Director, Product Design

About the role

The Director of Product Design at Hearst Newspapers leads the vision for next-generation news experiences across the company's portfolio of newspapers. This role involves collaborating with newsrooms, revenue teams, and other strategic functions to develop product concepts, partnering with Product and Engineering to shape AI-powered product experiences, and executing detailed design work.

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.

Qualifications

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.

Benefits

At Hearst Newspapers, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a competitive retirement plan, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, monthly child & dependent care reimbursement, mental wellness benefits, LGBTQ+ & inclusive health services, fertility coverage, and menopause support. Additionally, we provide pet wellness reimbursement and Rover credits.