Product Designer, Courses

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants anywhere in the world.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the design for the Courses product experience at Chess.com.

• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Copywriters, and leadership to identify problems and develop effective product experiences together.

• Create polished, high-quality designs for our web and mobile platforms that adhere to Chess.com design patterns, utilize our design system, and maintain player engagement.

• Design the way players acquire new concepts through interactive courses and master them via habit-forming spaced repetition practice.

• Present your design proposals and clearly explain your decisions, supporting them with contextual rationale, heuristics, and user insights when available.

• Develop interactive prototypes to share and rapidly test ideas using tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, and Figma.

• Take ownership of your projects from initial concept through implementation and ensure design-to-code alignment throughout the process.

• Proactively suggest and design significant enhancements to our product to make it more enjoyable, social, and consistent across platforms.

• Support and elevate your design teammates by providing constructive feedback on their designs.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience as a Product Designer for a consumer-facing product or game.

• A portfolio showcasing your best design work that reflects a solid understanding of interface and user experience design.

• Proficiency in UI design fundamentals, including typography, color, layout, visual hierarchy, alignment, contrast, and interactivity.

• A solid understanding and experience in designing responsive and interactive user interfaces for mobile applications and the web.

• Experience working with a large, established design system.

• Familiarity with frontend development and the translation of design into code.

• Experience utilizing AI tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and Figma to create shareable high-fidelity prototypes for quick iterations.

• Strong collaboration and communication skills within a remote, globally distributed team.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills that enable you to document and convey your design decisions effectively.

• A sense of ownership, pride, and responsibility for your craft.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% remote (work from anywhere!).