SoundCloud

Senior Product Designer - Creator Analytics & Tools

SoundCloud$170K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in product design, UX/UI, or interaction design, ideally in music, fintech, or complex SaaS platforms.
  • Strong portfolio showcasing the ability to simplify complex data into intuitive designs, especially analytics dashboards.
  • Experience independently leading product features or areas with minimal product support.
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills with a focus on user experience constraints and business impact.
  • Expertise in Figma, with a background in using modern AI design tools to enhance design efficiency.
  • Excellent communication skills for pitching ideas and aligning cross-functional teams.
  • Genuine interest in music production and supporting independent artists.

Responsibilities

  • Design intuitive dashboards that simplify complex streaming analytics for creators.
  • Drive the end-to-end design process for creator-focused products with minimal oversight.
  • Translate complex user problems into clear product workflows and strategies.
  • Utilize AI design tools to enhance prototyping and streamline design tasks.
  • Conduct user research to inform design workflows for content management.
  • Collaborate with engineering and stakeholders to ensure design quality during deployment.
  • Maintain and evolve the design system for consistency in creator tools.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, plus mental health resources.
  • Robust 401k program with company contributions.
  • Employee equity program for company ownership.
  • Generous professional development allowance for courses and training.
  • Flexible vacation policy allowing up to 35 days of PTO annually.
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents, promoting family growth.
  • On-site snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office.
Full Job Description
As a Senior Product Designer on the Creator Team, you will be a driving force behind defining and designing intuitive, impactful, and innovative tools for artists, producers, and music creators. A massive part of this role will focus on data storytelling: taking complex streaming analytics, audience demographics, and financial metrics, and turning them into clear, actionable insights that help artists grow their careers. This role requires an entrepreneurial and autonomous mindset. You will have a high degree of ownership and must be comfortable leading complex design initiatives from zero to one with minimal product management support. You will bridge the gap between product strategy and execution, using deep product thinking to define what we build, not just how it looks. **Applications without portfolios will not be considered**. **Key Responsibilities:** - Design high-craft, intuitive product experiences that turn complex streaming analytics, audience metrics, and monetization insights into elegant, actionable dashboards for creators, using exceptional typography, visual hierarchy, and interaction detail - Own and drive the end-to-end design process for creator-focused products. Step up to define product scope, requirements, and strategy when product management support is light - Translate vague, complex user problems and business goals into clear, elegant, and intuitive product workflows - Utilize advanced AI design tools and methodologies to supercharge your design process, accelerate rapid prototyping, automate repetitive tasks, and scale your output - Conduct scrappy user research and leverage insights to create workflows, UI, and interactions that support creators in uploading, managing, and monetizing their content - Partner directly with Engineering leads and key stakeholders to ensure technical feasibility, maintain alignment, and champion design quality through deployment - Help evolve and maintain SoundCloud's design system to ensure consistency and scalability across creator tools **Experience and Background:** - 5+ years of experience in product design, UX/UI, or interaction design, preferably in music, fintech, creator economy, or complex SaaS platforms - A strong portfolio demonstrating your ability to take dense, complex data sets and present them in a beautifully simple, intuitive, and visually compelling way. Experience building analytics dashboards is a must - Proven track record of leading major product features or entire product areas independently with little day-to-day product support - Exceptional problem-solving skills with a portfolio that highlights why decisions were made, the business impact, and how you navigated complex user experience constraints - Expert-level mastery of Figma, alongside hands-on experience leveraging modern AI design tools (e.g., Figma AI features, automated prototyping tools, or generative asset workflows) to optimize efficiency - Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to pitch product ideas, justify design decisions, and align cross-functional teams without formal authority - A genuine interest in music production, audio culture, or empowering independent artists to grow their careers - Experience with motion design and advanced prototyping tools to bring data interactions to life, and familiarity with frontend development principles (HTML, CSS, React, etc.) or data visualization libraries (like D3.js or Highcharts) to smoothly collaborate with engineering are pluses The salary range for this role is $170,000- $180,000 annually. The final salary offered will be determined based on relative experience, skills, internal equity, and location. We also offer a generous total rewards program - read more about additional benefits and perks below! **Benefits:** - Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as mental health resources - Robust 401k program - Employee Equity Plan - Generous professional development allowance - Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit! - Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually - 16 paid weeks for all parents (birthing and non-birthing), regardless of gender, to welcome newborns, adopted and foster children - Various snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office

About SoundCloud

SoundCloud is a music streaming platform that allows users to upload, promote, and share audio. The platform was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. SoundCloud offers both free and paid subscription plans, with the paid plans offering additional features such as ad-free listening and offline playback. The company has faced financial difficulties in recent years, with reports of layoffs and a potential acquisition by Spotify. Despite these challenges, SoundCloud remains a popular platform for independent musicians and podcasters.
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