Senior Product Designer, Social Commerce

Discord•San Francisco, CA

5d•$188,000 - $211,500

About The Position

Discord is seeking a Senior Product Designer for its Social Commerce team. This role will focus on designing the user experience for a new way for game developers to sell in-game items directly on the Discord platform. The designer will work across all surfaces of the product, collaborating with game developers, product managers, and engineers to create seamless experiences for both players and developers. This is an opportunity to build a new category of commerce on a platform used by millions.

Requirements

5+ years of experience developing and leading design on central end-to-end consumer products across a variety of platforms (web, mobile, desktop, console, etc).
Experience as a design lead for a squad, feature, initiative, and team, comfortable making design decisions, leading discussions, and communicating to the wider organization.
Experience working on an e-commerce product or platform.
Expert-level experience with Figma and high-fidelity prototyping tools, and confidence in utilizing AI to create prototypes.
Strong product thinking and strategic vision, with the ability to translate complex business requirements into intuitive user experiences.
Adept at articulating the rationale behind design decisions and their alignment with broader product goals.
Mastery of design craft, including typography, color theory, layout principles, and interaction design.
Committed to pixel-perfect execution and a keen eye for subtle details that enhance user experience.
High level of skill at crafting high-quality visual designs and an eye for creating delight in every product experience.
Compelling storytelling skills across multiple mediums with consistent experience pitching and influencing design decisions across peers, immediate team members and organization leadership.
Strong, proactive communication skills, forming ideas and presenting them to your cross-functional team to develop product strategy and roadmaps.
A desire to deeply understand the "why" before defining the "how" and use it to develop a strategic product perspective and vision.
Proficiency in data analysis and interpretation, with the ability to leverage quantitative and qualitative data to inform design decisions and measure the impact of design changes on key metrics.
Experience working with, and actively contributing to a design system with components of sub-system languages.

Nice To Haves

Casual PC or console player

Responsibilities

Embed within a product squad and partner with engineers, product managers, researchers, and data scientists to oversee the user experience from concept to launch and post-release improvement.
Create wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and assist in implementing designs to pixel perfection, ensuring quality checks throughout the build process.
Own the standard for craft, execution, and production quality for the immediate product team, and proactively identify opportunities to improve production quality through playtesting.
Actively influence the team's roadmap with a deep understanding of the product space, acting as a thought leader with XFN leads in defining the product strategy.
Present designs to the team and the wider organization to drive alignment.
Identify gaps or improvements in the design system and contribute UX and design patterns that address design debt and are adopted across the design organization.
Be an active peer and participant in the organization's design team and culture, sharing and contributing in critiques and general channels to encourage open feedback and support.