Staff Product Designer, Content Localization

Lead design across multiple initiatives within Localization Technology, setting a vision for tools used by creators and operators. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create end-to-end experiences and ensure alignment across systems.

Responsibilities

• Embed within key authoring initiatives and/or horizontal initiatives to ensure strong system alignment
• Own and define the long-term vision and strategy for scaled localization workflows, ensuring we meet our evolving organizational needs
• Bring clarity and structure to complex, cross-functional problem spaces
• Partner closely with cross-functional leadership to influence roadmaps
• Create end-to-end experiences – from concept sketches and prototypes to polished, production-ready designs
• Collaborate across Enterprise XD and other product areas to ensure consistent, scalable design solutions
• Facilitate collaborative design sessions that bring teams together around shared goals
• Inspire, mentor and support designers through feedback, critique, and knowledge sharing
• Develop scalable adoption strategies to support the rollout of major changes and new versions of the Hawkins Core libraries across teams
• Establish and manage system patterns and user experiences to bring alignment across Localization tooling

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience designing enterprise, creator, or workflow tools
• Expertise in systems thinking and evolving scalable design systems
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and solving complex problems, with a strategic mindset for solving large-scale challenges
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills – ability to align stakeholders and influence decision-making
• Strong advocate for accessibility and inclusive design
• Experienced design leader, recognized as a trusted partner and mentor who aligns teams and drives clarity across initiatives
• Mastery of Figma’s advanced features such as Autolayout, Variables, DevMode, Responsive Prototypes, etc
• Deep experience designing AI- and data-informed workflows, partnering with data science and machine learning teams to shape user- centered algorithms

Key Skills

• Figma
• Autolayout
• Variables
• DevMode
• Responsive Prototypes
• AI- and data-informed workflows
• Data science and machine learning
• Systems thinking
• Scalable design systems
• Communication and storytelling
• Accessibility and inclusive design

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits
• Paid leave of absence programs
• Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off
• Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off