Product Designer, Design Innovation

About Pinterest

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

We’re looking for a methodical and thoughtful Staff Product Designer to join the Design Innovation team. You’ll help evolve our product design language and craft intuitive, coherent, and delightful experiences across surfaces. You’ll collaborate closely with product, engineering, research, and data science partners to shape end‑to‑end experiences that feel uniquely Pinterest, raise the quality bar, and explore new opportunities for innovation, including AI‑powered experiences.

You have a knack for visual detail as much as holistic systems thinking. You’re a problem solver whose designs reflect a deep understanding of user needs and business context. You’re comfortable working in an iterative, experimental environment and using AI tools to accelerate your workflow while maintaining strong critical thinking, judgment, and ownership of outcomes.

• Design product experiences—systematically, interactively, and visually—with a high bar for craft and consistency across the Pinterest product ecosystem.
• Partner with Design Innovation teammates and cross‑functional partners to evolve our product design language and bring it to life in key product surfaces and features.
• Uphold and Elevate Craft:
  Conduct quality audits, review flows and handoffs, and directly contribute hands‑on design when needed—always advocating for the highest standards.
• Prototype & Technologize:
  Rapidly visualize, prototype, validate new ideas; translate abstract solutions into practical, scalable patterns using Figma, code, AI, or whatever is needed to inspire clarity/adoption.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product management, and research to develop impactful, user‑centric, and data‑informed solutions; work with engineers throughout implementation to ensure high‑quality execution.
• Incorporate insights from qualitative and quantitative research, experiments, and marketplace/AI trends to refine design directions and identify new opportunities for innovation.
• Contribute to design reviews and critique, helping to uphold and inspire a high level of design execution and inclusive, accessible experiences across the team.
• Mentor & Scale Impact:
  Inspire and guide other designers in craft, systemic thinking, and best practices through critique, guidance, and sharing your expertise across teams.
• Communicate & Influence:
  Clearly articulate your design thinking, rationale, and vision—presenting work to teams, leaders, and executives, and rallying consensus.

• 8+ years of experience in product design, with strong visual and interaction design skills demonstrated in a portfolio of shipped or in‑progress work.
• Track record in staff/principal‑level roles, influencing horizontally, upholding design craft quality, and partnering cross‑functionally—ideally in large‑scale consumer or platform environments.
• Expert‑level motion and visual design skills, with a deep understanding of principles and their impact on usability, comprehension, and overall experience quality — using animation and transitions to enhance clarity, convey emotion, and drive user engagement.
• Ability to design within and extend a design system, balancing consistency with thoughtful innovation across surfaces and platforms.
• Design technologist mindset:
  Comfortable experimenting with Figma prototypes, AI, and (optionally) front‑end code; curious and opinionated about technical feasibility, accessibility, and how we…