Job Description
Patreon is a media and community platform where over 300,000 creators give their biggest fans access to exclusive work and experiences. We offer creators a variety of ways to engage with their fans and build a lasting business including: paid memberships, free memberships, community chats, live video, and selling to fans directly with one-time purchases. Ultimately our goal is simple: fund the creative class. And we're leaders in that space, with: $10 billion+ generated by creators since Patreon's inception 100 million+ free memberships for fans who may not be ready to pay just yet, and 25 million+ paid memberships on Patreon today. We're continuing to invest heavily in building the best creator platform with the best team in the creator economy and are looking for a Senior Product Designer to support our mission. This role is based in New York or San Francisco and open to those who are able to be in-office 2 days per week on a hybrid work model. About The Team We're hiring a Product Designer to shape key parts of Patreon's product ecosystem and support creators in building sustainable businesses. You'll contribute across multiple areas of our product, from refining the core membership experience to exploring how creators present their work to fans to designing systems that strengthen creator and fan relationships over time. You'll design tools and touchpoints that help creators showcase their work, deepen fan engagement, and unlock revenue opportunities while ensuring fans feel more connected and invested in the communities they join. Your work may span long-term fan journeys, creator workflows, and cross-functional initiatives that shape how affinity for creators grows across multiple touchpoints. You'll be part of a small, close-knit design team, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Research to bring clarity to ambiguous opportunities, design high-impact experiences, and ensure they launch with polish and purpose. About The Role Proactively discover company-level opportunities and help bring clarity and insight through high-fidelity prototypes and expert storytelling Work closely with Research, Product and Engineering to identify, plan, scope and execute end-to-end design solutions Work across the entire design organization to develop innovative patterns and systems that are durable, repeatable and achieve a high standard for craft Create, collaborate, and iterate on prototypes, high-fidelity visuals, and key flows Contribute to the visioning, sequencing, tactics, and execution of a multi-phased overhaul of the product Own, redefine, and ship key parts of the core Patreon product What You'll Need 7+ years of experience in product design, or equivalent demonstrated through the complexity and scope of your portfolio Portfolio demonstrating shipped work with measurable impact on user behavior or business outcomes, including examples of the design decisions and tradeoffs involved Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and set clear milestones with cross-functional partners Experience facilitating problem-framing and alignment across product, engineering, and research teams Can articulate the craft decisions and tradeoffs involved in shipping high-quality product experiences Takes a team-first approach to decisions and works effectively across cross-functional partners About Patreon Patreon powers creators to do what they love and get paid by the people who love what they do. Our team is passionate about making this mission and our core values come to life every day in our work. Through this work, our Patronauts: Put Creators First | They’re the reason we’re here. When creators win, we win. Build with Craft | We sign our name to every deliverable, just like the creators we serve. Make it Happen | We don’t quit. We learn and deliver. Win Together | We grow as individuals. We win as a team. We hire talented and passionate people from different backgrounds because workplace diversity and inclusion is critical to our ability to serve creators worldwide. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t match with every bullet point outlined above, we strongly encourage you to apply anyway. If you’re a creator at heart, are energized by our mission, and share our company values, we’d love to hear from you. Patreon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommo