The Athletic Verified

Senior Product Designer (Remote)

Full time Remote Senior United States Design Product
Design core content discovery and consumption experiences at The Athletic across all platforms. Senior-level, fully remote, cross-functional with product/eng/editorial. No salary listed; posting is light on tool/skill specifics.

About the Role

About Us
 
Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs.

About the Role

Our product mission is to be the best place for sports fans. We already provide an unrivaled breadth and depth of sports coverage. We are looking for a product designer to support the experience of our core product, which encompasses how users discover and consume content across all our platforms. The ideal candidate is also able to help drive the future vision of our products, through world-class designs that add value to both our business and to our users.

As a Product Designer on the Core team, you will be counted on to help lead new projects and initiatives related to our core offering. You’ll work closely with the product team to bring new experiences to life, while collaborating with engineers, editors and other designers on the team. There’s ample opportunity here for a designer who works well independently and is well versed in both user experience and visual design.

Required Skills

Problem Solving Communication Strategic Thinking

Nice to Have

Figma Project Management