Staff Product Designer, NAPP

The New York Times is seeking a Staff Product Designer with strong UX, product, and editorial experience to develop AI-powered editorial experiences. This role involves collaborating with teams to enhance user experiences through AI, while upholding journalistic integrity and product excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product teams across The Times to identify smart opportunities to integrate A.I. into their products and features
• Imagine concepts for delivering new A.I.-powered experiences for NYT users
• Use quantitative data and qualitative research to inform design decisions
• Create clear prototypes of these concepts to validate desirability, feasibility, and usability
• Use prototypes to lead conversations and set direction with NAPP's leadership team and, in turn, influence our broader A.I. strategy
• Represent your work to leadership within the company
• Work with engineering teams in an Agile development environment
• Champion A.I. innovation and ethics: Stay up to date with industry trends, LLM advancements, and emerging technologies. Champion the ethical and responsible use of AI, ensuring our tools uphold our standards of accuracy and objectivity
• Own evaluation for quality and editorial integrity: Create frameworks to assess the success of A.I. prototypes and products
• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience as a product manager or product designer, with recent experience creating coded prototypes using AI-enabled tools and workflows
• 7+ years of experience collaborating with editorial or product teams to deliver experiences that users love and return to
• Case studies / portfolio of shipped work demonstrating experience working in 0-to-1 environments where requirements change often
• Experience designing user experiences that use AI/LLM
• Experience refining AI's tone, format, and behavior to align with brand guidelines and product quality benchmarks
• Demonstrated support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence