Staff Product Designer, Discovery

About the Role

• Proactively discover company-level opportunities and help bring clarity and insight through high-fidelity prototypes and expert storytelling
• Work closely with Research, Product, and Engineering to identify, plan, scope, and execute end-to-end design solutions
• Work across the entire design organization to develop innovative patterns and systems that are durable, repeatable and achieve a high standard for craft
• Create, collaborate, and iterate on prototypes, high-fidelity visuals, and key flows
• Contribute to the visioning, sequencing, tactics, and execution of a multi-phased overhaul of the product
• Own, redefine, and ship key parts of the core Patreon product

What you'll need

• 8–12 years of product design experience or equivalent depth demonstrated through the complexity, scope, and systems-level thinking evident in your portfolio
• A portfolio of shipped work demonstrating ownership from idea to outcome, with measurable impact and clear articulation of decisions and tradeoffs
• Leads multiple concurrent work streams and sets clear milestones with cross-functional partners
• Experience facilitating problem-framing and alignment across product, engineering, and research teams using a broad toolkit including frameworks, prototypes, research synthesis, and workshops
• A craft champion who sets a high quality bar and elevates the standard for teams around them
• Takes a team-first approach to decisions, inspires cross-functional partners toward a unified design vision, and operates as a true strategic peer across the organization

We hire talented and passionate people from different backgrounds because workplace diversity and inclusion is critical to our ability to serve creators worldwide. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t match with every bullet point outlined above, we strongly encourage you to apply anyway. If you’re a creator at heart, are energized by our mission, and share our company values, we’d love to hear from you.