workiva

Staff Product Designer

workivaAmes, IA, United States of America 🇺🇸

$120,000 - $204,000

Gross/year - Permanent

Mode of work

Full-time

Experience

Senior

Employment Type

Permanent

Location

Remote

Expertise & Skills

UX DesignExpert
Design SystemsExpert
FigmaExpert
User ResearchProficient
PrototypingProficient
Visual DesignProficient
Cross-functional CollaborationProficient
MentoringProficient

Job description

As a Staff Product Designer at Workiva, you'll take the lead in shaping experiences across teams and organizational pillars through creativity and collaboration. Our staff designers are central to driving product design excellence and are true end-to-end craftspeople, owning the entire design process from concept to execution.

In this role, you'll:

  • Design experiences that empower our customers to deliver integrated, assured reporting with confidence on a global scale
  • Lead the creation of platform-wide solutions
  • Take on high-impact challenges, working closely with cross-functional teams
  • Own the process from discovery through delivery
  • Mentor designers and collaborate with product managers and engineers
  • Drive strategic design decisions that shape entire product areas

What You'll Do:

  • Lead user experience design for your product area
  • Define and evangelize a design vision
  • Apply design systems thinking
  • Prototype and test iteratively
  • Optimize for scalability
  • Collaborate with research to conduct user interviews and testing
  • Facilitate design ideation and collaboration
  • Track success metrics and iterate on solutions post-launch
  • Ensure consistency and quality across projects and platforms

What You'll Need:

  • 6+ years of professional UX experience
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in Design, HCI, UX, Software Engineering, Psychology, or related fields
  • Strong portfolio showcasing successful products and design process

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with complex, large-scale UX challenges
  • Strong leadership in cross-functional teams
  • Mastery of design systems
  • Expertise in visual design and user-centered practices
  • Experience mentoring other designers
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Mastery of design and prototyping tools (Figma)

Travel Requirements:

  • Up to 20% travel required
  • Reliable internet access for remote work
  • Flexibility to collaborate across global time zones

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary range
  • Annual discretionary bonus
  • Restricted Stock Units
  • 401(k) match
  • Comprehensive employee benefits package

Workiva is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, committed to diversity and inclusion.