Product Designer, VRChat
Creators
Offers stock options
Virtual world platform
Be an early applicant
Virtual world platform
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
Offers stock options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build VRChat into one of the most successful community-driven social VR platforms in existence.
Role
Who you are
- If you’re energized by designing for makers, translating technical complexity into clear, approachable UX, and enabling a global community of artists and developers, this role is for you
- You have 3+ years of professional product design experience and have worked on shipping experiences, ideally for tools, platforms, or workflow-heavy products
- You have strong UX instincts and know how to simplify complexity without sacrificing capability or clarity
- You’re comfortable working in Figma and collaborating with engineering to bring your designs to life
- You think in flows and systems, understanding how tools fit into broader user lifecycles and full product ecosystems
- You’re familiar with Unity, our SDKs, Blender, or other dev tools
- You’re a proactive collaborator. You listen well, give clear feedback, and are energized by working closely with other teammates
- You care about empowering users, and you're motivated by building tools that support creativity, expression, and economic opportunity
- If you’re a passionate team player who wants to have an impact on a dynamic team, we’d love to hear from you!
Desirable
- Understanding of trust, safety, or moderation systems that support healthy online interactions
- Familiarity with social VR, presence-based UX, or designing for avatar-based expression
- Experience working on cross-platform design (desktop, mobile, VR headsets)
- Passion for online communities, emergent social behavior, or the sociology of digital spaces
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Product Designer to join our Creators team and help define new content types for props in VRChat
- You’ll partner closely with a design lead and cross-functional stakeholders to design the workflows, interfaces, and underlying systems that help us build, iterate, and ship high-quality props at scale
- This role is anchored in Content/Props, with the potential to expand into broader creator tools over time as the team’s needs evolve
- Partner with your design lead, PMs, and engineers to design and improve props and content creation, including upload, management, publishing, and (where relevant) monetization
- Design intuitive interfaces that support creators with varying levels of technical expertise, from hobbyists to professional developers
- Translate technical concepts into approachable UX through thoughtful flows, clear visual hierarchy, and user-friendly microcopy
- Pair with the community and support teams to understand creator pain points and use those insights to improve tool usability and reduce friction
- Create wireframes, prototypes, and polished mockups across platforms (Desktop, VR, Mobile, Web).Run lightweight usability testing (concept checks, prototype tests) to validate designs early, identify friction, and iterate quickly
Our take
Virtual Reality is one of the technologies with the highest projected potential for growth. VRChat offers a free-to-play metaverse platform where users gather as avatars in virtual spaces to socialize and hang out, just as one would in real life.
Whilst competitor Rec Room has a greater valuation, VRChat has positioned itself as the leading VR socializing-based product. It taps into a modern desire to form connections in digital spaces, with some users meeting their real-life partners in their virtual avatar form. When contemplating VR’s popularity, it cannot be denied that virtual realities enable freedom of self-expression, an attractive proposition perhaps for those who struggle with their identity and place in the real world.
The company recently announced a 30% workforce reduction, addressing overhiring during its 2021 boom. Despite these layoffs, the company remains focused on long-term growth and capital efficiency, positioning itself for continued success as VR becomes a key part of social connection.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2021
$80m
SERIES D
Sep 2019
$10m
SERIES C
Total funding: $95.2m
Company benefits
- Work remotely: Work from anywhere! They use collaboration software to stay organized and VRChat for meetings and hanging out.
- Health and wellbeing: Medical, Dental and Vision plans for those in the United States, and extended health plans in British Columbia, Canada.
- Fun: Monthly team dinners, get-togethers and once a year, they travel somewhere fun for a few days to hang out, catch up, brainstorm and have fun.
- Tools: You’ll be provided a powerful PC, high-end VR hardware, and any software you need to make you effective in your role.
- Vacations: Flexible vacation schedules that are encouraged. Most United States and Canadian holidays are observed by everyone on the team.
- Swag: Great VRChat and Developer Team Swag such as hoodies, coffee mugs, t-shirts, sun glasses and even custom 3D printed goodies.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Graham Gaylor
(Co-Founder & CEO)Interned at SmartVault, RSM Design, Equivalent DATA, and Seismic Exchange, before spending time at ChaiONE as an iOS Developer at at Zynga as a Software Engineer.
Jesse Joudrey
(Co-Founder & CTO)Owner and CTO at Jespionage Entertainment. Began as a Software Engineer for Electronic Arts Canada before co-founding and serving as CTO for A.C.R.O.N.Y.M Games Inc.
Share this job
View 5 more jobs at VRChat