Staff Product Designer

About VSCO

VSCO exists for photographers. We build the connected system photographers rely on, and we've spent over a decade earning the trust of a global creative community that takes the craft seriously. Photography is at an inflection point. AI is reshaping what's possible for creative work, and that's where our mission shines. VSCO is building the full photographer's workflow: from creating and editing your work, to delivering it to clients, to running your business. All of it built thoughtfully, with photographers leading the way. We believe the future of photography tools creates more space for creativity, handling the busy work so photographers can focus on the craft.

About The Role

We're looking for a Staff Product Designer to join our design team and lead high-impact design initiatives across our portfolio. You'll own products end-to-end — from strategy and problem framing through interaction design, visual craft, and delivery. This role will be responsible for designing our next generation of photography business management tools and the AI frameworks that drive them. This is a product-defining role where you'll be a primary design voice, working closely with product, engineering, and data to shape strategy, define what gets built, and drive measurable outcomes.

What You’ll Do

• Own Workspace end-to-end, from strategy and problem framing through activation loop design, upgrade experience, and paid product delivery.
• Shape the AI chat experience end-to-end — from agent behavior and tone to interaction patterns and how conversation transitions into product 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 our design system, ensuring Workspace and AI agent components are well-structured and token-compliant.
• Mentor other designers on interaction principles, systems thinking, and AI-assisted workflows.

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of product design experience, including 0 to 1 work in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• AI-native mindset: you're using tools like Cursor, Claude, and v0 as part of how you design and prototype, or you're genuinely eager to learn and excited to lean in as we build this practice together
• 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, enterprise workflows, or productivity-oriented products (think project management, dashboards, CRM, or similar tools)
• 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