Product Designer, News Product

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for. 

Mission Overview & Responsibilities: 

The New York Times is looking for a Product Designer to help us design compelling experiences in our efforts to become a daily destination for curious people looking to understand and engage with the world.

The News Product team collaborates with our newsroom to innovate across storytelling formats, surfaces, experiences and the tools that power them.

As a Product Designer in News Product, you will contribute across a variety of editorially grounded projects. You will partner with product managers, editors, engineers, researchers, and data scientists in a news environment. You will advance our product experience and potentially support iOS, Android, and web projects.

This is an individual contributor role. At The Times, Product Designers are not only focused on working with cross-functional teams, they also sharpen their design skills together with more experienced designers on the team. The Product Designer will execute the design of features to support team and company goals and see them through a release cycle. They are a trusted team contributor.

This is a hybrid position based in our New York City headquarters.

Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize and prototype multiple storytelling formats and authoring tools.

• Support high-level product strategy, ensuring we're asking the right questions and solving for distinct needs.

• Create visuals to lead conversations, build alignment, and help make decisions.

• Take editorial and product ideas, hone them into multiple approaches, and collaboratively narrow to establish requirements.

• Work with engineers and product teams to ensure design quality and consistency of shipped features and interactions.

• Contribute to team and product design rituals.

• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

• You will report to a Design Director within the News Products mission.

Basic Qualifications: 

• A portfolio showcasing your design process along with finished design work.

• 3+ years of digital web and/or app design experience.

• 2+ years of editorial design experience (or experience working in news/media).

• 2+ years of working collaboratively on projects that are known to pivot quickly.

• Proficiency in digital design tools such as Figma.

• Proficiency in prototyping.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience designing for email newsletters.

• Experience contributing to product releases through multiple cycles.

• Typography and visual design skills.

• Experience sharing and receiving thoughtful feedback.

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Additional Compensation and Benefits:

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$104,000—$125,000 USD

Candidate Use of GenAI Tools:

We’re excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

If you’re an engineering candidate, we’ll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.

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