Staff Product Designer, VSCO
$220-235k
+ Equity and discretionary bonuses based on performance
Creative platform for photographers
Be an early applicant
Creative platform for photographers
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$220-235k
+ Equity and discretionary bonuses based on performance
201-500 employees
Company mission
To equip photographers with the tools, community, and exposure they need to expand creatively and professionally.
Role
Who you are
- Our team uses AI-assisted tools like Cursor as a core part of how we design, prototype, and ship. We're looking for someone with hands-on experience using these tools and we're looking for someone comfortable designing within this workflow — where rapid ideation, quick iteration, and early testing are core to how we ship while still holding a high bar for craft
- 8+ years of product design experience, including 0 to 1 work in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
- High AI fluency and a proven track record using AI-assisted design and prototyping tools (Cursor, Claude, v0) as an active part of your workflow
- Experience designing AI-powered or agent-driven product experiences with a clear point of view on trust, transparency, and user control
- Exceptional interaction and visual design skills, with a high bar for craft at every stage of delivery
- Strong portfolio showing strategic product thinking alongside polished, shipped work across mobile and web
- Experience designing business tools, CRM-adjacent products, or workflow-driven experiences
- Strong systems thinking: you design scalable patterns and think about how decisions ripple across surfaces
- Track record of influencing product roadmap and tying design decisions to business outcomes
- Experience working within and contributing to a design system
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Staff Product Designer to join our design team and lead high-impact design initiatives across our portfolio
- You'll own products end-to-end — from strategy and problem framing through interaction design, visual craft, and delivery
- This role will be responsible for designing our next generation of photography business management tools and the AI frameworks that drive them
- This is a product-defining role where you'll be a primary design voice, working closely with product, engineering, and data to shape strategy, define what gets built, and drive measurable outcomes
- At VSCO, our product, design, and engineering squads work closely and move fast because we've embraced AI-first processes across the team
- Own Workspace end-to-end, from strategy and problem framing through activation loop design, upgrade experience, and paid product delivery
- Define the AI Agent experience: interaction model, agent behaviors, escalation logic, tone, and how conversation hands off to UI
- Work with your squad (PM, design, and engineering) to shape product direction, drive alignment on what gets built, and push back on platform limitations with clear rationale
- Communicate design direction to senior leadership and drive alignment across functions
- Use AI-assisted tools (Cursor, Claude, v0) for speed and exploration, return to Figma for craft refinement and system alignment, and ensure the quality of what ships reflects a high standard
- Contribute to VUI, ensuring Workspace and AI agent components are well-structured and token-compliant
- Mentor other designers on interaction principles, systems thinking, and AI-assisted workflows
Application process
- The application window for this role will be open until at least 6/29/2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date
- As part of our hiring process, we conduct pre-employment background checks in compliance with federal, state, and local laws. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of this background check, which includes state and federal criminal records checks, sex offender registry searches, and other relevant checks as permitted by law
Our take
VSCO (pronounced "vis-co") is a photo and video editing app that's all about creativity without the pressure. Unlike Instagram and Facebook, which are driven by ads and likes, VSCO focuses on making money through subscriptions, giving users a refreshing break from the constant follower count anxiety.
Co-founded by an ex-wedding photographer passionate about simple, beautiful photography and a former Creative Director, VSCO knows exactly what the creative community crave. While it competes with Instagram and newer apps like Tezza, VSCO has built a strong, loyal following with its creator-first approach, which will most definitely help it see future success.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2015
$30m
SERIES B
May 2014
$40m
SERIES A
Total funding: $70m
Company benefits
- Balance: Flexibility is really important to us, and family always takes precedence. We have a Flexible Time Off policy for eligible employees, and we encourage each other to take breaks so that we can do our best work, refreshed. We also offer paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave so you can take the time you need to disconnect
- Benefits: Our team’s health and wellness is a top priority. VSCO offers flexible time off, a 401(k) retirement plan, insurance (medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, short and long-term disability), 11 paid holidays, and a monthly tech & well-being stipend. Employees also have access to well-being perks such as Peloton, Wellhub (formerly Gympass), One Medical, Spring Health, and Headspace
- Remote Work @ VSCO: VSCO operates as a fully remote organization with employees working from their home office across several states in the US, with over 50% of the company working in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. While we are dispersed, teams stay connected through participation in quarterly virtual team-building events and bi-annual in-person offsites
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Eric Wittman
(CEO)Initially served as President of VSCO from 2021 to 2023 before becoming CEO. Previously the CGO/CRO at JLL, COO at Figma, and General Manager at Atlassian.
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