Job Description

This role will be based in Sunnyvale, San Francisco, or New York. 

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it’s important for your team to be together. 

LinkedIn’s vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our global Product Design team advances this vision through quality, inclusive design. We’re passionate about designing an equal, fair, and accessible platform that’s engaging and responsible. 

We are seeking a visionary Principal Designer to lead the charge in reimagining how AI can revolutionize marketers’ workflows. The ideal candidate will possess a deep passion and a proven history of excellence in their craft, coupled with the capacity for systems thinking and the courage to dream big. This role offers the unique opportunity to collaborate across various business initiatives, driving the creation of an irresistible and cohesive user experience.

Why join the Product Design team at LinkedIn? 

• Designers are strategic partners, from product innovation and planning to launch 

• Work and learn with passionate, talented, and supportive people 

• We work on both consumer and enterprise products and encourage team rotation, so you can stay engaged and keep growing 

• We’re equipped with the best design tools in the business 

• A trusting, open environment helps us do our best work — and we have fun together! 

We’re looking for designers who lead by connecting dots between user insights, design patterns, and business goals. You will partner and collaborate closely with product management, engineering, AI & data science, user experience research, content design, and marketing. Designing for the world’s workforce takes a diverse, empowered team — come be a part of ours.  

Learn more about our design community at design.linkedin.com  

#LinkedInDesign 

Responsibilities 

• Provide vision and guidance that helps shape the future of LinkedIn’s talent marketplace and beyond 

• Create holistic design solutions that fulfill our member & customer needs, while considering the business, brand, and technology 

• Deliver final products with an incredibly high bar for craft and quality 

• Act as a mentor and leader across Talent Solutions and the Design team overall 

Application Requirements 

• To be considered for this position, you must include your portfolio, website or other samples of work. 

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications 

• BA/BS degree in graphic design, design communication, human-computer interaction, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience 

• Experience participating in the complete product development lifecycle of web and/or software applications 

• 10+ years of experience in user experience design or industry experience (corporate, software, web or agency) 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Ability to influence multiple product areas while being able to drive a strategy and vision across an organization that helps shape the future of the business 

• Ability to deliver design solutions that grow the business area and create new value for members/customers  

• Ability to develop teams of designers to become the next generation of key contributors - promoting sharing work openly and welcoming feedback   

• Strong ability to solve unstructured problems that have many dependencies and lengthy timelines; Seeks out ambiguity and transforms it into effective, actionable plans with cross-functional partners   

• Great communicator and a compelling storyteller 

Suggested Skills 

• Consumer product design 

• Enterprise product design 

• Strategic influence and impact 

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. 

The pay range for this role is $173,000 to $280,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. 

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.