Staff Product Designer

VSCO•San Francisco, CA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

VSCO is seeking a Staff Product Designer to join their design team and lead high-impact design initiatives across their portfolio. This role will own products end-to-end, from strategy and problem framing through interaction design, visual craft, and delivery. The primary responsibility will be designing the next generation of photography business management tools and the AI frameworks that drive them. This is a product-defining role where the designer will be a primary design voice, working closely with product, engineering, and data to shape strategy, define what gets built, and drive measurable outcomes. VSCO's product, design, and engineering squads work closely and move fast, embracing AI-first processes. The team uses AI-assisted tools like Cursor as a core part of their workflow, and they are looking for someone with hands-on experience using these tools and who is comfortable designing within this workflow, where rapid ideation, quick iteration, and early testing are core to shipping products while maintaining a high bar for craft.

Requirements

8+ years of product design experience, including 0 to 1 work in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
High AI fluency and a proven track record using AI-assisted design and prototyping tools (Cursor, Claude, v0) as an active part of your workflow
Experience designing AI-powered or agent-driven product experiences with a clear point of view on trust, transparency, and user control
Exceptional interaction and visual design skills, with a high bar for craft at every stage of delivery
Strong portfolio showing strategic product thinking alongside polished, shipped work across mobile and web
Experience designing business tools, CRM-adjacent products, or workflow-driven experiences
Strong systems thinking: you design scalable patterns and think about how decisions ripple across surfaces
Track record of influencing product roadmap and tying design decisions to business outcomes
Experience working within and contributing to a design system

Responsibilities

Own Workspace end-to-end, from strategy and problem framing through activation loop design, upgrade experience, and paid product delivery.
Define the AI Agent experience: interaction model, agent behaviors, escalation logic, tone, and how conversation hands off to UI.
Work with the squad (PM, design, and engineering) to shape product direction, drive alignment on what gets built, and push back on platform limitations with clear rationale.
Communicate design direction to senior leadership and drive alignment across functions.
Use AI-assisted tools (Cursor, Claude, v0) for speed and exploration, return to Figma for craft refinement and system alignment, and ensure the quality of what ships reflects a high standard.
Contribute to VUI, ensuring Workspace and AI agent components are well-structured and token-compliant.
Mentor other designers on interaction principles, systems thinking, and AI-assisted workflows.