively
Design age-appropriate experiences for safety, age assurance, and sensitive high-trust interactions
Shape zero-to-one K–12 experiences for school districts, educators, classrooms, collaborative work, and builder-style workflows
Turn emerging ideas into concepts, prototypes, and high-fidelity product experiences
Partner with research, engineering, product, safety, policy, and design
Balance user needs, technical capabilities, and responsible deployment
Conduct and apply research with young people, educators, institutions, and relevant partners
Develop reusable patterns and principles across youth and education products

Requirements

What you’ll need

Staff-level product design experience
Exceptional interaction and visual design craft
Deep product and systems thinking
Experience leading substantial, ambiguous, or zero-to-one product areas
Ability to design for sensitive, high-trust, or safety-critical contexts
Ability to create engaging and intuitive products without compromising safety or clarity
Ability to navigate needs of young people, educators, administrators, and institutional partners
Ability to communicate clearly and build cross-disciplinary alignment
Ability to remain hands-on throughout product development
Ability to work from the US office three days per week
Authorization to work in the country where the job is located
Background checks administered in accordance with applicable law

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity
Performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees
Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
Employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Paid parental leave: up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents
Paid medical and caregiver leave: up to 8 weeks
Flexible PTO for exempt employees
Up to 15 days annual PTO for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays
Paid coordinated company office closures
Paid sick or safe time
Mental health and wellness support
Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
Annual learning and development stipend
Daily meals in offices
Meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Charitable donation matching
Wellness stipends
Immigration and sponsorship support may be provided based on individual circumstances