Lead Product Designer, The New Yorker
Core
Lead Product Designer for The New Yorker's digital experience, elevating visual quality, interrogating briefs, and designing within systems to serve millions of readers.
Role type
Senior IC Product Design Lead (Editorial/Digital Publishing)
Builds
Digital publishing platforms for The New Yorker
Domain
Digital Publishing / Editorial
Required skills
Visual design, UX design, Interaction design, Design research, System design, Front-end constraints, AI tools, Data analysis, Cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Editorial design, Storytelling, Design tokens, Figma, GitHub, Cursor/Claude, Change agent mindset
Technologies
Figma, GitHub, Cursor, Claude
Responsibilities
Elevate visual standards for layouts and interactions; Interrogate briefs to connect features to wider reader experience; Design within shared systems while creating brand distinctiveness; Conduct user research and usability testing; Collaborate with engineering on implementation and design tokens; Use AI tools for rapid prototyping and exploration; Track design outcomes using analytics and feedback; Mentor and champion design culture across the organization
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC