Principal UI Designer

THE POSITIONOur roster has an opening with your name on it

As Principal UI Designer, Sportsbook, you will define and elevate the visual language of FanDuel's Sportsbook experience You will champion the evolution of FanDuel's visual and interaction language, ensuring every experience feels intuitive, premium, emotionally engaging and distinctly FanDuel.

Working across multiple product teams, you will partner with Product Design, Engineering and Brand to establish the visual direction of our experiences - from interaction design and motion through to design systems, emerging platform capabilities and AI-assisted workflows.

This is an individual contributor leadership role. Your impact is measured not by the work you produce yourself, but by the quality of every experience influenced by your vision, guidance and standards.

In addition to the specific responsibilities outlined above, employees may be required to perform other such duties as assigned by the Company. This ensures operational flexibility and allows the Company to meet evolving business needs.

THE GAME PLAN
Everyone on our team has a part to play

• Define the visual quality bar for Sportsbook across iOS, Android and Web.
• Establish how visual design principles are applied across the product - from typography, color, hierarchy and layout to interaction, motion and system feedback - to create clear, cohesive and emotionally engaging experiences.
• Partner with Product Design leaders and teams to shape the future of FanDuel's visual language, defining interaction, motion and visual principles that scale across customer touchpoints.
• Build trusted partnerships with Product Design, Product Management, Engineering, Brand and Formation, bringing deep visual craft expertise into shared product decisions rather than defining direction in isolation.
• Drive the evolution of FanDuel's design language, ensuring visual consistency while enabling innovation where it creates meaningful customer value.
• Champion accessibility, inclusive design and usability without compromising visual craft, personality or brand expression.
• Explore emerging interaction models, AI capabilities and platform technologies that unlock new customer experiences.
• Lead rapid concept exploration to help teams imagine ambitious customer experiences before implementation constraints.
• Establish AI-assisted design workflows that improve quality, consistency and speed across the design process.
• Coach designers through critique, pairing, workshops and hands-on craft leadership.
• Influence engineering implementation to ensure production quality consistently reflects design intent.
• Build reusable libraries, templates, prompts and tooling that increase the capability and efficiency of the wider design organisation.
• Represent Product Design in executive discussions where visual quality is central to product strategy.

THE STATS
What we're looking for in our next teammate

• Exceptional visual design portfolio demonstrating world-class digital product craft.
• Deep expertise in typography, layout, hierarchy, color, interaction design, motion design and visual storytelling.
• Deep understanding of modern platform conventions, interaction models, motion systems and contemporary UI patterns across iOS, Android and Web.
• Experience defining scalable visual systems, reusable interaction patterns and design frameworks used across large product ecosystems.
• Outstanding ability to balance brand expression, usability, accessibility and business objectives.
• Proven ability to define visual direction that shapes the work of other designers and elevates product quality at scale.
• Demonstrated influence across multiple teams and senior stakeholders without formal management responsibility.
• Experience partnering closely with engineering to achieve exceptional implementation quality and production craftsmanship.
• Strong understanding of AI-assisted design workflows and how AI can enhance design judgement, creativity and customer-centered thinking.
• Proven ability to coach designers, raise craft standards and strengthen design practice through mentorship, critique and example.
• Recognized for exceptional craft judgement, a clear design point of view, intellectual openness, and the ability to inspire others through both vision and execution.

PLAYER BENEFITS
We treat our team right

We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits. We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits, pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards. *Benefits differ across location, role, and level.

The applicable salary range for this position is $148,000 - $203,500 USD, which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may offer the following benefits: medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation. This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays. FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.

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