As the Principal Designer, you’ll be responsible for helping to drive a vision for both how the Pinterest product looks and feels overall, but also ideating and designing new ideas that enable Pinners to create a life they love. We’re looking to recruit an experienced and passionate talent to join us in our mission. You possess the skills to create holistic products and know how to plan launching delightful experiences that people will love. You probably revel in best-in-class storytelling, brand, and marketing strategies as part of the DNA of a good product. Join us in building amazing new ways that inspire the world to make their ideas a reality.
What you’ll do:
- Establish the strategic direction and product vision for our most complex problems, including the future of our product look and feel/design language and bridging the gap between vision and execution.
- Be at the forefront of major design initiatives and broadcast the efforts of the design team across Pinterest.
- Set and refine the design quality bar, in partnership with design leadership, through our principles and design system.
- Be responsible for mentoring and helping grow talent within the team.
- Represent Pinterest Design within the global design community, attending and speaking at conferences.
What we’re looking for:
- A leader who prefers to lead by doing. You can’t resist the urge to practice your craft by rolling up your sleeves and work alongside your team to unlock creativity.
- A respected designer and product thinker that has mastered their craft and cohesive product strategy, ideally a renaissance person with endless curiosity.
- A mentor who is energized by growing others’ careers and knows how to motivate a team.
- An inspiring communicator that represents creative work, builds trust and influences alignment of our creative vision across marketing, PR and product.
- A believer in our mission of bringing everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.
- 12+ years with a track record of shipping inspiring well built experiences.
Relocation Statement:
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
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