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Above all we prize our mission-driven, flat, life-celebrating, no-corporate culture, and we look forward to meeting you and learning more about what you can bring to the team.\nAbout the Role\nAs a Senior Product Designer in Connect, you’ll lead the design of high-impact experiences for some of our most important and visible features like Home, Profile, Notifications, Widgets, Friends, Messages, Sharing, and more.\nYour work will span cross-functionally where different features meet and overlap and you will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and other Product Designers to craft an engaging and cohesive experience across web, iOS, and Android for millions of players across the world.\nYou'll identify opportunities beyond the brief, and influence product and design decisions while helping raise the craft quality bar across the team.\nAbout You\nYou’re an experienced Product Designer with strong visual craft, product judgment, and the confidence to influence how a product takes shape. 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You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and competing perspectives, present your thinking with clarity and composure, and help other designers improve through thoughtful critique.\nYou’re interested in how people connect and find joy in designing fun and healthy ways for them to build relationships and feel like part of a global community.\nWhat You’ll Do\nLead the end-to-end design of high-impact product experiences across Chess.com’s web, iOS, and Android apps, and deliver polished, production-ready UI designs.\nPartner closely with Product, Engineering, Design, and other stakeholders to shape requirements, clarify ambiguity, and influence product and design direction.\nDesign how players connect, socialize, and feel like they’re part of a global community on key features like Home, Profile, Friends, Messaging, Notifications, Leaderboards, and more.\nThink horizontally across features and the broader design system, identifying opportunities to improve consistency, usability, and 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