[Hiring] Staff Product Designer @Medium

Role Description

At Medium, designers and engineers work across the full range of the product development process. We’re looking for someone who lives and breathes reading and writing, not just someone who’s designed a lot of software. As a Staff Product Designer on the team, you’ll report to the Director of Product Design and work on multiple projects from ideation to launch.

• Collaborate closely with other engineers, designers, and leadership to translate product strategy and complex challenges into well-defined product initiatives.
• Own and execute high-quality designs, interactions, and prototypes that distill a product vision into tangible experiences for our users.
• Leverage AI design tools and workflows effectively to create artifacts that explore and validate new ideas, features, and interactions.
• Contribute to our design system to ensure a cohesive and scalable visual language across the product.
• Conduct user research to uncover pain points and opportunities, using insights to inform design decisions.
• Represent the design team by upholding a high design bar, working with your teammates to make thoughtful, intentional decisions at every step.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience designing products in a fast-paced environment working closely with engineering, design, and product teammates to develop the strategy and rationale for features.
• An outstanding portfolio with presentable case studies of your best work, showcasing a foundation in typography, interaction and visual design, and idea generation for work you’ve shipped.
• The ability to tackle complex challenges and transform them into simple, intuitive experiences.
• The ability to change altitude from design details to big picture thinking, while maintaining a high pace of execution and quality bar.
• An understanding of design systems, including an understanding of how and why the field has evolved and a point of view on what comes next.
• A learning and growth mindset. We’re a small team. Our shape and process will evolve and change many times over the next few years. We strive to continuously improve, iterate, and integrate what we learn—from our work and each other.
• Excellent written, verbal, and storytelling skills. We are a reading and writing company, after all!

Requirements

• First-round phone call with a Medium recruiter.
• 30-minute phone call with the hiring manager.
• 60-minute portfolio presentation with a cross-functional panel of people you’d work with. We ask that you present 2 case studies of your best work that convey why you want to join Medium, plus 1 adjacent mini case to share other design skills or work you think make you the right fit.
• 45-minute realtime design collaboration exercise with a member of the product design team.
• 1:1 interviews with peers and leaders at Medium:
• 30 minutes with an engineer on the hiring team.
• 30 minutes with the VP of Product and Design.
• Wrap-up call with recruiting.

Benefits

• Working with a fully distributed team: We’re fully remote and have teammates across the U.S. & France.
• Healthcare benefits covered at 100% for employees and 80% for dependents.
• Generous parental leave policy.
• Twice a year company off-sites.
• Mental health support through Spring Health (or find a provider through Rula or Kaiser Mental Health Network).
• Financial wellness support through Northstar.
• Stipends for co-working, professional development, wifi, and a one-time home office bonus.
• Unlimited PTO and standard company holidays.
• A discounted Medium membership.