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Senior Product Designer (Remote)

Lead new core product projects with user-centered designs

As a Senior Product Designer on The Athletic's Core team, you will help lead new projects and initiatives related to the core product experience. You'll work closely with product, engineering, editorial, and design teams to bring new user experiences to life across platforms. The role requires independence and strong skills in both UX and visual design to support how users discover and consume sports content.

Why This Role?

Opportunity to help drive the future vision of products through world-class designs

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead new projects and initiatives for the core product experience
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and editorial teams to implement designs
  • Create user-centered designs for content discovery and consumption across platforms
  • Work independently while contributing to team goals and vision

Requirements

  • Strong user experience design skills
  • Strong visual design skills
  • Ability to work independently on design projects
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including product and engineering

Required Skills

product designuser experiencevisual designcollaborationuser experience designindependent work

Indonesia Context

Working Hours Overlap:
Flexible — work your own hours
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Keywords

Senior Product Designerremote designsports media UXcore product designathletic design team
View Original Description from Lever Postings

Original description from Lever Postings

About Us   Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs. About the Role Our product mission is to be the best place for sports fans. We already provide an unrivaled breadth and depth of sports coverage. We are looking for a product designer to support the experience of our core product, which encompasses how users discover and consume content across all our platforms. The ideal candidate is also able to help drive the future vision of our products, through world-class designs that add value to both our business and to our users. As a Product Designer on the Core team, you will be counted on to help lead new projects and initiatives related to our core offering. You’ll work closely with the product team to bring new experiences to life, while collaborating with engineers, editors and other designers on the team. There’s ample opportunity here for a designer who works well independently and is well versed in both user experience and visual design.

Salary Context

Similar Design roles on LokerDollar pay around $147.5k/yr (range $8.4k–221k/yr, n=21 active listings).

Hiring at The Athletic

The Athletic has 8 other active roles on LokerDollar and has been hiring here since May 4, 2026 — across Design, Video & Media, Writing & Content.

View all The Athletic openings →

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Source
Lever Postings
Job Type
full time
Location
Remote · Open worldwide
Category
Seniority
senior
PostedFresh
Jul 29, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Is Senior Product Designer (Remote) at The Athletic a remote job?
Yes. Senior Product Designer (Remote) at The Athletic is a fully remote role open to candidates worldwide.
What type of employment is Senior Product Designer (Remote) at The Athletic?
This is a full time position.
How do I apply?
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