Senior Product Designer

We’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.

The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.

Join the future of news

We’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.

About Our Team

The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.

Why This Role Matters

The Washington Post is seeking a Senior Product Designer to focus on emerging human interaction design initiatives across AI and user trust. As part of the Product Design team, this role will design for The Post’s suite of digital products, including washingtonpost.com, our native iOS and Android apps, and our paywall and account management experiences.

What Motivates You

• You thrive with a broad scope and can design for a whole product experience rather than a single silo.

• You care deeply about how design affects user trust, especially the nexus of expert-created journalism and AI.

• You experiment frequently with how new technologies and tools can change the user experience and your own design process.

• You thrive when you have the agency to identify problems and propose direct solutions.

• You are a natural translator who can take complex or open-ended challenges and turn them into clear, intuitive experiences for the reader.

• You value a collaborative environment and take an active role in critiques by offering supportive, actionable feedback that elevates the work of your peers.

How You'll Support the Mission

• Will focus on how we integrate AI, trust signals and other emerging interactions into the user experience, while maintaining the highest journalistic standards.

• You will develop the interfaces and features that introduce new concepts to our audience and ensure these experiences feel reliable and transparent.

• You will partner with engineers, product managers, reporters, and editors to make our journalism more accessible, personalized, and essential to users around the world.

The Skills and Experience You Bring

• Explore and define emerging UI patterns and interaction models using the latest design prototyping tools.

• Develop high-fidelity prototypes to test new functionality and gauge user sentiment.

• Create flows that prioritize transparency and help users navigate personalized experiences with confidence.

• Partner with product, engineering, and newsroom stakeholders to ensure work meets technical and journalistic standards.

• Partner closely with research and analytics teams to research and identify user behaviors we can address through design.

• Maintain a high standard for visual and interaction design across all platforms.

• Collaborate with the design team to establish style guides, standards, and design systems.

• Manage the work throughout the design process: research, concepting, user flows, prototyping, and implementation.

• Identify opportunities to improve products and processes by leveraging design experience, best practices, and user insights.

• Apply empathy, logic, and data to create experiences that meet the needs of our readers.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of product design experience, or a proven track record of leading complex, high-impact projects that demonstrate senior-level readiness.

• Expert proficiency in the latest design prototyping tools.

• A portfolio that demonstrates strong human interaction design, clear logic, and the ability to solve complex problems.

• Ability to use qualitative and quantitative signals to inform design decisions.

• Strong ability to communicate the rationale behind your design choices to stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI products.

• Experience designing for trust and related user attitudes and behaviors

• Experience with audio, video, and emerging formats storytelling

• A deep appreciation for the mission of journalism and The Washington Post.

Wherever you are in your life or career, The Washington Post offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits for every step of your journey:

• Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage

• Company-paid pension and 401(k) match

• Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave

• Nine paid holidays and two personal days

• 20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent

• Robust mental health resources

• Backup care and caregiver concierge services

• Gender affirming services

• Pet insurance

• Free Post digital subscription

• Leadership and career development programs

Benefits may vary based on the job, full-time or part-time schedule, location, and collectively bargained status.

The salary range for this position is:

The actual salary within this range will depend on individual skills, experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements. This position may be eligible for a bonus or incentive program, and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will discuss bonus payment terms and conditions during the interview process.