Senior Designer, Reddit

• 6+ years of experience between both product and visual design, ideally in a tech company or agency
• A strong portfolio showcasing highly crafted UI design, product design, systematic thinking and brand-related work potentially including 2D, 3D, animation or illustration
• Strong writing, presentation, and storytelling skills that can explain design decisions clearly and push for them across teams
• Experience designing successfully for multiple brands simultaneously as typically happens in design agencies
• Proven bulletproof craft and execution across different media, including static and motion design, with a keen understanding of post-production workflows
• A passion for design systems, Reddit’s mission and pushing the boundaries of brand and product integration
• Humble, curious, and motivated to ship the best product
• Expertise in design software, including Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and optionally 3D tools such as Blender, Cinema 4D, or similar

Desirable

• The Product Creative team designs all the branded visuals and global styles that appear on Reddit including icons, illustrations, animations and many aspects of the user interface
• We are looking for a Senior Product Designer with strong skills in visual creativity, product thinking and experience solving complex problems at scale to join us!
• This hybrid visual/product designer position will be among the most brand- and visually-focused UX roles at Reddit
• As a member of this team, you will be responsible for driving constant improvements to the look and feel across Reddit’s consumer apps and websites
• You will create systems and patterns for other internal teams and designers to apply in their feature work with the goal of simplifying Reddit for all of our users
• Our team is incredibly cross-functional and requires close collaboration with other designers across the UX organization as well as Content Designers, Software Engineers, UX Researchers and Brand/Marketing designers whose collective goal is to create a world-class visual brand for Reddit’s user interfaces
• 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 enforcing design system usage and 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