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Principal Product Designer

Lead vision-heavy design projects for Square's core Point of Sale experiences, leveraging AI to create delightful seller and buyer workflows. Requires strong visual/interaction design, prototyping, systems thinking, and cross-functional collaboration with product and engineering.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Lead vision-heavy design projects to set a new standard for core Point of Sale experiences.
  • Lead by showing, often using prototypes to visualize and explore ideas, build internal and cross-functional support, and bring projects to life.
  • Collaborate closely with design, product, and engineering leadership to shape strategy and execution.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of AI, including how it can be applied to the design process and integrated into product experiences.
  • Strong visual design abilities, along with an understanding of how motion can elevate experiences and create standout moments of delight.
  • Proven ability to collaborate across a broader design team, as well as with product and engineering partners.
  • Excellent prototyping ability and a systems-thinking mindset.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience evolving and reinventing shared surfaces of Point of Sale for sellers and buyers.
  • Ability to lead ambitious projects from vision through shipped product while raising the bar for execution and product vision.
  • Work closely with audience-specific design and product teams, as well as hardware partners.

Skills

AI, Prototyping, Visual Design, Motion Design, Systems Thinking, Product Design, Ui/Ux

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