Senior Product Designer - Sportsbook

Hard Rock Digital • Atlantic City, NJ

78d • Hybrid

About The Position

Hard Rock Digital is building a team focused on becoming the best online sportsbook, casino, and social gaming company in the world. They are looking for a passionate Senior Product Designer to shape end-to-end user experiences for their online and mobile sportsbook. This role involves solving complex interaction problems across discovery, concepting, and execution, leveraging AI-enabled workflows and user insights to build intuitive, high-impact designs. The ideal candidate is collaborative, detail-oriented, an advocate for the user, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. This role requires a strong understanding of sports betting, interaction design, systems thinking, and a collaborative approach to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience designing consumer-facing, gaming, sports, or streaming media products.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design work across multiple touchpoints.
• Deep understanding of systems thinking, design systems, and core interaction design principles (flows, micro-interactions, user flows, layout, visual balance, and navigation systems, etc.).
• Expertise in creating high-fidelity prototypes to communicate complex ideas and gather feedback.
• Understanding user research methodologies, participating in user research, and synthesizing insights to drive design decisions.
• Proven track record of working on complex, cross-functional initiatives and influencing stakeholders in a remote environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate design decisions and trade-offs.
• A collaborative, team-first growth mindset with a passion for continuous learning.
• A desire to deeply understand the "why" before defining the "how" and use it to develop a strategic product design perspective.
• A strong growth mindset and comfortability with ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Create interaction patterns, user flows, wireframes, and accessible, high-fidelity cross-platform designs.
• Rapidly build prototypes to communicate ideas, gather feedback, and validate solutions.
• Articulate the tradeoffs and opportunities in design decisions, suggesting multiple paths forward.
• Partner with product & engineering to communicate designs and rationale effectively.
• Collaborate proactively to navigate and resolve technical and user experience dependencies.
• Refine designs using data, feedback, usability insights, and experimentation results.
• Conduct usability testing to inform design decisions and ensure a user-centered approach.
• Ensure all designs adhere to accessibility standards and guidelines.
• Actively using AI as part of your design process, from ideation through delivery, to work efficiently and more creatively.
• Contribute ideas on how AI can enhance both player experiences and internal design workflows.
• Experience using tools such as Codex and/or Claude Code to enhance and drive ideation through AI tooling.
• Promote user-centered and responsible gaming design best practices.
• Apply domain knowledge to influence design decisions, elevate quality, and anticipate user expectations.

Benefits

• Flexible vacation allowance.
• Remote or Hybrid Flexibility: Enjoy the flexibility of remote work, with opportunities for in-person collaboration at our Austin headquarters at least twice a year, or a hybrid arrangement.
• Innovative Environment: Join a team that thrives on pushing boundaries
• Growth Opportunities: As we scale, your role will evolve, providing you with unlimited opportunities for personal and professional growth.
• Diverse and Inclusive: Join a team that values diversity, inclusivity, and embraces varied perspectives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed