Senior Product Designer, Discord
Design Systems
$168-185k
+Equity
Voice, video and text communication platform
Job no longer available
Voice, video and text communication platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$168-185k
+Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests.
Role
Who you are
- As a qualified candidate, you have a record of leading systems projects to successful outcomes for users and the business
- You are a strong cross-functional partner having worked closely with engineers, a great communicator, and above all, you approach problems holistically as a unified system
- You are able to precisely articulate design rationale and present to diverse stakeholders from all across the company. You have fostered partnerships and supported broader product teams in applying a system around individual product constraints
- 4+ years of experience working in UX field
- 2+ years of experience working on a design systems team (creation, maintenance, documentation & support)
- Excellence in visual design / brand craft, including motion
- Experience designing on multiple platforms (Web, iOS, Android, etc)
- Experience with inclusive design / WCAG
- Highly proficient with current design and prototyping tools (Figma, etc)
- Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, cross-functional team
What the job involves
- The Design Systems team is a cross-functional team that ensures design quality across all facets of UI, content, and graphics
- As a part of the team, you will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of the Mana Design System, that all product designers, engineers, and product managers use to design & develop at Discord
- Using your full range of interaction, visual, and prototyping skills, you will own creating a coherent and ownable look & feel for our desktop & mobile experiences
- Shape the Future of Our Design Foundation - Build and expand on the foundational elements—tokens, components, and patterns—that set our design system apart. Craft a unified, cohesive set of UX and visual guidelines that bring harmony across our product experience
- Empower Designers and Drive Adoption - Work hand-in-hand with product designers to refine and integrate new contributions, championing your work by sharing it across teams and presenting with clarity and passion. Migrate and sunset legacy elements as we grow, guiding our teams toward a more impactful, streamlined system
- Be the Voice of the Design System - Create engaging, accessible documentation and tutorials that bring the design system to life, making it easy for everyone to understand and apply. Provide world-class support in our channels, embodying customer service excellence to help colleagues and partners succeed
- Dream Big and Innovate Boldly - Embrace divergent thinking to explore groundbreaking concepts, while knowing how to converge and build iteratively toward a shared vision. Your ideas will set the pace for where our design system goes next
- Communicate through Prototypes and Research - Use high-quality mocks and interactive prototypes to make ideas tangible, backed by user research and data. Your insights will anchor our design decisions in real impact
- Be the Spark that Inspires - Bring fresh ideas to the table and inspire the entire team by defining what’s possible. Lead the way toward next-generation interfaces and help redefine the way users experience our product
Our take
Discord is an industry giant in the chat app space. The free platform has rapidly become one of the most popular services in the sector since being founded in 2015. It counts over 200M active users in 19M communities, successfully expanding beyond its original focus on video game players to become a broader social networking app and public forum.
Discord's userbase has grown rapidly as remote work has become the norm and a new generation of internet users has come online, attracted to its youthful presentation and plethora of gaming and social tools. It has since fended off takeover bids from Microsoft and interest from other giants such as Amazon and X, and has grown into a profitable company, funded by optional subscription fees and commissions from sales through the platform.
Discord’s remarkable growth, however, is not without obstacles. The company faces competition from deep-pocketed giants like Facebook, and regulatory concerns from those worried about the platform’s relatively light chat moderation. However, the company has the resources and expertise to adapt. For example, the acquisition of harassment detection software company Sentropy will go a long way towards placating the concerns of critics, as will the 2024 acquisition of teen app Gas used to give anonymous compliments to friends. All of these purchases are part of Discord's move to expand out of its mostly gaming-focused customer base.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
28% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Sep 2021
$500m
SERIES H
Dec 2020
$100m
SERIES H
Total funding: $979.3m
Company HQ
Potrero Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Stanislav Vishnevskiy
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously worked as a Software Engineer at Casamba and then Kabam. Also worked as a Lead Software Engineer at GREE International, and founded social network Guildwork.com in 2009.
Humam Sakhnini
(CEO)Humam joined the Discord team in 2025 as CEO. Prior to this, he was the VIce Chairman and Chief Strategy & Talent Officer at Activision Blizzard as well as the CFO/President at King. He also spent 8 years at McKinsey & Company as a Partner.
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