Staff Product Designer, Ads Platform

Role Overview

Staff Product Designer on Reddit’s Ads UX team, focused on the Ads Platform (Ads Manager) and tools that help advertisers and account managers create, optimize, and monitor ad campaigns across Reddit. The role is remote-friendly and includes shaping the strategic design vision, leading major initiatives, and mentoring other designers.

Responsibilities

• Own and define the Ads Platform design roadmap, ensuring features roll into a cohesive, non-fragmented advertiser ecosystem.
• Architect foundational design patterns and logic-heavy workflows (e.g., campaign builders, reporting dashboards) to enable consistency and speed across the Ads org.
• Bridge Design ↔ Product/Engineering for highly technical initiatives such as AI-driven automation and API-led workflows, translating backend constraints into clear user mental models.
• Lead by example with high-fidelity prototyping and systems thinking; set and raise the design craft/quality bar.
• Run rigorous design reviews to uplift output of Senior and Mid-level designers.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across Product, Engineering, and Sales pods by synthesizing competing requirements into a unified design direction.
• Mentor and grow the Ads Design team through actionable feedback on craft, strategy, and professional development, fostering high performance and psychological safety.
• Partner with UX Research to convert advertiser data and market trends into actionable design principles that de-risk the roadmap.

Requirements

• 8+ years product design experience with proven success navigating high-complexity enterprise systems.
• Experience designing products with deep technical constraints and multi-sided marketplaces.
• 3+ years specific experience in Ads, FinTech, or Marketplace systems.
• Understanding of auction-based systems and revenue attribution mechanics.

Nice-to-haves / Additional signals

• Direct experience guiding design toward AI-driven automation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead design for platform/tooling experiences used by advertisers and account managers at scale.