Senior Product Designer

Description

You will join the product team, which owns the customer touchpoints across all of the company's digital products and works closely with the consumer revenue and editorial teams when needed.

The team builds the platforms that carry the company's content to its audience. Its members are curious problem-solvers who turn creative ideas into products that work, and design is central to how readers engage with them.

Responsibilities

• Create digital experiences and interfaces for consumer revenue, subscription, and related products.
• Take projects through the full product lifecycle, from early concepts to launches across multiple platforms.
• Present solutions to stakeholders, explain design decisions and their tradeoffs, and argue for the reader and subscriber while also meeting core business goals.
• Work through complex design problems by combining several inputs.
• Assess existing products, then iterate and improve their performance.
• Build and maintain scalable pattern libraries and design systems that keep a family of brand identities consistent across platforms and touchpoints.
• Work with engineering, product, data, consumer revenue, and editorial colleagues on product strategy and delivery.
• Take part in team design rituals, give and receive useful feedback, and help improve the design team's culture and process.
• You will report to the VP of Product Design, NYmag.com.

Requirements

• A degree in product design, interaction design, graphic design, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience, with a portfolio showing end-to-end responsive web and app work.
• 5+ years creating complex typography systems, visual hierarchies, and scalable design systems.
• 3+ years designing for digital media, editorial, subscription, or commerce platforms.
• A track record of carrying several brand identities across multiple digital platforms and touchpoints.
• Careful attention to detail and a willingness to keep iterating on designs.
• Ability to work independently, own projects from start to finish, and collaborate well in a team.
• Working knowledge of modern digital technologies, information architecture, and accessibility standards.
• 3-5 years of experience in Figma, including prototyping, component libraries, and design systems.
• 1-2 years of experience vibecoding to ship small features and build working prototypes.
• Preferred: experience designing high-converting subscription funnels and/or promotional messaging systems.
• Preferred: ability to integrate AI tools into design and development work, or willingness to learn how.
• Preferred: experience with editorial production workflows and digital news publishing environments.
• Preferred: experience using user research and analytics to validate design decisions and measure impact after launch.
• Preferred: interest in journalism, the editorial mission of the brand, and its design heritage.

Conditions

The base pay range for this role is $122,500 - $132,500 USD. The final salary depends on factors including the selected candidate's skills and experience.

The company is committed to an inclusive workplace where people can bring their full selves and do their best work.