• Senior Product Designer

    Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)


    We are looking for a highly skilled and visionary  **Senior Product Designer**  to play a key role in shaping the future of  **Copilot Discover** . The ideal candidate will possess strong visual and UX design skills, and have extensive experience working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, including product managers, engineers, researchers, and other designers. On Copilot Discover, our mission is to  **inform, entertain, and inspire**  our users. We are dedicated to delivering high-quality content and a user experience that supports our customers around the world.

     

    As a Senior Product Designer, you will craft the direction of Microsoft's future interactions with technology across a variety of growth initiatives. You will work closely with a dynamic, cross-disciplinary team, setting a strategic design direction that combines cutting-edge AI, software development, and business objectives. This is an exciting opportunity to influence the engagement of next-generation products at Microsoft, all the while delivering intuitive, inclusive, and accessible user experiences.

     

    The Microsoft AI Design & Research team is a creative community of designers, researchers, and writers on a mission to create and deliver holistic customer experiences while imagining future web technologies, from Copilot, Edge, Bing, MSN and apps. Our collaborative team comes together from diverse backgrounds and delivers end-to-end web experiences from shopping, to search, to ads, news, sports, gaming and more, into seamless experiences that create delight for billions of customers worldwide.

     

    _This is a hybrid position, 4 days a week in Redmond, WA (or Mountain View, CA)_

    Responsibilities

    +   **Cross-Functional Collaboration:**  Facilitate effective collaboration with creative team members, program managers, developers, and executive stakeholders to define, iterate, and implement new and existing product features, ensuring alignment with business, technical, and user requirements.

    +   **Design System Knowledge:**  Understand how to use a robust design system to ensure consistency across our products. Contribute to the design system as you develop new features and propose new patterns. Work closely with engineers to implement the design system correctly to keep our code efficient and maintain a high bar for craftsmanship.

    +   **Design Excellence:**  Understand the behaviors, motivations, and needs of our customers to develop and deliver relevant and impactful experiences.

    + **Strategic Product Design & Prototyping:**  Present design concepts and decisions to cross functional partners and stakeholders, articulating design rationale clearly and effectively.

    +   **Compelling Communication & Storytelling** : Present design concepts and decisions to cross functional partners and stakeholders, articulating design rationale clearly and effectively.

    +   **Mentorship:**  Foster a culture of creativity and innovation through mentorship and collaboration with other designers.

    Qualifications

    R** **equired Qualifications

    + Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 4+ years experience working in product or service design

    + OR Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 5+ years experience working in product or service design

    + OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems).

    + 5+ years experience working in Product or Service design

    Preferred Qualifications:

    + Extensive experience in Graphic Design

    + Demonstrated sense of Interaction Design attuned to the fundamentals of user experience

    + Extensive experience in accessibility and inclusive design

    + Strong Visual Design skills

    + Excellent communication and presentation / storytelling skills, with the ability to energize teams and advocate for your ideas

    + Experience designing and prototyping in Figma

    + _Resume must include a link to design portfolio_

     

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    Product Design IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

     

    Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

     

    Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 10th, 2025.

     

    Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .