Pinterest

Staff Product Designer, Design Innovation

Pinterest$158K — $326K *
US-AnywhereRemote in San Francisco, CA
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of product design experience with a strong visual and interaction design portfolio.
  • Proven track record in senior design roles, influencing cross-functionally and maintaining design quality.
  • Expertise in motion and visual design with a focus on usability and user engagement.
  • Proficiency in designing within a system while innovating thoughtfully across platforms.
  • Background in design technology, comfortable with Figma and coding, and familiar with AI tools.
  • Solid understanding of product impacts through design decisions and strategy.
  • Strong communication and storytelling skills for articulating design rationale and fostering team alignment.
  • Attention to detail with a commitment to accessibility and inclusive design principles.

Responsibilities

  • Design and enhance product experiences across the Pinterest ecosystem with high standards.
  • Collaborate with the Design Innovation team and cross-functional partners to evolve the design language.
  • Conduct quality reviews and contribute directly to high-standard design initiatives.
  • Prototype and visualize new ideas using various tools for clarity and adoption.
  • Work closely with engineering and product management for user-centric solutions implementation.
  • Utilize research insights to refine designs and identify innovation opportunities.
  • Engage in design critiques to improve execution quality and accessibility across the team.
  • Mentor fellow designers in craft and best practices, scaling impact across teams.

Benefits

  • Equitable and inclusive workplace culture.
  • Flexible in-office collaboration requirements, only needing to be present 1-2 times every 6 months.
  • Opportunities for ongoing learning and professional development.
  • Access to various company resources highlighting employee experiences and benefits.
Full Job Description
Pinterest is looking for a methodical and thoughtful Staff Product Designer to join the Design Innovation team. You'll help evolve our product design language and craft intuitive, coherent, and delightful experiences across surfaces. You'll collaborate closely with product, engineering, research, and data science partners to shape end-to-end experiences that feel uniquely Pinterest, raise the quality bar, and explore new opportunities for innovation, including AI-powered experiences. You have a knack for visual detail as much as holistic systems thinking. You're a problem solver whose designs reflect a deep understanding of user needs and business context. You're comfortable working in an iterative, experimental environment and using AI tools to accelerate your workflow while maintaining strong critical thinking, judgment, and ownership of outcomes. What you'll do: • Design product experiences-systematically, interactively, and visually-with a high bar for craft and consistency across the Pinterest product ecosystem. • Partner with Design Innovation teammates and cross-functional partners to evolve our product design language and bring it to life in key product surfaces and features. • Uphold and Elevate Craft: Conduct quality audits, review flows and handoffs, and directly contribute hands-on design when needed-always advocating for the highest standards. • Prototype & Technologize: Rapidly visualize, prototype, validate new ideas; translate abstract solutions into practical, scalable patterns using Figma, code, AI, or whatever is needed to inspire clarity/adoption. • Collaborate closely with engineering, product management, and research to develop impactful, user-centric, and data-informed solutions; work with engineers throughout implementation to ensure high-quality execution. • Incorporate insights from qualitative and quantitative research, experiments, and marketplace/AI trends to refine design directions and identify new opportunities for innovation. • Contribute to design reviews and critique, helping to uphold and inspire a high level of design execution and inclusive, accessible experiences across the team. • Mentor & Scale Impact: Inspire and guide other designers in craft, systemic thinking, and best practices through critique, guidance, and sharing your expertise across teams. • Communicate & Influence: Clearly articulate your design thinking, rationale, and vision-presenting work to teams, leaders, and executives, and rallying consensus. What we're looking for: • 8+ years of experience in product design, with strong visual and interaction design skills demonstrated in a portfolio of shipped or in-progress work. • Track record in staff/principal-level roles, influencing horizontally, upholding design craft quality, and partnering cross-functionally-ideally in large-scale consumer or platform environments. • Expert-level motion and visual design skills, with a deep understanding of principles and their impact on usability, comprehension, and overall experience quality - using animation and transitions to enhance clarity, convey emotion, and drive user engagement. • Ability to design within and extend a design system, balancing consistency with thoughtful innovation across surfaces and platforms. • Design technologist mindset: Comfortable experimenting with Figma prototypes, AI, and (optionally) front-end code; curious and opinionated about technical feasibility, accessibility, and how we can streamline design workflows and processes through systems and tools. • Strong product thinking and systems mindset: you can connect craft decisions to user outcomes, product strategy, and measurable impact. • Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design decisions, tradeoffs, synthesize ambiguity into actionable design problems and unite teams through clarity, documentation, and collaboration. • High attention to detail and a sense of ownership over the quality and cohesion of the product experience, including accessibility and inclusive design considerations. • Collaborative, low-ego working style with a growth mindset; passion for ongoing learning, experimentation, and mentoring others, giving and receiving feedback & contributing to team culture. • Bachelor's degree in design, a related field or equivalent experience. • Bonus Points For • Experience leading platform-wide or multi-product design system initiatives. • Familiarity with personalization, large consumer apps, or rapid scale environments. • Contributions to public design systems, open-source libraries, or industry talks/writing. • Join us to shape the platform and patterns that power inspiration for millions-raising the bar for design quality, system integrity, and Pinterest's positive potential. In-Office Requirement Statement: • We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role. • This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6-months, and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country. Relocation Statement: • This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model. #LI-REMOTE #LI-JD3 At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise. Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here. US based applicants only $158,765-$326,870 USD

About Pinterest

Pinterest is a social media platform that allows users to discover and save ideas for recipes, home decor, fashion, and more. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Pinterest has over 400 million monthly active users and is available in over 30 languages. The company's mission is to help people discover and do what they love.
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Size
3,225 employees
Market Cap
$16 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$128.3 million
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
+53.9%
Revenue
$1.6 billion
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