Senior Product Designer

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

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Yahoo is a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people around the world, empowering them to achieve their goals online through a portfolio of iconic, beloved products.

We’re looking for a craft-minded, performance-obsessed Senior Product Designer to lead the design of our Content Commerce experiences, as well as the much-loved tech brand Engadget. In this role, you’ll help create the future of shopping-related content on the web—interactive articles, shoppable short-form video, AI-powered gift guides, and more, making it seamless and enjoyable for people to find products and services that fit their life. In addition, you’ll take the lead on the evolution of the engadget.com web experience and help evolve the brand for the AI era.

You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional partners—including product managers, engineers, researchers, content strategists, and other designers—to shape intuitive and engaging commerce experiences using personalized product recommendations, shoppable editorial formats, and AI-powered expert guidance. Your work will help establish Yahoo as a trusted brand by delivering engaging content formats that help people make informed buying decisions.

As a design leader, you’ll own high-impact projects from concept through execution, ensuring every experience reflects Yahoo’s commitment to usability, accessibility, and visual excellence.

We’re especially interested in designers who already use AI tools as an integral part of their design process—from ideation and prototyping to research synthesis and documentation. You see AI not as an add-on, but as an essential creative partner that enhances your speed, insight, and imagination.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the design of content-focused commerce experiences across Yahoo and Engadget, enabling effortless discovery, evaluation, and purchase of products and services

• Craft content experiences that are informative, shoppable, and trustworthy—balancing editorial integrity with conversion goals.

• Design modular, scalable components and patterns that work across different content surfaces and product verticals.

• Advocate for clarity, usability, and delight across the entire commerce journey—from inspiration to transaction.

• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, editorial, research, and legal teams to turn ideas into production-ready solutions.

• Prototype at varying fidelities to explore concepts, validate user flows, and communicate design intent effectively.

• Work with researchers to uncover insights and iterate based on qualitative and quantitative feedback.

• Present your work clearly and confidently to stakeholders and peers, with strong rationale and strategic alignment.

• Contribute to design systems and pattern libraries, ensuring consistency across commerce-related surfaces.

• Proactively explore emerging AI tools and best practices and use them to elevate your process and outcomes.

Who You Are

• A strong systems thinker with an eye for clean, user-centered design.

• Capable of navigating ambiguity and designing thoughtful experiences from scratch or within complex ecosystems.

• A clear communicator who can advocate for users and influence decision-making with logic and empathy.

• Familiar with commerce design patterns and micro-interactions that enhance decision-making and conversion.

• Proficient in Figma (and optionally Framer or similar tools) to design, prototype, and iterate with speed and precision.

• A collaborative team-mate who supports colleagues with insightful feedback and positive energy.

• Someone who is embracing new ways of working and AI-powered design workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, HCI, Visual Communication, or a related field.

• 4+ years of experience designing and shipping outstanding digital products - ideally including commerce, content platforms, or media experiences.

• A portfolio demonstrating strong UX thinking, elegant interaction design, and polished UI craft.

• Experience working on cross-functional product teams and shipping at scale.

• Deep understanding of user-centered design principles and accessibility standards.

• Excellent collaboration, communication, and presentation skills.

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The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoopolicies;exercising sound judgment;working effectively, safely and inclusively with others;exhibiting trustworthinessandmeeting expectations;and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome.

The compensation for this position ranges from $128,250.00 - $266,875.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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