Principal Product Designer - Experiences

Mercury is seeking a Principal Product Designer to lead the design of core product experiences, ensuring exceptional quality and craft across the entire design stack.

Responsibilities

• Drive design excellence and craft across Mercury, including visual design, interaction design / prototyping, and systems design
• Work alongside product teams and executive leadership to ensure systematic and high-quality product development
• Operate across the entire design stack, including speccing projects, designing workflows, detailed interactions & prototypes, high-fidelity visuals, and ensuring quality implementation
• Contribute to Mercury’s Design System, ensuring it is both beautiful and practical
• Think and act like a design architect, structuring navigation, information architecture, and how all Mercury products fit together cohesively
• Translate high-craft design into scalable systems and patterns that integrate smoothly into product work
• Mentor other designers on the team, leading by example to uplevel everyone’s skills

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in the design industry
• Enjoy leading high-complexity projects with a broad set of stakeholders
• Ability to leverage the right types of artifacts and communicate at the right altitude to influence company strategy
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners to define product strategy
• Ability to design whole systems, not just interface elements or static pages
• Ability to rapidly prototype large scale concepts as well as smaller, more thoughtful individual interactions
• Experience and interest in the entire design stack, including UI/UX, visual design, and interaction design
• Kindness and humility in everyday interactions
• Enjoying working with and mentoring fellow designers of all levels

Key Skills

• UI/UX design
• Visual design
• Interaction design
• Design systems
• Mentoring
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Leadership

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity (stock options)
• Benefits