Designer Advocate, Partnerships

Figma•San Francisco, CA

34d•$153,000 - $317,000•Onsite

About The Position

Figma is seeking a Designer Advocate to join their team and contribute to making design accessible to all. The platform supports teams in bringing ideas to life through brainstorming, prototyping, code translation, and AI integration, streamlining workflows and enabling real-time collaboration globally. This role is crucial for shaping the future of design and collaboration. The Designer Advocate will partner closely with Marketing, Sales, and Product teams, bringing deep design expertise, product intuition, and a passion for the design community to go-to-market strategies. This role will also serve as an internal champion for user voices, ensuring their perspectives influence product evolution. The position is based in Figma's San Francisco hub.

Requirements

Demonstrate deep, hands-on expertise in Figma, with experience embedding the platform within product teams and taking ideas from early exploration through to polished, high-impact outcomes
Apply a strong understanding of modern product design workflows and development environments, including building, managing, and leveraging design systems, design tokens, and AI-assisted design or prototyping while partnering closely with engineers and cross-functional teams
Communicate complex design workflows and systems with clarity and confidence, delivering compelling presentations and effectively engaging audiences of all sizes
Translate technical design decisions into practical development outcomes, ensuring seamless collaboration between design and engineering teams
Champion the design community by actively building relationships, contributing to industry conversations, and representing the organization through travel of up to 25% as needed

Responsibilities

Build, evolve, and deliver certification programs, and scalable enablement programs for Figma's service distribution partners to help them successfully adopt, position, and leverage Figma best practices
Cultivate trusted relationships with strategic service, distribution, and tech partners, collaborating closely to identify opportunities, share best practices, and drive mutual success
Develop written, visual, and video content that showcases modern product development workflows, demonstrates Figma's integrations and ecosystem, and equips partners to educate and inspire their customers.
Represent Figma at partner events, workshops, conferences, and customer engagements, highlighting real-world workflows, integrations, and success stories that accelerate adoption.
Gather insights from users and partners including feedback on workflows, integrations, and emerging trends