DescriptionThe Opportunity:
Ziff Davis Shopping is rebuilding its digital product experiences and redefining the role of design across the company. We're looking for a principal product designer who can help carry a consumer experience from early releases to durable, market-leading scale.
This is not a role for a screen-only designer. It's for an experienced product thinker who can architect systems, shape product strategy, ship high-quality mobile and web experiences, and evolve a product over time.
You'll join as our second product designer on a two-person team - which means real ownership, significant surface area, and direct impact on the product. This is a unique opportunity for a principal designer who wants their work to matter.
Key Responsibilities:Own End-to-End Experience & Product Strategy
- Translate ambiguous problem spaces into clear flows and interaction models across all consumer channels (Native Mobile, Web, Channel, etc.)
- Define patterns and reusable components, not just one-off screens
- Design decision-heavy experiences that build trust and clarity
- Deliver build-ready designs in close partnership with engineering
- Connect design decisions to overall product strategy and business objectives
Shape Experience Architecture & Systems
- Establish scalable navigation and information architecture across all channels
- Contribute to and evolve a cross-channel design system
- Design interaction models that extend cleanly as the product grows
- Anticipate future states, not just immediate needs
Design for Growth & Iteration
- Support experimentation and A/B testing across all touchpoints
- Use research and data to refine experiences over time
- Balance speed and quality without sacrificing either
- Continuously improve core journeys as the product matures
Partner Deeply with Engineering
- Collaborate on feasibility and tradeoffs early
- Participate in QA and ensure design fidelity in shipped builds
- Design with performance, platform conventions, and accessibility in mind
- Reduce ambiguity before development begins
Job Qualifications:Experience
- 6-10 years of product design experience
- Deep experience in commerce, loyalty, deals, or marketplaces - you understand purchase-intent UX and loyalty mechanics
- Proven track record shipping and evolving consumer experiences across native mobile, web, and other channels
- Experience taking products from early releases to scaled maturity
- Demonstrated ability to influence product roadmap and strategy through design excellence
Craft & Capability
- Strong systems thinker - you design patterns, not just pages (for all channels)
- Exceptional interaction and visual design skills
- Comfortable moving between high-level strategy and detailed execution
- Fluency with AI-assisted design and prototyping tools - and the judgment to help define how the team uses them
- Able to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
- Self-directed and comfortable owning major areas independently
How You Work
- You don't need heavy process scaffolding to be effective
- You think in terms of long-term product integrity
- You push for clarity, not just completion
- You're collaborative but opinionated
- You care about what ships - not just what's designed
What Success Looks Like
- The experience feels cohesive, intentional, and modern across all channels
- Core journeys scale cleanly as features and complexity grow
- Design and engineering operate as true partners
- The product improves measurably through iteration
- The app and web experiences become a trusted, differentiated experience in their category
Compensation Range
Ziff Davis provides a range for the base pay. Factors that may be used to determine your actual pay may include your specific job related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographic location. The salary compensation for this role is $130,000 to $145,000. Individual pay within the compensation range for this business unit specific role is determined based on a variety of factors including experience, scope of the role, capabilities to perform the role, education and training, as well as business and company performance.
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