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Shape the future of digital experiences for millions of sports fans
The Athletic is looking for a Senior Product Designer to help create engaging product experiences across its web and mobile platforms.
Working alongside Product Managers, Engineers, Editors, and fellow Designers, you'll improve how sports fans discover, consume, and engage with premium sports journalism. From defining product strategy to shipping polished user experiences, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of one of the world's leading sports media platforms.
What you'll do
As a Senior Product Designer, you'll lead end-to-end product design initiatives that improve the experience for sports fans across multiple platforms.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Designing user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and production-ready interfaces.
- Contributing to product strategy by identifying user needs and business opportunities.
- Planning and conducting user research to inform design decisions.
- Collaborating closely with Product Managers, Engineers, SEO specialists, Content Operations, Analysts, and Designers.
- Evaluating technical constraints and balancing design trade-offs with engineering teams.
- Leading design projects while maintaining consistency across the product experience.
- Contributing to and evolving The Athletic's Design System.
- Researching industry trends and competitive products to continuously improve the user experience.
What they're looking for
The ideal candidate will have:
- Experience designing successful digital products for both web and native mobile applications.
- Strong UX, visual design, and interaction design skills demonstrated through an online portfolio.
- Expert-level Figma skills and proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite.
- Experience creating prototypes and motion-based interactions.
- Hands-on experience using AI tools throughout the design process.
- Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional product teams.
- Excellent communication and project management abilities.
- Passion for sports, media, or content-driven digital products.
- Curiosity, creativity, and a continuous learning mindset.
Why join The Athletic?
The Athletic delivers in-depth sports coverage to millions of fans through one of the world's largest sports newsrooms. As part of the Core Product team, you'll help shape the experiences that connect users with the teams, athletes, and stories they care about most.
You'll work in a collaborative environment where design plays a strategic role in defining the future of sports media while partnering with talented multidisciplinary teams across product, engineering, editorial, and analytics.
Benefits
- Fully remote opportunity.
- Competitive salary plus potential bonus and equity (where applicable).
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage (U.S. roles).
- 401(k) matching (U.S.).
- Paid vacation, sick leave, and parental leave.
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development support.
- Collaborative, design-driven culture with opportunities to work on products used by millions of sports fans.
Salary
USD $135,000 – $155,000 per year, with additional compensation such as bonuses or equity available for eligible U.S.-based employees.
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