Staff Designer, Product Creative

Summary

Join Reddit's Product Creative team as a Staff Product Designer and contribute to the visual evolution of one of the internet's largest platforms. This hybrid visual/product design role focuses on improving the look and feel of Reddit's consumer apps and websites. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, creating design systems and patterns for consistent branding. Responsibilities include leading design efforts from concept to execution, providing constructive feedback, and driving consensus across teams. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in product and visual design, a strong portfolio showcasing UI/UX skills, and excellent communication abilities. This role offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• 7+ years professional work experience between both product and visual design
• 2+ years of recent experience working as a UI /Visual or Product Designer at a consumer tech company
• A strong portfolio showcasing pixel-perfect UI design and motion, product design, systematic thinking and brand-related work including illustration, 3D, animation
• Experience shepherding a principles-driven design process through multiple teams and stakeholders
• Excellent writing, presentation, and storytelling skills that explain and advocate for design decisions clearly across teams
• Experience creating and delivering specs to engineers and an understanding of the practical application of a design or document when it comes to collaborating with technical teams
• Keen understanding of post-production workflows
• Expertise in design software, including Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and optionally 3D tools such as Blender, Cinema 4D, or similar
• A passion for design systems, Reddit’s mission and pushing the boundaries of brand and product integration

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the design system, frameworks and patterns that define the Reddit brand on our platform while balancing designer needs with system complexity
• Improve UX globally by ensuring brand consistency across the consumer platform
• Envision the future visual evolution of Reddit and help plan the roadmap to get there
• Develop distinct visual sub-brands for special or seasonal experiences that still feel related to the core Reddit brand
• Drive consensus across diverse teams through effective exploration, communication, and presentation to design peers and senior leadership
• Lead design efforts from early concepting through final execution, focusing on both strategy and detailed craft
• Give constructive feedback in design reviews to push the quality and vision of the work

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building and enforcing design systems
• Experience working on a social or consumer platform with 9-digit userbase and global, multicultural reach
• Skill in concepting, creating, and iterating on 2D and 3D visual assets, illustrations, animations, and motion graphics that bring brands to life in unique and engaging ways

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k Match
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
• Generous paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off