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We’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.
About Our Team
The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning News and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.
Why This Role Matters
The Washington Post is seeking a Director, Product Design User Interface to lead the visual and interaction design of our digital products across web, mobile apps, and emerging platforms.
This is a senior craft leadership role for a designer who can set a high bar for interface quality, establish the systems that allow teams to meet it consistently, and help create a more modern, distinctive, and coherent reader experience. The Director, Product Design User Interface will own the design language, component systems, interaction patterns, and quality standards that shape how readers experience The Post.
Working closely with Product, Engineering, Content Design, newsroom partners, and the broader Product Design organization, this leader will translate product and design strategy into consistently excellent execution while building scalable systems that help teams design and develop experiences more efficiently.
This role is distinct from the broader Product Design leader, who will own the Product Design organization and lead cross-company design alignment and the organization’s operational responsibilities. The Director, Product Design User Interface will serve as the organization’s senior leader for interface craft and execution.
This position is based in Washington, D.C.
What Motivates You
You care deeply about visual and interaction design and believe exceptional interface craft is fundamental to a great product experience.
You are energized by creating coherent design systems that give teams both clear standards and reusable tools to build better products.
You enjoy setting a high bar for design quality while helping designers and cross-functional partners consistently meet it.
You are excited by the challenge of bringing greater consistency and distinctiveness to experiences spanning web, mobile apps, and emerging platforms.
You enjoy working closely with Product and Engineering to turn ambitious ideas into intuitive, accessible, and scalable interfaces.
You value the details of typography, layout, interaction, motion, components, and patterns while understanding how those decisions contribute to a broader product experience.
You enjoy mentoring designers and strengthening interface-design craft across an organization.
You are curious about emerging design practices and AI-enabled tools and thoughtful about where they can improve quality and speed without replacing strong craft and judgment.
How You'll Support the Mission
Define and evolve The Post’s UI design language across web, mobile apps, and emerging product surfaces.
Establish a clear, high-quality bar for visual design, interaction design, motion, and interface craft.
Lead the development, adoption, and governance of a scalable design system in close partnership with Engineering.
Establish reusable components, interaction patterns, and standards that enable teams to build cohesive product experiences more consistently and efficiently.
Review and improve the quality of major product experiences from early concepts through launch, providing clear craft direction and feedback.
Partner with Product Management to translate product strategy and customer needs into intuitive, distinctive interfaces.
Partner with Engineering to ensure the design system is practical to implement, accessible, scalable, and able…