Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. VSCO is a platform that equips photographers with tools and community for creative expansion. They are seeking a Staff Product Designer to lead design initiatives, manage product development from strategy to delivery, and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Own Workspace end-to-end, from strategy and problem framing through activation loop design, upgrade experience, and paid product delivery
- Define the AI Agent experience: interaction model, agent behaviors, escalation logic, tone, and how conversation hands off to UI
- Work with your squad (PM, design, and engineering) to shape product direction, drive alignment on what gets built, and push back on platform limitations with clear rationale
- Communicate design direction to senior leadership and drive alignment across functions
- Use AI-assisted tools (Cursor, Claude, v0) for speed and exploration, return to Figma for craft refinement and system alignment, and ensure the quality of what ships reflects a high standard
- Contribute to VUI, ensuring Workspace and AI agent components are well-structured and token-compliant
- Mentor other designers on interaction principles, systems thinking, and AI-assisted workflows
Skills
- 8+ years of product design experience, including 0 to 1 work in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
- High AI fluency and a proven track record using AI-assisted design and prototyping tools (Cursor, Claude, v0) as an active part of your workflow
- Experience designing AI-powered or agent-driven product experiences with a clear point of view on trust, transparency, and user control
- Exceptional interaction and visual design skills, with a high bar for craft at every stage of delivery
- Strong portfolio showing strategic product thinking alongside polished, shipped work across mobile and web
- Experience designing business tools, CRM-adjacent products, or workflow-driven experiences
- Strong systems thinking: you design scalable patterns and think about how decisions ripple across surfaces
- Track record of influencing product roadmap and tying design decisions to business outcomes
- Experience working within and contributing to a design system
Benefits
- Hybrid work with an office in San Francisco, CA
- Regular in-person events events to connect and collaborate
- Competitive salary & equity
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families
- Flexible Time Off
- Company-paid parental, medical and caregiver leave
- Other perks including mental health resources and tech reimbursements
- A 401K retirement plan
- Insurance (medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, short and long term disability)
- 11 paid holidays
- Paid sick time as required by state and local law
- Additional benefits and perks contained in our standard employee benefits package
Company Overview
VSCO is a community-driven platform that equips photographers to expand creatively and professionally. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Oakland, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://vsco.com.