Product Designer

Own end-to-end design of features and flows across TED’s digital platforms, defining user journeys, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes. Collaborate closely with other designers, product managers, and engineers to create intuitive and elegant experiences for users.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design of features and flows across TED’s digital platforms—defining user journeys, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes
• Rapidly explore and iterate on ideas, balancing user needs, product goals, and design craft
• Work on TED.com, the TED app, and occasional tools for conferences and global community initiatives
• Conduct and synthesize user research to uncover insights, pain points, and opportunities for better design
• Collaborate closely with other designers, product managers, and engineers, both informally and through design sprints, critiques, and reviews
• Contribute to TED’s evolving design system, while helping push our visual language and interaction patterns forward
• Advocate for user-centered design thinking across the organization and support a high bar for accessibility, clarity, and craft
• Contribute to a thoughtful and creative design culture grounded in humility, curiosity, and purpose

Requirements

• 5-7 years of experience in product design with a BA or certificate in digital product design, graphic design, user experience, interaction design, human-computer interaction, or equivalent professional experience
• Fluency in a broad range of software design disciplines, including interaction design, information architecture, and visual design; familiarity with the principles of motion design and native app design
• Have a strong portfolio that showcases your product thinking, interaction design, and visual design sensibility
• Are fluent in core design disciplines: interaction design, visual design, IA, responsive layout
• Can communicate clearly, both visually and verbally, and enjoy collaborating with cross-functional partners
• Successful partnership and collaboration with senior team members (product managers, engineers, and stakeholders) on complex design efforts from ideation through prototyping, refinement, iteration, user testing, launch, post-launch maintenance, and turndowns, when necessary
• Track record of leveraging design systems with proficiency in contemporary digital product design tools and technologies; this could include Figma, Miro, Webflow, HTML, and CSS
• Deep understanding of design research skills, including user interviews, usability testing, and design thinking methods, to accelerate iteration and development
• Strong communication, curiosity, collaboration, and perspective-taking skills – eager to understand the goals, values, and constraints of others, whether they are TED staff, partners, users, or beyond
• Desire to work in a fast-paced environment where we navigate the complexities of both scale (especially on ted.com) and crafted experience (especially for our conferences)
• Familiarity with HTML/CSS, Webflow, or native app design patterns (bonus)
• Experience with motion design, accessibility standards, or content-driven platforms (bonus)

Key Skills

• Interaction design
• Visual design
• IA
• Responsive layout
• Fluency in core design disciplines
• Clear communication, both visually and verbally
• Partnership and collaboration with senior team members
• Track record of leveraging design systems
• Design research skills
• Strong communication, curiosity, collaboration, and perspective-taking skills

Benefits

• Full health benefits (dental and vision are 100% paid by TED) for employees
• Work-life balance encouraged (TED closes for a 1-week winter break plus unlimited PTO)
• Free OneMedical and SpringHealth membership for you and your dependents to address physical and mental well-being
• Paid family leave
• 401(k) with match