Staff Product Designer

Dropbox

Remote - US: All locations
full-time senior $214200 - $289800
Posted 4 days ago
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Summary

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Role Overview

Dropbox is seeking a Staff Product Designer to lead the design of AI-powered mobile experiences. This role involves defining the future of mobile products, ensuring seamless cross-platform integration, and maintaining high design standards.

Key Responsibilities

Collaborate with Product and Engineering to design and ship AI-powered features.
Develop and execute a mobile strategy for cross-platform experiences.
Translate complex technical concepts into compelling narratives for leadership.
Act as a role model for mobile and visual design excellence.
Conduct detailed critiques to refine high-quality work.
Mentor other designers and share knowledge across the Design team.
Partner proactively with various cross-functional stakeholders.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in an individual contributor design role.
2+ years of experience in mobile design with demonstrated innovation.
Exceptional interaction and visual design skills, especially in AI or consumer products.
Portfolio showcasing impactful customer experiences.
Proven ability to work cross-functionally and influence design strategy.
Expertise in Figma.

Expected Impact

The Staff Product Designer will significantly shape the future of Dropbox's AI-powered mobile products, ensuring they are intuitive, intelligent, and seamlessly integrated across platforms. Their work will drive innovation and maintain a high standard of design craft, directly impacting user experience and business metrics.

Why Apply

Opportunity to define the future of AI-powered mobile experiences at a leading tech company.
Be part of a collaborative and innovative Design & Research team focused on making work effortless.
Contribute to a Virtual First company culture that values autonomy and human connection.
This summary was generated from the original job posting (AI-assisted, human-reviewed). For full details, visit the company's site.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary, benefits, and perks for this role

Salary Range

$214200 - $289800

Competitive compensation based on experience and location

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive benefits package including:

  • • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • • 401(k) with company match
  • • Flexible PTO and holidays
  • • Professional development opportunities
From original job posting

Original Job Description

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Remote - US: All locations

Staff Product Designer

Role Description

As a Staff Designer at Organize the Cloud, you will be at the forefront of reimagining design for the next generation of AI-powered products. You will help define the future of our mobile experiences, collaborating across teams to integrate cutting-edge technologies that make our product even more intuitive, intelligent, and powerful.

Your role will focus on: Leading mobile design for our AI-powered products, driving our mobile strategy, and working across teams to design and ship a seamless cross-platform experience. Ensuring exceptional design craft within the organization by collaborating closely with talented teams of Product Designers, Research Leads, and Content Designers, maintaining high standards of design excellence and precision. Identifying and driving areas of mobile opportunity and impact, creating an innovative and world-class mobile AI experience.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with Product and Engineering partners to define, design, and ship AI-powered features.
  • Develop and execute a mobile strategy, collaborating across teams to deliver a seamless cross-platform experience.
  • Craft clear narratives that translate complex, technical subjects into compelling stories that executive leaders can support.
  • Serve as an experienced role model, setting a high craft bar for mobile and visual design.
  • Hone high-quality work through detailed critique.
  • Share your expertise and excellence by leading through example in your design work, mentoring other designers, and creating opportunities to share knowledge across the Design team.
  • Work proactively as a trusted partner with Engineers, Product Designers, Content Designers, Brand Designers, Researchers, Product Managers, Program Managers, and leaders at all levels.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in an individual contributor design role.
  • 2+ years of experience in mobile design, with a deep understanding of mobile platforms and demonstrated innovation in mobile experiences.
  • Exceptional interaction and visual design skills, with the ability to craft compelling user experiences, particularly in AI technology and/or leading consumer products.
  • A portfolio showcasing significant contributions to shipping customer experiences that have made a measurable impact on business and customer metrics.
  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with various stakeholder groups, including engineering, product management, and leadership, influencing design strategy and ensuring successful execution.
  • Expertise in Figma.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience building products in a remote or distributed team environment.
  • Success leading the thoughtful integration of generative design tools, LLMs, and computational design methodologies into creative workflows.
  • Prior experience with 0-1 product initiatives. 

Compensation

US Zone 1
$214,200—$289,800 USD
US Zone 2
$192,800—$260,800 USD
US Zone 3
$171,400—$231,800 USD

The range(s) listed above is the expected annual salary/OTE (On-Target Earnings) for this role, subject to change.

Please note, OTE are for sales roles only.

Salary/OTE is just one component of Dropbox’s total rewards package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Dropbox takes a number of factors into account when determining individual starting pay, including job and level they are hired into, location/metropolitan area, skillset, and peer compensation.  We target most new hire offers between the minimum up to the middle of the range.

Dropbox uses the zip code of an employee’s remote work location to determine which metropolitan pay range we use. Current US Zone locations are as follows:

• US Zone 1: San Francisco metro, New York City metro, or Seattle metro
• US Zone 2: Austin (TX) metro, Chicago metro, California (outside SF metro), Colorado, Connecticut (outside NYC metro), Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York (outside NYC metro), Oregon, Pennsylvania (outside NYC or DC metro), Washington DC metro, and West Virginia (DC metro)
• US Zone 3: All other US locations

Dropbox is a Virtual First company and is open to hiring candidates in all authorized locations.

Company Description

Dropbox isn’t just a workplace—it’s a living lab for more enlightened ways of working. We're a global community of bold visionaries and resourceful doers who are shaping the future of Dropbox—and with it the future of work. Our Virtual First model combines the autonomy of a distributed workplace with the power of human connection, making space for both meaningful work and meaningful relationships. With our start-up mindset and enterprise-level opportunities, you can be who you are and grow into who you’re meant to be. Here, you can own your impact to make work more intuitive, joyful, and human—for you as a Dropboxer and for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. If you're ready to push boundaries—and yourself— Dropbox is ready for you.

Team Description

The Dropbox Design & Research Team creates experiences that make work feel effortless. We're problem solvers and innovators, combining research insights with thoughtful design to craft solutions that make users’ lives easier. Through iterative design and deep user research, we uncover, understand, and solve fundamental problems that impede enlightened work. We don't just make things look good—we make complex technologies feel intuitive and joyful by putting human needs at the center. If you're passionate about creating products that are equally thoughtful, powerful and delightful, join our Design & Research team. Areas of work include Research Program Management, Customer Access Programs (CAPS), User Experience Design, User Research, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Design Systems, Accessibility Design, Content Design, and Prototyping.

Benefits

Dropbox is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all Dropboxers and their families. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan with a generous company match and immediate vesting
  • Flexible PTO/Paid Time Off, paid holidays, Volunteer Time Off, and more, allowing you time to unplug, unwind, and refresh
  • Income Protection Plans: Life and disability insurance
  • Business Travel Protection: Travel medical and accident insurance
  • Perks Allowance to be used on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness, learning and development, food and groceries, and much more
  • Parental benefits including: Parental Leave, Child and Adult Care, Day Care FSA, Fertility Benefits, Adoption and Surrogacy Support, and Lactation Support
  • Access to over 10,000 global co-working spaces through Gable.to, making it easy to book flexible workspaces for collaboration or individual work
  • Quarterly Cell phone and internet allowance
  • Mental health and wellness benefits
  • Disability and neurodivergence support benefits

Additional benefit details are available upon request.

 

Dropbox is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work. A big part of that effort is our support for members and allies of internal groups like Asians at Dropbox, BlackDropboxers, enABLE, TODOS (Latinx), Pridebox (LGBTQ), Vets at Dropbox, and Women at Dropbox.

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The Dropbox Design & Research Team creates experiences that make work feel effortless. We're problem solvers and innovators, combining research insights with thoughtful design to craft solutions that make users’ lives easier. Through iterative design and deep user research, we uncover, understand, and solve fundamental problems that impede enlightened work. We don't just make things look good—we make complex technologies feel intuitive and joyful by putting human needs at the center. If you're passionate about creating products that are equally thoughtful, powerful and delightful, join our Design & Research team. Areas of work include Research Program Management, Customer Access Programs (CAPS), User Experience Design, User Research, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Design Systems, Accessibility Design, Content Design, and Prototyping.

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