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About the Role

As a Product Design Director, you will shape the vision for next-generation news experiences across Hearst’s portfolio of newspapers. You will drive the delivery of user-centered products, ensuring the team delivers measurable business value while delighting users. You will lead the evolution of Product Design into an AI-enabled practice, identifying opportunities to improve product quality, accelerate delivery, and automate workflows. You will also serve as a discipline lead, mentoring junior designers and setting the bar for design quality across our digital products.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with newsrooms, revenue teams and other strategic functions to develop product concepts.
Partner with Product and Engineering to shape AI-powered product experiences, applying sound UX principles around transparency, trust, human oversight, and responsible use of AI.
Execute detailed design work with precision and a high degree of craft and rigor.
Leverage user research and market insights to inform design strategies.
Identify opportunities for leveling up the design of our current products, initiating and driving new design-led workstreams to completion.
Work within an established design system, while actively contributing to and improving that system.
Mentor and provide feedback for junior designers, while cultivating a sense of professional community.

Requirements

Proven track record leading complex digital product design, with experience working as part of a cross-functional product development team.
Solid understanding of contemporary UX design principles and best practices.
Experience driving “0 to 1” product work.
Strong portfolio showcasing a range of design projects and problem-solving skills.
Comfortable working across modern design and front-end workflows, including Figma, design systems, Storybook, HTML/CSS, Git, and AI-assisted development environments.
Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers working in production code.
Familiarity with emerging AI tooling and frameworks for design.
Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
All applicants should have the right to work in the U.S. without immigration sponsorship.

Skills

Figma
Design systems
Storybook
HTML/CSS
Git
AI-assisted development
Emerging AI tooling and frameworks for design
GenAI (Generative Artificial Intelligence)

Location

Work Type

Hybrid
minimum 3 days in office

Experience Level

Director

Salary/Compensations

$160,000 - $175,000

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
Competitive retirement plan with matching program
Generous Paid Time Off
Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Child & Dependent Care Reimbursement
Mental wellness benefits
LGBTQ+ & Inclusive Health Services
Fertility Coverage & Menopause Support
Pet Wellness Reimbursement & Rover Credits

About the Company

Hearst Newspapers publishes 28 dailies and 52 weeklies, including the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, Austin American Statesman, San Antonio Express-News, Albany Times Union, and CT Insider.
The Hearst Newspapers Product team delivers best-in-class product experiences that balance editorial, business, and audience needs, and guides product strategy to enable future products and services.
The team includes engineers, DevOps, QA, product managers, strategists, designers, and product operations specialists.
They are organized into cross-functional pods supporting end users, internal users, and revenue growth, working closely with Content and Revenue teams.