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Chess.com · 3 days ago

Product Designer - Connect

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityEntry, Mid Level
date2+ years exp

Chess.com is one of the largest gaming sites in the world, seeking a Product Designer to enhance user engagement and community connections. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to create polished designs for web and mobile platforms, focusing on social interactions among players.

GamificationGaming
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Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Partner closely with Product Designers, Product Managers, Engineers, Copywriters, and other stakeholders to help define requirements and build effective product experiences together
Craft polished, high-quality designs for our web and mobile platforms that follow Chess.com design patterns, make use of our design system, and keep players engaged
Design how players connect, socialize, and share with each other on key surfaces like Home, Profile, Friends, Chat, Leaderboards, and more
Present your design proposals and clearly articulate your decisions, backing them up with contextual rationale, heuristics, and user insights where possible
Create and iterate on prototypes to share and further explain your designs with other Designer, Engineers, and stakeholders
Own your projects from initial concept through to implementation and help ensure design-to-code alignment throughout the process
Be proactive about suggesting and designing meaningful improvements to our product to make it more fun, social, and consistent across platforms
Help uplift your design teammates and provide constructive design feedback

Qualification

Product DesignUI Design FundamentalsResponsive DesignDesign System ExperiencePrototyping ToolsFrontend Development KnowledgeCollaboration SkillsCommunication SkillsOwnershipResponsibility

Required

2-3 years of experience working as a Product Designer on a consumer facing product or game
A portfolio of your best design work that demonstrates a clear understanding of interface and user experience design
Mastery of UI design fundamentals including typography, color, layout, visual hierarchy, alignment, contrast, and interactivity
A clear understanding and experience designing responsive and interactive user interfaces for mobile apps and the web
Experience working with an established design system
Familiarity with frontend development and how design translates into code
Experience using AI tools like Figma Make, Cursor, and Claude Code to build prototypes to share and quickly iterate on ideas
Strong collaboration and communication skills working in a remote, globally distributed team
Excellent written and verbal communication skills that allow you to document and explain your design decisions
A sense of ownership, pride, and responsibility for your craft

Preferred

A love for the game of Chess and knowledge of our product
Experience designing social features for mobile games
Design engineering or frontend development experience on web, iOS, or Android

Company

Chess.com

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Chess.com is an online community for chess players to learn and discuss strategy and play with others in real-time.
dateFounded in 2007
location
Mountain View, California, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
http://www.chess.com

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$0.55M
Key Investors
General Atlantic
2022-01-14Private Equity
2018-01-01Acquired
2013-01-01Secondary Market· $0.55M

Leadership Team

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Adam Mayer
SVP of Monetization
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