Lead Product Designer, The New Yorker
Core
Lead Product Designer for The New Yorker's digital experience, focusing on elevating visual quality, system fluency, and reader engagement through craft and systems thinking.
Role type
Senior IC Product Design Lead (Editorial/Digital Publishing)
Builds
Digital reading experiences and product features for The New Yorker
Domain
Digital Publishing / Media
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Editorial design, systems thinking, visual hierarchy, typography, interaction design, usability testing, design tokens, front-end constraints, AI tool integration, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Motion design, generative exploration, outcome-oriented mindset, self-starter attitude
Technologies
Figma, GitHub, Cursor, Claude, design tokens
Responsibilities
Own visual standards for digital layouts and interactions; interrogate briefs to elevate ambition; design within and extend shared systems; conduct user research and usability testing; collaborate with engineering on implementation fidelity; integrate AI tools into design workflow; track product outcomes via data and analytics; mentor team on design culture.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
