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Senior Product Designer

Medium

Location: USA Advertised pay: USD 150,000–200,000 / yearly Work arrangement: Region-restricted remote Employment: Full Time Posted: November 10, 2026 Freshness: Very fresh Source check: Observed very recently
Disclosure4 of 5 core facts statedReview uncertainties
Last source observationObserved very recentlyObservation is not employer confirmation.
Application destinationjobicy.comReview the application route and source evidence in the full report below.

Before relying on the listing: Confirm Application closing time with the employer or source. See verification questions

Executive opportunity brief

The decision in one screen

A compact evidence-first read of compensation, flexibility, mobility and what still needs verification. No universal quality score is used.

Compensation positionUSD 150,000–200,000 / year9 current same-currency observations
Work flexibilityRegion-restricted remoteBased only on stated location/work-arrangement evidence.
Decision evidence4 of 5 core facts knownThis listing states more core decision facts than the median role in the current sample.
Mobility evidenceSponsorship not establishedUnknown evidence is not treated as unavailable.
Current alternatives308 current same-family rolesCurrent HPJ inventory, not the whole labor market.
Negotiation readinessNegotiation evidence available: advertised pay range, current same-currency market context, strong decision evidence.Use the private Offer & Negotiation Lab below if an offer arrives.

Fast read

Opportunity DNA

The available details do not point to a single standout advantage yet. The clearest issue to weigh is the salary benchmark is still shallow.

PayRange available

The range is usable, but the comparable sample is still too shallow for a strong relative-pay call.

FlexibilityLocation limits visible

Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Entry pathMixed requirements

Some access and qualification signals are clear, but the overall entry path is neither unusually open nor unusually restrictive.

MobilityNot established

Sponsorship and relocation support are not clear from the current listing.

ApplicationSome process detail

Part of the application route can be assessed, but the full external process may contain additional steps.

TraceabilityCurrent source traceable

At least one recent enabled source can still renew this vacancy.

This fingerprint summarizes what is clear, constrained or still unanswered in the current listing. It is a reading aid, not an overall job score.

Decision evidence check

4 of 5 core facts stated

This checks whether the listing states the facts that commonly change an employment decision. It measures disclosure completeness, not whether the opportunity is good or bad.

Facts already stated

  • Compensation
  • Work arrangement
  • Advertised location
  • Employment type

What to verify next

  • Application closing time: Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?

Advertised location is not proof of work authorization, sponsorship, or legal eligibility. Unknown information is not a negative score; verify those questions separately.

Decision levers

What could make or break the fit?

Reasons to look closer

Nothing stands out strongly enough yet to call a clear advantage. The role may still be attractive for reasons the listing does not spell out.

Trade-offs to weigh

  • The salary benchmark is still shallow: Pay is disclosed, but the current comparison pool is too small for a strong relative-pay conclusion.
  • Location rules could change the fit: Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Questions worth asking before you invest more time

  • Confirm whether a degree is actually required, preferred, or replaceable with equivalent experience.
  • Ask whether visa sponsorship is available before investing significant time in the application.

These questions come from details the listing leaves open. An unanswered point is not treated as a disadvantage.

Opportunity neighborhood

Keep your options open

These live roles sit close enough to this opportunity to make useful comparison points. Look across several employers before deciding what pay, flexibility or access trade-offs you are willing to accept.

Senior Product Designer

Tremendous · Canada, Mexico, USA

USD 200,000–265,000 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work arrangement

About 33% higher advertised midpoint

Senior Product Designer

CodePath · LATAM, Canada, Europe, USA

USD 148,000–190,000 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work arrangement

About 3% lower advertised midpoint

Principal Product Designer

Customer.io · LATAM, Canada, USA

USD 245,000–276,000 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work arrangement

About 49% higher advertised midpoint

Product Design Director - Patient (x/f/m)

Doctolib · Paris

Salary not disclosed On-site / hybrid 3/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same employment type · Recently posted

Different angle: Different work arrangement

This neighborhood is drawn from current inventory in the same broad occupation. Similarity is based on explicit listing facts; missing details do not count against a job.

Role market context

How much current choice is visible around this kind of work?

This compares the vacancy with current High Paid Job inventory in the broad Design roles family. It describes visible choice and disclosure, not future demand or career quality.

Current visible roles308

200 most recent current roles sampled for the disclosure measures below.

Employers represented154

Distinct employers in the bounded current sample, not an estimate of all employers hiring in the market.

Decision-ready disclosure37%

Current sampled roles stating at least four of the five Core Decision Facts.

Compensation stated31%

Requires a numeric amount, explicit ISO currency and supported pay period.

Work arrangement stated99%

Listings with explicit enough remote, hybrid or on-site evidence to classify.

Stated closing time17%

Missing deadline evidence remains unknown and is not interpreted as an open-ended application window.

Disclosure comparison: This listing states more core decision facts than the median role in the current sample. This listing: 4/5 · sample median: 3.0/5.

Currencies with explicit pay evidence in the sample: USD (31) · EUR (18) · GBP (10) · CAD (3). Raw amounts across different currencies are not compared.

This describes current visible High Paid Job inventory in the same broad occupation family. Percentages use a bounded recent sample and are not a forecast, a complete labor-market census or an employer-quality measure.

Constraint opportunity lab

What changes the size of the current opportunity pool?

Each line applies one stricter evidence-based constraint to the same bounded current role-family sample. It helps you see the trade-off in visible choice without deciding which trade-off is right for you.

Require explicit sponsorship or relocation support 0 / 200 0%

Counts only affirmative or possible sponsorship evidence, or relocation explicitly offered. Unknown is not treated as no.

Require worldwide remote evidence 25 / 200 13%

A much stricter subset: only listings with explicit worldwide-remote evidence remain.

Stay in the same stated country 25 / 96 26%

Uses only roles where a country is known. Roles without country evidence are excluded from this denominator.

Require usable compensation disclosure 62 / 200 31%

Requires amount, explicit ISO currency and a supported pay period. Missing pay evidence remains unknown.

Require at least four Core Decision Facts 74 / 200 37%

Shows the subset with enough stated evidence for a more informed first comparison.

Stay around the same seniority band 78 / 200 39%

Includes roles whose seniority is genuinely unspecified rather than assuming they belong to another level.

Require a remote-listed arrangement 93 / 200 47%

Counts roles explicitly classified as worldwide remote, region-restricted remote or remote with restrictions still unclear.

Keep this advertised salary floor in the same currency 16 / 31 52%

Only same-currency opportunities with usable annualized pay enter this comparison. Other currencies are not converted or treated as lower.

These are counterfactual filters over a bounded sample of current HPJ inventory in the same broad occupation family. They show how visible choice changes when one evidence-based constraint is applied; they do not tell you which constraint you should choose or predict hiring outcomes. The calculation uses the 200 most recent current roles from 308 visible roles in this broad family.

Salary transparency context

Is pay disclosure typical for this kind of role?

This listing states usable structured compensation. About 31% of the bounded current role sample does the same.

This listingUsable pay stated

Compensation counts only when amount, ISO currency and supported pay period are all known.

Current same-role sample31%

Pay disclosure is limited in the current role sample.

Current employer pattern100%

This employer’s current visible listings disclose pay materially more often than the current same-role sample.

This compares salary-disclosure behavior in current visible listings. It does not compare raw salary amounts across currencies, infer undisclosed pay as zero, or rate employer quality.

Private offer & negotiation lab

Turn an offer into evidence, not guesswork

Enter an annual base offer and, if you want, your own target. HPJ compares only within one explicit currency and never chooses a target for you.

Advertised annualized payUSD 150,000–200,000 / yearListing evidence only.
Current comparable medianUSD 169,00031 current sampled roles
Current upper quartileUSD 197,535Current HPJ inventory context, not a salary recommendation.

Negotiation evidence available: advertised pay range, current same-currency market context, strong decision evidence.

Enter an annual base offer to compare it with explicit same-currency evidence. HPJ will not suggest a target for you.

Review the full package · 10 terms

Mark what is confirmed, what needs clarification and what you want to prioritize. These choices and notes stay in this browser.

Base payKnown

Usable advertised compensation is available.

Bonus / commissionMentioned

Variable compensation is mentioned; verify amount, formula, target and eligibility.

Equity / long-term incentivesMentioned

Equity or long-term incentive language is mentioned; verify grant type, vesting and valuation basis.

Retirement / pensionVerify

Retirement or pension benefits are mentioned; verify employer contribution and vesting.

Health benefitsMentioned

Health-benefit language is mentioned; verify coverage, dependants and employee cost.

Paid leaveMentioned

Paid-leave language is mentioned; verify the exact entitlement and carry-over rules.

Work arrangementKnown

A work-arrangement signal is available; verify schedule details before relying on it.

RelocationVerify

Relocation support not established

Visa / work authorizationVerify

Sponsorship not established

Review timingVerify

A review cycle is mentioned; verify timing and whether compensation can change at that review.

Questions worth taking into the offer conversation

  • What retirement or pension contribution does the employer provide?
  • If relocation is relevant, what expenses, timing and repayment conditions are covered?
  • What exact sponsorship or work-authorization conditions apply to this role?
  • When is the first performance and compensation review after joining?
  • Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?

Occupation intelligence

What broader career references connect to this role?

HPJ uses broad comparison families for current-market analysis. External taxonomy results are reference candidates for that broad family, not a declaration that this vacancy has been authoritatively classified into a specific occupation.

HPJ comparison familyDesign roles
Adjacent families worth exploringProduct roles · Marketing roles

European occupation references

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

U.S. occupation references

This site incorporates information from O*NET Web Services by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

Career reference research

Skills worth investigating

Official occupational context, paired with exact phrases visible in this vacancy. It is not a skills test or an applicant-fit score.

ESCO · European occupation

technical communicator

Usually essential in this ESCO occupation
  • apply ICT terminology
  • gather technical information
  • visual presentation techniques
  • manage content metadata
  • conduct content quality assurance
  • provide written content
  • integrate content into output media
Context-dependent ESCO skills
  • provide multimedia content
  • use presentation software
  • integrate and re-elaborate digital content
  • application usability
  • style sheet languages

O*NET · U.S. occupation

Web and Digital Interface Designers

O*NET occupation skills
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Critical Thinking
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Active Learning
  • Active Listening
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Programming
  • Monitoring
Build my private skill preparation brief Your evidence · Practice · Interview questions

Plan how you might demonstrate or investigate occupational skills. These are broad-family reference examples, not confirmed vacancy requirements. Nothing you enter is sent to High Paid Job.

apply ICT terminologyESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
gather technical informationESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
visual presentation techniquesESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
manage content metadataESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
conduct content quality assuranceESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
provide written contentESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
integrate content into output mediaESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
provide multimedia contentESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
use presentation softwareESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
integrate and re-elaborate digital contentESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
application usabilityESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
style sheet languagesESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
Reading ComprehensionO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Critical ThinkingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Judgment and Decision MakingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Active LearningO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Active ListeningO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Complex Problem SolvingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
ProgrammingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
MonitoringO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown

Private to this browser. Up to 20 reference skills; not a qualification assessment or hiring prediction.

Useful next question: Which of these occupational reference skills does the hiring manager actually expect for this specific role, and what evidence would demonstrate them?

These skills belong to one reference occupation selected for HPJ’s broad career family, not a verified classification of this vacancy. Text overlap only means a phrase appears in the available listing text; it does not establish an employer requirement, your proficiency, or a qualification gap. A missing mention is unknown, not a deficit.

Adjacent current roles to investigate

Product roles

VP, Horizontal AI Product

Crowdstrike · Remote — Worldwide

same seniority band · same employment type · similar work-arrangement evidence

Adjacent-family roles are exploration prompts from current HPJ inventory. They are not inferred qualification matches and they do not imply a promotion path.

Career move map

What sits one step away?

This listing is currently read as Leadership. Nearby roles one visible seniority step away can help you judge whether to widen the search, stretch upward or compare the responsibilities more carefully.

Broader-entry direction

Senior / lead

Design Lead, Consumer

Maven Clinic · USA

Same country · Similar work arrangement · Same employment type Advertised midpoint is about 21% higher
Senior / lead

Senior Product Designer

Hyperproof · Remote — Worldwide

Similar work arrangement · Same employment type · Recently posted Advertised midpoint is about 19% lower

These are live roles one visible seniority step away in the same broad occupation family. They can reveal nearby options, but they are not a guaranteed promotion path and do not account for your personal experience.

Skill bridge

What does this role connect to?

The available listing text does not contain enough recognized skill language for a useful skill bridge yet.

Application edge

  • The listing states about 4 years of required experience. Check that the dates and scope in your application make that experience easy to verify.
  • The listing mentions extra application steps. Review those requirements before starting so you can prepare the requested material in one pass.

If the named skills are genuinely transferable in your own experience, the occupation map also points to adjacent current families worth researching: Product roles and Marketing roles. This is exploration context, not a qualification match.

Skill signals come from explicit text mentions. A mention is not automatically a requirement, and absence from the current top-skill list does not make a skill rare or unimportant. The current career comparison draws on 104 sampled listings; 74 contain a recognized skill signal.

Application Decision Lab

Turn the listing into a preparation plan

Separate what the listing actually states from what you still need to prepare or verify. Your selections and short notes stay in this browser and are never submitted to High Paid Job.

Explicit requirement

At least about 4 years of experience required

The available wording contains an explicit minimum/required years-of-experience signal. Preferred years are tracked separately and never promoted into the required minimum.

Application step

Prepare for a stated application step

A portfolio or work sample is explicitly mentioned.

Questions worth resolving before you rely on the opportunity

  • Application closing time: Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?
  • Work authorization / sponsorship: If sponsorship or work authorization matters to you, what exact immigration or employer-sponsorship conditions apply to this role?

Decision analysis

What the listing really tells you

Rich decision context

For Senior Product Designer at Medium, the most useful clues right now are the range is useful even though the comparison pool is small, the location rules are clear enough to judge, and the entry path is becoming clearer. Looking at them together makes the trade-offs easier to see.

The range is useful even though the comparison pool is small

The USD range can be compared directly within its currency, although the present comparison sample is too shallow for a confident relative-pay ranking.

The location rules are clear enough to judge

The work-location pattern is “Remote with some uncertainty or restrictions”, with Remote Freedom at 62/100. One practical limit to notice is geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region..

The entry path is becoming clearer

At least about 4 years of experience required · 1 additional stated barrier. Only requirements actually stated in the listing are counted; anything left unsaid remains unresolved.

The application route gives a few useful clues

Provider-mediated application path · 1 visible process step. The external application may contain additional steps that are not visible from the listing itself.

Source continuity adds useful context

1 recent enabled source can currently renew this vacancy across 1 source classes. That improves traceability, although it does not verify the employer itself.

How this analysis is assembled

This read combines the structured details currently available for pay, flexibility, qualifications, mobility, application effort and source continuity. Missing facts are left open for you to verify.

Analysis evidence coverage

How much analysis can the current evidence support?

70%Useful analysis evidence coverage
70%
Current-sample pay positionInsufficient comparable salary sample

Only 9 comparable salary observations are available. At least 10 are needed before showing a High Pay Score.

Remote Freedom evidence62 / 100

Measures observable location flexibility and explicit restrictions; it does not determine whether remote work is personally desirable.

Salary evidence qualityHigh confidence · Focused salary range

The configured source supplied structured salary fields, a usable currency and a focused comparison value.

Listing freshnessVery fresh

The listing was posted about 1 days ago.

Source provenance evidenceEstablished source evidence

At least one enabled source recently observed the vacancy. The source chain is traceable, but this is not independent employer verification.

There is no universal opportunity score because pay, flexibility and access matter differently to different people. Compare Jobs lets you weight the evidence around your own priorities.

Decision checklist

What is supported, uncertain or worth checking?

This checklist separates supported strengths, visible cautions and missing evidence. It is not an overall recommendation or guarantee that the job is suitable for you.

Supported strengths

No standout strength is supported strongly enough to list here. That is not a negative rating.

Visible cautions

  • Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.
  • This is remote work with a geographic restriction, not a worldwide-remote vacancy.
  • At least about 4 years of experience required

Still unknown

  • There is not enough comparable salary evidence to establish this job’s current pay position.
  • Visa sponsorship is not established by the available listing data.

Qualifications & access

What qualifications are explicitly stated?

Some explicit entry barriers stated

EducationEducation requirement not established
Required experience evidenceAt least about 4 years of experience required
Explicit required barriers1
Explicit access signals0

Explicit requirements worth checking

  • At least about 4 years of experience required: The available wording contains an explicit minimum/required years-of-experience signal. Preferred years are tracked separately and never promoted into the required minimum.

Qualification signals come from explicit listing wording. Anything not mentioned remains unknown, so silence is never treated as proof that a degree, experience, licence or other requirement is unnecessary.

Pay vs. barriers

Opportunity Efficiency not assessed

The current pay position is not reliable enough to weigh compensation against the stated barriers.

Explicit stated barriers

1 explicit required barrier is visible in the available wording.

Required experience evidence

The listing states at least about 4 years of required experience.

Location-freedom constraints

1 explicit Remote Freedom restriction signal is present and is shown separately from qualification requirements.

Evidence gaps that could change this interpretation
  • Current comparable pay position is unavailable.
  • Education requirement is not established.

This section weighs pay context against clearly stated barriers without collapsing unlike requirements into one universal score. Degree, experience, licensing, clearance and location limits remain separate, and missing qualification details stay unknown.

Beyond the headline

Not enough evidence for a hidden-value finding

Potential hidden value appears only when several distinct non-pay advantages are actually supported. Missing requirements or benefits are never counted as positives.

Still check: At least about 4 years of experience required · The current application path is provider-mediated rather than directly classified as an employer-authorized or official route.

Hidden Value is an experimental evidence summary, not an investment-style score or guarantee of employability. It only uses explicit current listing evidence and does not infer that an unmentioned qualification is unnecessary.

Explainable opportunity highlight

Why this opportunity stands out

These are supported signals from the current listing and comparison sample—not a guarantee that this is the best job for you.

Clear compensation evidence

The source provides structured salary information with a comparatively focused range, improving the usefulness of pay comparisons.

Fresh opportunity

The listing was posted about 1 days ago.

Compensation intelligence

How competitive is this pay?

No High Pay Score yet

Only 9 comparable salary observations are available. At least 10 are needed before showing a High Pay Score.

Why this analysis?

  • Only 9 comparable salary observations are available. At least 10 are needed before showing a High Pay Score.
  • Salary confidence: High. The configured source supplied structured salary fields, a usable currency and a focused comparison value.
  • Range quality: Focused salary range.

Employer compensation communication

Pay transparency at Medium

Very strong current pay transparency

This score uses the employer’s current visible listings and combines how often pay is disclosed with how useful those ranges are. Bonus, equity and benefit mentions are shown separately and do not raise the score.

100/100
100%
Salary disclosure100% · 3 of 3 sampled listings
Range qualityMostly focused or specific pay information
Bonus wording3 current listings
Equity wording3 current listings
Benefits wording3 current listings
Evidence strengthLimited

This pattern comes from the employer’s current visible vacancies. It describes hiring and pay transparency in those listings, not employee satisfaction or a permanent judgement of the employer.

Current employer intelligence

Medium — current opportunity snapshot

Current opportunities visible3
Salary disclosure100%
Remote-policy evidence coverage100% · 3 of 3 sampled listings
Remote share of known arrangements100%
Worldwide-remote share0%
Known hiring countries1
Sponsorship evidence coverage0% · 0 of 3 sampled listings
Explicit sponsorship outcomes0 confirmed · 0 possible · 0 unavailable
Pattern sample3 of 3 · 100% coverage
Current role-family breadth2
Stated closing-date coverage0%
Relocation evidence coverage0% · 0 explicitly offered
Posted within 7 days33% of listings with a known posting date

Employer Evidence Profile

How often this employer’s current visible sampled vacancies state decision-critical information. These percentages describe evidence coverage, not employer quality.

Compensation100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with advertised compensation evidence.

Work arrangement100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings whose work arrangement is clearer than unknown.

Location100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a supported country signal.

Application timing0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit closing time.

Posting date100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a usable posting date.

Sponsorship0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings that explicitly indicate confirmed, possible or unavailable sponsorship evidence.

Relocation0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit relocation signal.

Low coverage means the current visible listings state the information less often. It does not prove that the employer lacks the policy, benefit or support.

Common current occupation families: Design (2) · Software engineering (1)

Visible seniority mix: Senior / lead (1) · Leadership (2)

Current employment-type mix: Full time (3)

Most visible hiring countries in this sample: United States (3)

Other current roles from this employer

These are other current vacancies visible from the same employer, not endorsements or evidence of future hiring plans.

There are not yet five current disclosed salaries in one currency, so an employer pay median would be too thin to be useful.

Questions worth asking this employer

  • If work authorization matters to you, what sponsorship policy applies to this specific role and location?
  • If a move is required, is relocation assistance available for this position?
  • What is the expected application and interview timeline if the listing does not state a closing date?

These questions are prompted by missing or thin evidence in the employer’s current visible vacancies. Missing evidence is not treated as a negative judgement.

This employer snapshot uses the employer’s current visible listings. Remote and sponsorship rates use only vacancies with explicit evidence, while missing information stays unknown. Salary medians are shown separately by currency and need at least five disclosed salaries. Zero confirmed sponsorship means none was explicitly found in this sample, not that sponsorship is unavailable.

This snapshot describes the employer’s current visible vacancies—things such as pay disclosure and work arrangement. It is not an employee-satisfaction or hiring-quality rating, and different currencies stay separate.

Work-location intelligence

Remote Freedom

62/100

Remote with some uncertainty or restrictions

62%

Why this score?

  • The role is remote but the source identifies a country or regional restriction.

Location restrictions detected

  • Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Remote Freedom measures observable location flexibility only. Unknown work-location information remains unscored. Timezone wording is penalized only when it appears restrictive; general collaboration across time zones is not treated as a restriction. A score does not guarantee legal work eligibility, payroll availability or visa sponsorship.

International applicant intelligence

Visa & relocation signals

Sponsorship status is shown only when the listing provides clear enough wording. Employer history or headquarters location is not used to guess an answer.

Visa sponsorshipSponsorship not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough sponsorship statement.

RelocationRelocation support not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough relocation statement.

Tradeoff check

What’s the catch?

These are visible conditions worth checking before treating the headline compensation as the whole story:

  • This is remote work with a geographic restriction, not a worldwide-remote vacancy.

Current alternatives

Better-paying alternatives

These current roles show a materially higher annualized salary midpoint in the same broad occupation and currency. Similar seniority, country, work arrangement, employment type and recency are preferred where possible; higher pay alone does not make an alternative a better fit.

About +49% midpoint

Principal Product Designer

Customer.io · LATAM, Canada, USA

Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work-location arrangement

About +33% midpoint

Senior Product Designer

Tremendous · Canada, Mexico, USA

Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work-location arrangement

About +11% midpoint

Staff Product Designer

Medium · USA

Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work-location arrangement

Alternatives are drawn from the current inventory rather than presented as application recommendations. A pay difference needs to be meaningful—about 3% or more at the midpoint—and different currencies are not compared.

Application-path intelligence

What can we see about the application process?

Provider-mediated application path

The current application path comes through a publisher or aggregator. The destination may still lead to an employer-authorized hiring system, but that is not clear enough to assume.

Current destination: jobicy.com · HTTPS

Visible application steps or requirements

  • A portfolio or work sample is explicitly mentioned.

Application effort is estimated from visible listing and source details. Optional steps are kept separate from mandatory ones, and the external form may contain additional requirements that are not visible here.

Application safety context

Application safety check

Basic application-safety context available

The current application destination has a basic transport-safety signal such as HTTPS. This does not verify the employer, vacancy, recruiter or application process.

Evidence checked: Source provenance · Application destination · Listing wording

Observable transport-safety signals

  • The available application destination uses HTTPS.
Before you share money or sensitive information
  • Confirm the vacancy on the employer’s official careers site when practical, especially if a recruiter contacts you outside the listed application path.
  • Check that recruiter email domains and application destinations are consistent with the employer or an identifiable recruiting provider.
  • Do not pay application, processing, training or equipment fees merely to be considered for a job.
  • Do not send cryptocurrency, gift cards, online-banking credentials or PINs as part of an application.
  • Treat unusually fast offers or interviews conducted only through informal messaging channels as reasons to verify the employer independently.

This is a limited safety screen, not employer verification and not a fraud determination. Never send money, cryptocurrency, passwords or sensitive banking credentials merely because a listing appears on a job platform.

Original listing details

The section below comes from the listing source. The decision sections above use the job’s structured pay, location, qualification, mobility and application details to give you additional context.

About Medium

Medium is one of the world's most influential writing platforms, connecting millions of readers with ideas that matter. We're a small, dedicated team that cares deeply and takes real ownership of the problems we tackle, moving fast while building something that lasts. Our actions and decision-making are guided by four principles: Humans First, Deepen Understanding, Orient for Impact, and Ladder Together.

Design is a vital discipline at Medium. We have a long, visible history of raising the design bar for reading and writing on the internet. We continue to believe that by radically redefining the experience of reading and writing online, we foster humans-first spaces that showcase individual voices and stories.

Today, Medium is a profitable and independently-funded company. This has enabled us to embark on a new era that requires us to think big and explore uncharted territory. If you want to join and shape the future of reading and writing with urgency, care, and play, come help us build what’s next!

The Role

At Medium, designers and engineers work across the full range of the product development process. We’re looking for someone who lives and breathes reading and writing, not just someone who’s worked as a designer for a while. As a Senior Product Designer on the team, you’ll report to the Director of Product Design and work on projects from ideation to launch.

As part of a product team, you’ll own well-defined projects from start to finish. Your team will count on you to scope and define the features you own, to adjust your process according to the needs of the work, and create polished design artifacts from concept to handoff.

As a member of the design team, you’ll collaborate with engineering to uphold a quality bar through implementation, not just the design artifact. With your design teammates, you are someone who welcomes feedback, isn’t precious about your work, and elevates everyone’s impact through collaboration.

As a Median, you’ll be someone who embodies our operating principles and demonstrates empathy and resilience. You’ll demonstrate empathy for our users, to build a platform and products they’ll love. As a teammate, you’ll demonstrate empathy for your coworkers, to contribute to a workplace we love, and the resilience to be able to take feedback from anywhere, consider it gracefully, and fold it into your thinking and work.

What You’ll Do

  • Collaborate closely with engineers and designers to scope and define features that advance your team’s goals.
  • Own and execute high-quality designs, interactions, and prototypes to enable your team to build the best experiences for our users.
  • Leverage AI design tools and workflows effectively to create artifacts that explore and validate new ideas, features, and interactions.
  • Contribute to our design system to ensure a cohesive and scalable visual language across the product.
  • Conduct user research to uncover pain points and opportunities, using insights to inform design decisions.
  • Represent the design team by upholding a high design bar, working with your teammates to make thoughtful, intentional decisions at every step.

What You Have

  • 4+ years of experience designing products in a fast-paced environment working closely with engineering, design, and product teammates.
  • A portfolio with presentable case studies of your best work, showcasing a foundation in typography, interaction and visual design, and idea generation for work you’ve shipped.
  • An understanding of design systems, including an understanding of how to apply them well and contribute back to them.
  • Experience or a passion for working on reading and writing tools, platforms, or experiences.
  • A learning and growth mindset. We’re a small team. Our shape and process will evolve and change many times over the next few years. We strive to continuously improve, iterate, and integrate what we learn—from our work and each other.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and storytelling skills. We are a reading and writing company, after all!

Benefits

In addition to the new experiences you'll pick up, here's what else you'll enjoy by working at Medium:

  • Working with a fully distributed team: We’re fully remote and have teammates across the U.S. & France
  • Healthcare benefits covered at 100% for employees and 80% for dependents
  • Generous parental leave policy
  • Twice a year company off-sites
  • Mental health support through Spring Health (or find a provider through Rula or Kaiser Mental Health Network)
  • Financial wellness support through Northstar
  • Stipends for co-working, professional development, wifi, and a one-time home office bonus
  • Unlimited PTO and standard company holidays
  • A discounted Medium membership

Why Medium

At Medium, inclusion, diversity, and equity are core to how we work and what we build. We believe a more inclusive team creates a better product—one that’s intuitive, thoughtful, and serves a wide range of users. We strive to foster a supportive, fun, and challenging environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive.

We welcome applicants from all walks of life and strongly encourage those from historically underrepresented groups to apply. Our hiring process is built to ensure fairness and equal opportunity for everyone. Even if your experience doesn’t match every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you—your perspective and passion matter more than checking every box. We actively track representation across our hiring pipelines and hold ourselves accountable to building inclusively.

Learn more about our mission, operating principles, and culture:

Read about our story here.

Read our guidance on AI use for candidates. We believe human ideas have the power to change how people think, for the better. That belief shapes how we hire. We use AI tools ourselves, but we’ve thought carefully about where it adds value and where it gets in the way of something important.

Salary Range

$150,000—$200,000 USD

GDPR Notice

We will process your personal data as part of our recruitment process, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For details on how we use your data, including the legal bases for processing, how long we retain it, and your rights under GDPR, please refer to our Privacy Notice.

We may retain your information for future job opportunities based on our legitimate interest in building a talent pool. You can object to this at any time by contacting us at recruiting@medium.com.

CCPA Notice

If you are a California resident, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). These include the right to know what personal information we collect about you, the right to request deletion or correction of your data, and the right to opt out of certain uses.

During the hiring process, we may collect personal information such as your name, contact details, resume/CV, employment history, education background, and any information gathered through interviews or assessments. We may share this information with service providers who support our recruitment process, in compliance with CCPA/CPRA. This information is used solely for recruitment and hiring purposes.

We do not sell or share your personal information as defined under CCPA/CPRA. Candidate data is retained for up to 48 months for our legitimate business purposes and in accordance with applicable laws.

To exercise your rights or request more information, please contact us at recruiting@medium.com. This notice can also be found on our Privacy Notice.

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