Junior Product Designer

H star

$100K — $110K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent industry experience
  • Limited experience contributing to shipped products
  • Foundational design skills including user research, wireframing, prototyping, and visual design for data-driven applications
  • Proficiency in Figma
  • Excellent attention to detail and critical thinking skills
  • Ability to take direction and collaborate effectively with a team
  • Working knowledge of on-field rules and enthusiasm for baseball

Responsibilities

  • Create high-fidelity prototypes for functional design problems
  • Utilize and enhance existing design system documentation
  • Develop tactical deliverables like user flows as assigned
  • Present design decisions to immediate peers for feedback
  • Reference existing user research to identify product issues
  • Document user findings using current research templates
  • Attend cross-functional design meetings and conduct design reviews

Benefits

  • Opportunity to leverage design in the baseball analytics field
  • Exposure to the collaborative environment of a professional sports team
  • Potential for personal and professional development in a supportive team setting
  • Participation in recruiting activities as needed
  • Hands-on experience contributing to actual products used in player evaluation and development
Full Job Description
Title: Junior Product Designer

Department: Baseball Operations - Product Development

Status: Full-Time/Non-Union

Pay Rate: $48.00 - $52.88/hour*

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Reports to: Director, Baseball Product Development

Location: Los Angeles, California

Posting Date: July 22, 2026

*Compensation rates vary based on job-related factors, including experience, job skills, education, and training.

Job Summary

The Baseball Research and Development team of the Los Angeles Dodgers is dedicated to building software applications and platforms that support analysis, scouting, player evaluation, and player development.

The Junior Product Designer supports the creation of high-quality user experiences by contributing to UI design, UX analysis, and research. In this role, you will develop high-fidelity prototypes, tactical design deliverables, and apply existing design system standards while identifying opportunities for improvement. You'll reference established user research, document findings, using current templates, and participate in usability testing to help uncover and communicate issues. As an early-career designer, you'll focus on learning team processes, observing peer practices, and growing your design craft. This role may also participate in recruiting activities as needed.

This position offers the unique opportunity to leverage design to increase the impact of baseball analytics, where the results of your work are visible on and off the field.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

UI & Visual Design
• Create high-fidelity prototypes associated with function-level problems
• Utilize existing design system documentation and identify possible improvements

UX & Analysis
• Develop tactical deliverables (e.g. user flows) as instructed
• Present design decisions to immediate peers

Discovery & Research
• Reference existing user research when scoping problems with product & engineering
• Use current research templates to document user findings

Ideation & Exploration
• Apply organizational and industry best practices to solve function-level problems
• Test internal products and create documentation for any usability issues discovered

Project Management
• Attend cross-functional design meetings and conduct design reviews as instructed
• Follow established project management processes and utilize team collaboration tools consistently

Team Contribution and Growth
• Learn and follow team processes for user research, design, and testing
• Observe & reflect on team/peer practices
• Attend recruiting events as instructed

Education/Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent industry experience
• Limited experience contributing to shipped products

Basic Requirements/Qualifications:
• Ability to demonstrate foundational design skills including user research, wireframing, prototyping, and visual design for data-driven applications
• Proficiency in Figma
• Excellent attention to detail and critical thinking skills
• Ability to take direction and collaborate effectively with a team
• Willingness to ask questions and seek clarification when requirements are unclear or ambiguous
• Working knowledge of on-field rules and enthusiasm for baseball
• Eagerness to learn technical concepts and how technical constraints influence design possibilities

Current Los Angeles Dodgers employees should apply via the internal job board in UltiPro by following these prompts:

MENU > MYSELF > MY COMPANY > VIEW OPPORTUNITIES > select the position > CONSENT > APPLY NOW

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