January 9, 2025

Principal Product Designer | Design Systems

Mid • On-site • Remote

$137,600 - $267,000/yr

Overview

The Microsoft AI Design and Research Studio is looking for a passionate Principal Product Desginer who specializes in Design Systems to join us in defining the next evolution of the web and how humans interact with AI-powered computing. We are part of the team accountable for consumer Copilot experiences, designing an AI companion for Everyone. We are responsible for driving the systemization, design language and brand expression of our web product ecosystem at Microsoft, including Copilot, Bing, MSN and Edge. From the search engine to the browser to the future of personal AI, we are on point for visualizing a holistic vision of the future user interface and breaking this down into a kit of parts that can be leveraged by designers and engineers across the company.
 
The Team
We’re a small, friendly, fast-moving team of designers and UX engineers, supporting one another to do the best work of our lives, always looking to break new ground with an undying dedication to our customers. We are proud of what we build, how we build it, and that our products define the AI era while earning the trust of our users. We obsess about quality and craftsmanship and always root our decisions in research and evidence. We ship regularly, so your work will have a real and immediate impact. 
 
We are looking for an experienced designer who is excited about defining new visual language and interaction models for AI and systemizing them into scalable and usable patterns across our ecosystem of products. We are a highly collaborative team and seeking someone who shares a passion for working with many cross-disciplinary partners and empowering others.
 
Resume must include a link to design portfolio 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications 

  • Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 8+ years experience working in product or service design
    • OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 6+ years experience working in product or service design
    • OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems)

Preferred Qualifications 

  • 8+ years of experience as a designer and/or creative director and proven track record of working with a multi-disciplinary team of UI/UX designers, software/UX engineers to build and ship digital or web-based products
  • Extensive experience building out enterprise level Design Systems
  • A portfolio demonstrating your expertise in designing (and delivering from conception to implementation) beautiful, well-crafted Design Systems, products and experiences. We are looking for portfolios that demonstrate a sophisticated approach to visual design and brand expression as well as deep systems thinking
  • Ability to create highly polished designs and is also a deep critical thinker
  • Understanding and proven execution of design fundamentals including typographic systems, iconography, color theory, layout and motion/behavior design
  • Ability to apply and extend a design language
  • A university or college degree, or equivalent, in Visual Communication Design, Interface Design, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, etc.
  • Proficiency with Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects)
  • Understanding of emerging AI tools and prompting is a plus
  • This is not a management role but has the potential to become one. Experience in design leadership and management is a plus

Resume must include a link to design portfolio 

 

Product Design IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $180,400 - $294,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

 

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until december 26, 2024. 

 



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Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with multiple teams and disciplines to orchestrate a holistic design direction across products
  • Manage and scale a Design System through shared UI kits, libraries, documentations and guidelines.
  • Drive design approval and review process with partners across the organization and scale the language for our design system, upholding the highest quality standards.
  • Develop frameworks for how to build inclusive, coherent AI experiences across a range of features for the Microsoft consumer suite of products: Copilot, Bing, MSN, Edge and Windows.
  • Influence changes and improvements to the Microsoft AI design system, clearly articulate the rationale through user and product insights, reuse or extension of existing patterns or frameworks where possible, as well as finding opportunities to align closely across product groups.
  • Work closely and constructively with visual and interaction designers, content designers, user researchers, engineers, product management to create and deliver world class components, patterns, and design documentation.
  • Solve complex design problems in simple and intuitive ways, that blend brand personality, visual, motion and sound to create delightful experiences.