Director of Design, Content Ecosystem

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 126 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.

We are looking for a Director of Design to lead the experience for our content ecosystem including community builders, our users, and our developers. You will nurture Reddit into a unique, thriving ecosystem of conversations that brings human experiences to life across any topic you can imagine, and cultivate belonging for users. You’ll work across three different areas, including our moderator-facing products, our user profile features for various user types, and our developer platform.

As a Director of Design, you will not only define a cohesive strategy across the Reddit consumer experience but also serve as a key pillar of the Reddit UX organization. You will be responsible for looking around the corners to forecast critical user needs and business needs, acting as a creative innovator and change driver to deliver significantly positive impact.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership: Create and drive end-to-end UX strategy that aligns with Reddit’s brand identity and mission.

Organizational Design & Scaling: Lead and manage a high-performing team of designers, including sr manager.

Cross-Functional (XFN) Impact: Drive org-wide initiatives with significant product enhancements for users and Reddit, partnering deeply with Engineering, Product, and Research.

Operational Excellence: Own the quality of the user experience and the efficiency of the design organization by enhancing design systems and high-impact delivery workflows.

Executive Influence: Effectively communicate and influence at all levels across different functions, including senior executives, to champion user-centric solutions

Change Management: Exhibit a "Reddit-first" attitude, showing the ability to quickly change course or pivot functions to support rapidly changing business priorities.

Mentorship & Growth: Foster a culture of "Great Performing Snoos" by developing talent and building high-performing teams that embody Reddit’s leadership principles.

Qualifications:

13+ years of relevant design experience.

Minimum 5+ years of previous experience managing a team(s) of 15+ designers

A world-class portfolio demonstrating design strategy and systems for consumer-facing products at scale.

Proven experience driving company-wide strategic initiatives and XFN roadmapping with significant business impact.

Ability to build solutions from first principles in ambiguous situations and elevate the performance of the entire Leadership Team.

A strong sense of user empathy.

Humble, driven, and motivated to ship the best product.

Benefits:

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs

401k with Employer Match

Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support

Family Planning Support

Gender-Affirming Care

Mental Health & Coaching Benefits

Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off

Generous Paid Parental Leave

Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base salary range for this position is:

$245,800—$344,100 USD

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