If you're curious, creative, and excited by how AI is reshaping the practice of design, we'd love to work with you! The AI Experiences Design & Research team is a community of designers, researchers, and makers reimagining how people interact with technology. We design across Microsoft's AI-powered experiences, including Copilot, Edge, Bing, MSN, and emerging products, creating end-to-end journeys that span devices, platforms, and contexts. We're looking for people who embrace experimentation, use new tools to expand what's possible, and aren't afraid to move beyond traditional design boundaries. Together, we're building experiences that make AI more useful, intuitive, and delightful for billions of people around the world. Join us as we reimagine not only the products people use, but the future of design itself!
We're seeking a Principal Product Designer with strong consumer product design, visual design, and storytelling skills to join the Content team. Our mission is to inform, entertain, and inspire, and we're reimagining how people discover and engage with media across Windows, Edge, and the Copilot app in the age of AI.
As a Principal Product Designer, you'll work within a cross-functional team of product managers, engineers, researchers, and designers to craft thoughtful, high-quality experiences. You'll contribute to product strategy, drive features end-to-end, and bring a strong point of view to the work while growing your craft in a collaborative, ambitious team environment.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Design Excellence & Craft: Understand the behaviors, motivations, and needs of our customers to design relevant, high-impact experiences. Bring strong visual and interaction design skills to every surface, maintaining a high bar for quality and craftsmanship.
- AI-Powered Product Design: Design innovative features that leverage generative AI to transform how users discover and engage with media and content. Contribute to defining what AI-native experiences look and feel like at scale.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and content strategists to define, iterate, and ship features — ensuring alignment across user needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
- Compelling Communication & Storytelling: Present design concepts and decisions to cross-functional partners and stakeholders, articulating rationale clearly and confidently. Develop compelling narratives through prototypes, flows, and presentations.
- Design System Contribution: Use and contribute to our design system to ensure consistency and scalability. Propose new patterns where needed and partner with engineers to implement designs with precision.
- Mentorship: Foster a culture of creativity and innovation through mentorship and collaboration with other designers.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Required:
Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 6+ years experience working in product or service design
OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 8+ years experience working in product or service design
OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems).
Preferred:
8+ years experience in product or service design, ideally in consumer-facing products
Strong visual design skills with a demonstrated sense of interaction design grounded in UX fundamentals
Experience designing AI-powered or content/media experiences
Familiarity with generative AI and vibe coding, a plus
Experience with accessibility and inclusive design
Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to advocate for design decisions to cross-functional partners
Experience designing and prototyping in Figma
Resume must include a link to design portfolio (and password if applicable)
Product Design IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or a related field, plus 5+ years of product or service design experience
- Alternatively, a master's degree in a related field plus 4+ years of experience
- Equivalent demonstrated experience in product or service design or design thinking may substitute for education and experience requirements
- 5+ years of product or service design experience, ideally with consumer-facing products
- Strong visual and interaction design skills grounded in UX fundamentals
- Experience designing AI-powered or content/media experiences
- Familiarity with generative AI and vibe coding
- Experience with accessibility and inclusive design
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, including advocating for design decisions
- Experience designing and prototyping in Figma
- Resume must include a link to a design portfolio and password if applicable
Microsoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Microsoft and has not been reviewed or approved by Microsoft.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is presented as broadly competitive overall, with clear role/level/location variation and an emphasis on using posted ranges and band information for apples-to-apples comparisons.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as a standout, highlighted by a strong 401(k) match structure and immediate vesting, plus additional plan features for tax-advantaged saving.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are portrayed as a meaningful strength, with substantial paid parental leave and added supports like back-up care and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
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