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Product Designer
Descript โข San Francisco, United States of America ๐บ๐ธ
As a Product Designer, you will drive design decisions and collaborate with stakeholders to create innovative video editing experiences. You will own the design process from concept to execution while contributing to the design system.
Responsibilities
- Play a key role in a feature team, driving design decisions and collaborating with stakeholders and fellow designers to shape innovative video editing experiences
- Set a high bar for craft, eye for detail, and deep empathy for users
- Own the design process from concept to execution
- Bring clarity to problems that are broad and ambiguous in scope, integrating user, business, and technical constraints through structured thinking and effective communication
- Contribute to the definition and expansion of our design system
- Collaborate deeply with diverse stakeholders (product management, engineers, designers, executives)
- Advocate for what you think is right, know when to disagree and commit
- Excited by the opportunity to mentor more junior designers on the team
Requirements
- 6+ years as a designer, the majority of it spent in product
- You have a portfolio demonstrating strong systems design and conceptual thinking
- Commitment to your craft and an exceptional command of color, typography, space, motion, and usability
- Experience designing web, mobile or desktop applications with sophisticated user workflows and systems design challenges
- Experience on a fast-growing team and ability to work through ambiguity and create clarity
- Clear, direct communication
- Self-direction, you own your own work and deliver on your commitments
- Tactics for leading the design process cross-functionally
- Great feedback skillsโknow how to give feedback that elevates othersโ work inside and outside design and how to get feedback that elevates your own
- At least 3 of the following stand-out skills: Past work building and/or working on a creation tool, Experience building or working on a mature design system, Experience with enterprise products and collaborative features, Expertise in accessibility, Comfort with designer-led user research, An interest in Vibe coding (or, hey, code coding) for prototyping, UI animation skills, Strong understanding of AI/ML, and point of view on how to integrate it into existing experiences
Key Skills
- Figma fluency (including the ability to prototype).
- Demonstrated curiosity and proficiency in using AI tools (e.g. Cursor, Figma Make) to accelerate workflows, boost creativity, and prototype efficiently.
Benefits
- Generous healthcare package, catered lunches, and flexible vacation time.
About Descript
Descript is a new kind of video editor thatโs as easy as a doc. Descriptโs AI-powered features and intuitive interface fuel YouTube and TikTok channels, top podcasts, and businesses using video for marketing, sales, and internal training and collaboration. Descript aims to make video a staple of every communicatorโs toolkit, alongside docs and slides.
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