Senior Product Designer, Native and AI Experiences
About The Position
The Washington Post is seeking a Senior Product Designer, Native and AI Experiences to focus on human interaction design initiatives to transform The Post’s core user experiences. As part of the Product Design team, this role will design for The Post’s suite of digital products, including washingtonpost.com, our native iOS and Android apps, and our paywall and account management experiences. In this role, you will focus on helping define and scale human interaction design at The Post while maintaining the highest journalistic standards. You will develop the interfaces and features millions will use to discover and consume our journalism in ways familiar and new. You will partner with engineers, product managers, reporters, and editors to make that journalism more accessible, personalized and essential to users around the world.
Requirements
- 5+ years of human interaction design experience, or a proven track record of leading complex, high-impact projects that demonstrate senior-level readiness.
- Expert proficiency in the latest design prototyping tools.
- A portfolio that demonstrates strong human interaction design, clear logic, and the ability to solve complex problems.
- Ability to use qualitative and quantitative signals to inform design decisions.
- Strong ability to communicate the rationale behind your design choices to stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with journalism’s interaction design patterns
- Experience designing for transparency, trust, and related user attitudes and behaviors
- Experience with audio, video, and emerging format storytelling
- A deep appreciation for the mission of journalism and The Washington Post.
Responsibilities
- Explore and define UI patterns and interaction models across our core experiences, using the latest design prototyping tools.
- Develop high-fidelity prototypes to test new functionality and gauge user sentiment.
- Create flows that prioritize user needs and transparent ways to navigate editorially-curated and personalized experiences with confidence.
- Partner with product, engineering, and newsroom stakeholders to ensure work meets technical and journalistic standards.
- Partner closely with research and analytics teams to research and identify user behaviors we can address through design.
- Maintain a high standard for visual and interaction design across all platforms.
- Collaborate with the design team to establish style guides, standards, and design systems.
- Manage the work throughout the design process: research, concepting, user flows, prototyping, and implementation.
- Identify opportunities to improve products and processes by leveraging design experience, best practices, and user insights.
- Apply empathy, logic, and data to create experiences that meet the needs of our readers.
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage
- Company-paid pension and 401(k) match
- Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave
- Nine paid holidays and two personal days
- 20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent
- Robust mental health resources
- Backup care and caregiver concierge services
- Gender affirming services
- Pet insurance
- Free Post digital subscription
- Leadership and career development programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
