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Squarespace is a design-centric product company at heart, with a mission to be the all-in-one platform for anyone who wants to stand out and grow their business online. Product designers at Squarespace are embedded in deeply collaborative product teams, where every member plays a critical role in the team’s success.
We’re looking for a Staff+ Product Designer to join our Client Engagement & CRM team, with a focus on Contacts, CRM, and Automations. This team is responsible for the core tools sellers use to understand, communicate with, and retain their customers — from contact records and automations to campaigns and service communications.
This is a Player–Coach individual contributor role at the Staff+ level. You’ll combine deep systems thinking and exceptional craft with the ability to drive alignment and execution across teams. You will own some of the most complex, logic-driven surfaces in our CRM and automations ecosystem and act as a force multiplier for the team — shaping vision, creating momentum in ambiguous spaces, and mentoring designers across CRM and CEG.
This is a hybrid role based in our New York City headquarters.
YOU’LL GET TO...
- Design end-to-end experiences that bring together campaigns, SMS, transactional emails, and automations into a cohesive, intuitive communication system.
- Lead design for complex areas such as Automations, rich customer profiles and full-page contact views, custom fields, analytics & insights, and future communications entry points beyond automations.
- Architect complex systems that feel simple by mapping data models, flows, and dependencies across multiple product areas.
- Drive strategy through facilitation and storytelling by leading workshops, audits, and whiteboarding sessions with Product, Engineering, Data, and other partners to frame the problem space, align on principles, and break down large, ambiguous bodies of work into clear milestones and decisions.
- Leverage AI and rapid prototyping to de-risk decisions with interactive prototypes, and AI/agentic workflows to quickly explore possibilities, expose assumptions, and validate approaches early — from vision decks and North Star flows to detailed interaction prototypes.
- Deliver high-quality, execution-ready design by owning the journey from discovery to delivery, producing refined end-to-end workflows and UX specs.
- Mentor and elevate the team’s craft by serving as a craft mentor across CRM and related communication surfaces — giving sharp, actionable feedback, pairing with other designers on complex systems problems, and raising the quality bar for both systems thinking and visual/interaction design.
WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR...
- 10+ years of experience in product design at a digital product company, including time operating at a Staff or equivalent level.
- A portfolio that demonstrates complex, systems-level work (e.g., CRM, marketing automation, communication tools, or other data-rich, logic-heavy platforms) with clear impact on user and business outcomes.
- Experience leading cross-functional workstreams from ambiguity to shipped product, including setting direction, defining milestones, and aligning stakeholders.
- You navigate ambiguous, loosely defined problems by imposing structure — framing the problem, surfacing constraints, and clarifying goals for others.
- You are a high-agency operator who can create momentum without fully defined requirements or perfect inputs.
- You lead structured collaboration — workshops, audits, whiteboard sessions — that help partners see the system, make tradeoffs, and “disagree and commit” when needed.
- You are a strong storyteller, using vision decks, North Star narratives, and clear artifacts to align PM, Engineering, and stakeholders around a shared direction.
- You know when to sweat the details (e.g., how we distinguish transactional vs. marketing communications, how contact health is visualized, how automation status is surfaced) because those details carry meaning and trust.
- You lead by example, setting a craft and systems bar that other designers actively look to emulate.
- You enjoy coaching designers at different levels, helping them break down complexity, refine their process, and strengthen both their product thinking and craft.
- You are an exceptional communicator, able to zoom from high-level strategy and systems to concrete UX decisions and rationale with clarity.
- You are comfortable representing design decisions to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, and you can connect your work directly to business and user outcomes.
BENEFITS & PERKS
- A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums
- Fertility and adoption benefits
- Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
- Headspace mindfulness app subscription
- Global Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement benefits with employer match
- Flexible paid time off
- 12 weeks paid parental leave and family care leave
- Pretax commuter benefit
- Education reimbursement
- Employee donation match to community organizations
- 7 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Dog-friendly workplace
- Free lunch and snacks
- Private rooftop
- Hack week twice per year
Cash Compensation Range: $223,000 - $358,800 USD
The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills, experience, and location, among other factors.
In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and, where applicable for eligible roles, may include overtime pay), Squarespace employees are eligible to be granted an option to purchase our common stock. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive structure in addition to base salary.
ABOUT SQUARESPACE
Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,700 is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Aveiro, Portugal.
OUR COMMITMENT
Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers, but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
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Thank you in advance for providing the following details about your work history from your resume! This helps us ensure that your candidate information is accurate and consistent during the hiring process.
Squarespace will never solicit your personal banking information or ask you to transfer money in connection with a job offer or interview. We also will not reach out to you via phone or SMS without your permission or knowledge.
If you plan to use AI in any capacity during your candidate journey, please review our Candidate AI Policy.
INTRODUCTION
Squarespace is a design-centric product company at heart, with a mission to be the all-in-one platform for anyone who wants to stand out and grow their business online. Product designers at Squarespace are embedded in deeply collaborative product teams, where every member plays a critical role in the team’s success.
We’re looking for a Staff+ Product Designer to join our Client Engagement & CRM team, with a focus on Contacts, CRM, and Automations. This team is responsible for the core tools sellers use to understand, communicate with, and retain their customers — from contact records and automations to campaigns and service communications.
This is a Player–Coach individual contributor role at the Staff+ level. You’ll combine deep systems thinking and exceptional craft with the ability to drive alignment and execution across teams. You will own some of the most complex, logic-driven surfaces in our CRM and automations ecosystem and act as a force multiplier for the team — shaping vision, creating momentum in ambiguous spaces, and mentoring designers across CRM and CEG.
This is a hybrid role based in our New York City headquarters.
YOU’LL GET TO...
- Design end-to-end experiences that bring together campaigns, SMS, transactional emails, and automations into a cohesive, intuitive communication system.
- Lead design for complex areas such as Automations, rich customer profiles and full-page contact views, custom fields, analytics & insights, and future communications entry points beyond automations.
- Architect complex systems that feel simple by mapping data models, flows, and dependencies across multiple product areas.
- Drive strategy through facilitation and storytelling by leading workshops, audits, and whiteboarding sessions with Product, Engineering, Data, and other partners to frame the problem space, align on principles, and break down large, ambiguous bodies of work into clear milestones and decisions.
- Leverage AI and rapid prototyping to de-risk decisions with interactive prototypes, and AI/agentic workflows to quickly explore possibilities, expose assumptions, and validate approaches early — from vision decks and North Star flows to detailed interaction prototypes.
- Deliver high-quality, execution-ready design by owning the journey from discovery to delivery, producing refined end-to-end workflows and UX specs.
- Mentor and elevate the team’s craft by serving as a craft mentor across CRM and related communication surfaces — giving sharp, actionable feedback, pairing with other designers on complex systems problems, and raising the quality bar for both systems thinking and visual/interaction design.
WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR...
- 10+ years of experience in product design at a digital product company, including time operating at a Staff or equivalent level.
- A portfolio that demonstrates complex, systems-level work (e.g., CRM, marketing automation, communication tools, or other data-rich, logic-heavy platforms) with clear impact on user and business outcomes.
- Experience leading cross-functional workstreams from ambiguity to shipped product, including setting direction, defining milestones, and aligning stakeholders.
- You navigate ambiguous, loosely defined problems by imposing structure — framing the problem, surfacing constraints, and clarifying goals for others.
- You are a high-agency operator who can create momentum without fully defined requirements or perfect inputs.
- You lead structured collaboration — workshops, audits, whiteboard sessions — that help partners see the system, make tradeoffs, and “disagree and commit” when needed.
- You are a strong storyteller, using vision decks, North Star narratives, and clear artifacts to align PM, Engineering, and stakeholders around a shared direction.
- You know when to sweat the details (e.g., how we distinguish transactional vs. marketing communications, how contact health is visualized, how automation status is surfaced) because those details carry meaning and trust.
- You lead by example, setting a craft and systems bar that other designers actively look to emulate.
- You enjoy coaching designers at different levels, helping them break down complexity, refine their process, and strengthen both their product thinking and craft.
- You are an exceptional communicator, able to zoom from high-level strategy and systems to concrete UX decisions and rationale with clarity.
- You are comfortable representing design decisions to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, and you can connect your work directly to business and user outcomes.
BENEFITS & PERKS
- A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums
- Fertility and adoption benefits
- Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
- Headspace mindfulness app subscription
- Global Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement benefits with employer match
- Flexible paid time off
- 12 weeks paid parental leave and family care leave
- Pretax commuter benefit
- Education reimbursement
- Employee donation match to community organizations
- 7 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Dog-friendly workplace
- Free lunch and snacks
- Private rooftop
- Hack week twice per year
Cash Compensation Range: $223,000 - $358,800 USD
The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills, experience, and location, among other factors.
In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and, where applicable for eligible roles, may include overtime pay), Squarespace employees are eligible to be granted an option to purchase our common stock. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive structure in addition to base salary.
ABOUT SQUARESPACE
Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,700 is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Aveiro, Portugal.
OUR COMMITMENT
Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers, but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
LI-Hybrid #LI-JP1
Thank you in advance for providing the following details about your work history from your resume! This helps us ensure that your candidate information is accurate and consistent during the hiring process.
Squarespace will never solicit your personal banking information or ask you to transfer money in connection with a job offer or interview. We also will not reach out to you via phone or SMS without your permission or knowledge.
If you plan to use AI in any capacity during your candidate journey, please review our Candidate AI Policy.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Senior Staff Product Designer
Lead with design systems and scope
H-1B specialty occupation requires a directly related degree. Framing your experience around systems-level work, design systems, multi-platform architecture, org-wide standards, signals the specialized knowledge USCIS expects at this seniority level.
Quantify your cross-functional impact
Sponsors filing your petition need to justify a specialty occupation claim. Concrete outcomes like retention improvements, conversion lifts, or engineering hours saved give immigration counsel the specificity required to build a strong LCA and I-129.
Clarify your degree field early
HCI, graphic design, and fine arts degrees can qualify for H-1B if the role requires that specific field. Flag any degree mismatch upfront so your employer's attorney can assess whether a combination of education and experience resolves it before filing.
Position yourself for O-1A if H-1B lottery fails
Senior Staff designers with published work, speaking credits, awards, or press coverage may qualify for O-1A extraordinary ability. Document these signals now, they're the evidence base if you need a lottery-independent path after an unsuccessful registration.
Target companies with repeat H-1B filings for designers
Not all tech employers sponsor at this level. Prioritize companies with a documented history of H-1B approvals for product design roles. DOL LCA disclosure data confirms whether a specific employer has filed for comparable positions before.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified sponsoring employers
Migrate Mate surfaces Senior Staff Product Designer roles at companies actively willing to sponsor. Filtering by visa type saves weeks of outreach to employers who won't sponsor at all, letting you focus on conversations that can actually move forward.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Senior Staff Product Designer role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes, in most cases. Senior Staff Product Designer is generally treated as a specialty occupation because it requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field, typically HCI, interaction design, industrial design, or a closely related discipline. The key is that the role must require the degree, not merely prefer it. Employers should ensure the job description reflects this requirement explicitly before filing.
What degree field do I need for H-1B sponsorship as a Senior Staff Product Designer?
USCIS accepts degrees in human-computer interaction, interaction design, graphic design, industrial design, and sometimes computer science or cognitive science when the coursework directly supports the role. A general fine arts degree with no design specialization can create problems. If your degree field is borderline, three years of progressive, relevant work experience can substitute for one year of education under the degree equivalency rule.
How often does USCIS approve H-1B petitions for product design roles?
Approval rates for product design H-1B visa petitions are generally strong when the job description clearly articulates the specialty occupation requirement. The bigger obstacle at this stage is the H-1B lottery, where selection rates have hovered around 20 to 25 percent in recent registration cycles. Companies with cap-exempt status, universities, nonprofits affiliated with research, can bypass the lottery entirely, which is worth factoring into your employer search.
Can I get sponsored as a Senior Staff Product Designer without winning the H-1B lottery?
Yes. The O-1A visa for extraordinary ability is the most practical alternative for designers at this seniority level. USCIS evaluates criteria including original contributions of major significance, published material about your work, judging or reviewing others' work, and critical employment in distinguished organizations. Senior Staff designers who have shipped widely recognized products, spoken at industry conferences, or been featured in design press often have more qualifying evidence than they realize.
Where can I find Senior Staff Product Designer jobs that offer visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is the most direct way to find these roles. It surfaces Senior Staff Product Designer positions specifically at employers willing to sponsor, so you're not wasting time on applications that will stall at the visa question. At this seniority level, sponsorship conversations happen early, often in the first recruiter screen, so targeting verified sponsoring companies from the start is the most efficient approach.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Senior Staff Product Designer jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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