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UI Designer roles attract H-1B visa and O-1 visa sponsorship from tech companies, agencies, and product startups, but only when the position requires a relevant degree in design, HCI, or a related field. Employers who sponsor typically hire for mid-to-senior roles with a strong portfolio. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.
Why Join Us?
To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.
We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us.
Senior Product Designer – Membership & Identity
Locations: Seattle preferred, with other Expedia Group locations up for discussion.
At Expedia Group, our mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere. Within Experience Design (XD), we bring together product design, content design, and research to craft thoughtful, human-centered experiences that connect people to the moments that matter.
About the Role:
We’re seeking a Senior Product Designer to help shape the future of Membership and Identity experiences across Expedia Group brands. This space sits at the core of how travelers and partners engage with our ecosystem — spanning how users join, sign in, and manage their profiles, and how we enable seamless, personalized experiences across every touchpoint.
This role operates across both traveler and partner identity, designing experiences that connect user data, preferences, and interactions across Expedia Group’s marketplace — helping create trusted, scalable, and cohesive experiences for all sides of our platform.
You’ll work within a defined product area, partnering closely with product managers, researchers, engineers, and fellow designers to deliver intuitive, high-quality customer experiences.
You’re a strong design practitioner who thrives in complex problem spaces, connects customer needs to business outcomes, and consistently delivers polished, thoughtful solutions. You’re also growing your influence — contributing to design strategy, mentoring others, and helping elevate the craft across the team.
In This Role, You Will:
- Own and deliver end-to-end product design for a defined Membership and Identity experience area across Expedia Group brands, from discovery through execution and iteration, driving clear customer and business outcomes.
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers, researchers, and fellow designers to frame problems, explore solution spaces, and align on priorities and success metrics within your domain.
- Translate qualitative and quantitative insights into clear, user-centered design decisions, producing flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that meet a high bar for usability and craft.
- Contribute to the Membership and Identity experience strategy, applying systems thinking to connect your work to broader customer journeys, platform capabilities, and design systems to ensure scalable, coherent experiences.
- Design experiences that balance trust, personalization, and usability, ensuring users can confidently manage their accounts, preferences, and interactions.
- Facilitate design workshops and critiques, communicate design rationale clearly and persuasively to diverse stakeholders, and provide constructive feedback and informal mentorship to elevate the craft of the team.
- Champion accessibility and inclusive design principles across Membership and Identity experiences, ensuring equitable access for a diverse global audience.
- Build familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows, and explore how identity and behavioral signals can power intelligent, adaptive user experiences.
Role Expectations
- Demonstrates strong competency across multiple design disciplines
- Applies methods to frame problems and synthesize insights
- Contributes to shaping experience vision and success metrics
- Produces work that meets a high bar for usability and craft
- Collaborates effectively across stakeholders
- Applies a systems-thinking approach
- Uses qualitative and quantitative insights to inform decisions
- Communicates clearly and effectively
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5–10 years of professional experience in product, UX, or interaction design, with a track record of shipping digital products or services at scale
- Demonstrated ownership of end-to-end design within a product area, including effective collaboration in cross-functional teams with product, engineering, and research partners
- Proven ability to translate research and data into user-centered solutions across multiple platforms, using modern design and prototyping tools and established design systems
- Strong portfolio reflecting a high bar of visual craft and interaction design
- Experience designing across platforms (web, mobile, etc.)
- Proficiency in design tools, with strength in prototyping and shipping high-quality experiences
- Experience working in cross-functional teams
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience designing complex experiences in large or matrixed organizations, ideally in membership, identity, account systems, or customer lifecycle domains (e.g., onboarding, authentication, profile management, personalization)
- Track record of contributing to and extending design systems, championing accessibility standards, and delivering polished interaction design that scales across platforms and brands
- Skill in facilitating workshops, design sprints, or collaborative working sessions, and providing mentorship or guidance to other designers
- Experience using data (behavioral analytics, experimentation, and qualitative insights) to shape design strategy, measure outcomes, and iterate on shipped experiences
- Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows in the design process, and the ability to apply AI/ML-enabled approaches to improve product experiences
Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership. View our full list of benefits.
The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $173,000.00 to $242,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $277,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.
Accommodation requests
If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.
We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.
Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™. © 2024 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. CST: 2029030-50
Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group’s Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you’re confident who the recipient is. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or any other messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official website to find and apply for job openings at Expedia Group is careers.expediagroup.com/jobs.
Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.
INTRODUCTION
Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.
Why Join Us?
To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.
We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us.
Senior Product Designer – Membership & Identity
Locations: Seattle preferred, with other Expedia Group locations up for discussion.
At Expedia Group, our mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere. Within Experience Design (XD), we bring together product design, content design, and research to craft thoughtful, human-centered experiences that connect people to the moments that matter.
About the Role:
We’re seeking a Senior Product Designer to help shape the future of Membership and Identity experiences across Expedia Group brands. This space sits at the core of how travelers and partners engage with our ecosystem — spanning how users join, sign in, and manage their profiles, and how we enable seamless, personalized experiences across every touchpoint.
This role operates across both traveler and partner identity, designing experiences that connect user data, preferences, and interactions across Expedia Group’s marketplace — helping create trusted, scalable, and cohesive experiences for all sides of our platform.
You’ll work within a defined product area, partnering closely with product managers, researchers, engineers, and fellow designers to deliver intuitive, high-quality customer experiences.
You’re a strong design practitioner who thrives in complex problem spaces, connects customer needs to business outcomes, and consistently delivers polished, thoughtful solutions. You’re also growing your influence — contributing to design strategy, mentoring others, and helping elevate the craft across the team.
In This Role, You Will:
- Own and deliver end-to-end product design for a defined Membership and Identity experience area across Expedia Group brands, from discovery through execution and iteration, driving clear customer and business outcomes.
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers, researchers, and fellow designers to frame problems, explore solution spaces, and align on priorities and success metrics within your domain.
- Translate qualitative and quantitative insights into clear, user-centered design decisions, producing flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that meet a high bar for usability and craft.
- Contribute to the Membership and Identity experience strategy, applying systems thinking to connect your work to broader customer journeys, platform capabilities, and design systems to ensure scalable, coherent experiences.
- Design experiences that balance trust, personalization, and usability, ensuring users can confidently manage their accounts, preferences, and interactions.
- Facilitate design workshops and critiques, communicate design rationale clearly and persuasively to diverse stakeholders, and provide constructive feedback and informal mentorship to elevate the craft of the team.
- Champion accessibility and inclusive design principles across Membership and Identity experiences, ensuring equitable access for a diverse global audience.
- Build familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows, and explore how identity and behavioral signals can power intelligent, adaptive user experiences.
Role Expectations
- Demonstrates strong competency across multiple design disciplines
- Applies methods to frame problems and synthesize insights
- Contributes to shaping experience vision and success metrics
- Produces work that meets a high bar for usability and craft
- Collaborates effectively across stakeholders
- Applies a systems-thinking approach
- Uses qualitative and quantitative insights to inform decisions
- Communicates clearly and effectively
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5–10 years of professional experience in product, UX, or interaction design, with a track record of shipping digital products or services at scale
- Demonstrated ownership of end-to-end design within a product area, including effective collaboration in cross-functional teams with product, engineering, and research partners
- Proven ability to translate research and data into user-centered solutions across multiple platforms, using modern design and prototyping tools and established design systems
- Strong portfolio reflecting a high bar of visual craft and interaction design
- Experience designing across platforms (web, mobile, etc.)
- Proficiency in design tools, with strength in prototyping and shipping high-quality experiences
- Experience working in cross-functional teams
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience designing complex experiences in large or matrixed organizations, ideally in membership, identity, account systems, or customer lifecycle domains (e.g., onboarding, authentication, profile management, personalization)
- Track record of contributing to and extending design systems, championing accessibility standards, and delivering polished interaction design that scales across platforms and brands
- Skill in facilitating workshops, design sprints, or collaborative working sessions, and providing mentorship or guidance to other designers
- Experience using data (behavioral analytics, experimentation, and qualitative insights) to shape design strategy, measure outcomes, and iterate on shipped experiences
- Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows in the design process, and the ability to apply AI/ML-enabled approaches to improve product experiences
Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership. View our full list of benefits.
The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $173,000.00 to $242,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $277,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.
Accommodation requests
If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.
We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.
Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™. © 2024 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. CST: 2029030-50
Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group’s Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you’re confident who the recipient is. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or any other messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official website to find and apply for job openings at Expedia Group is careers.expediagroup.com/jobs.
Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as an UI Designer
Target product companies over agencies
Product-focused tech companies sponsor H-1B visas far more consistently than creative agencies. Agencies often classify UI roles as contract work, which complicates sponsorship. Focus on companies with dedicated product and design teams where full-time headcount is the norm.
Frame your degree as a specialty occupation qualifier
USCIS requires a specific degree for the role, not just any bachelor's. A degree in interaction design, HCI, graphic design, or computer science strengthens your H-1B petition. Highlight the direct connection between your coursework and the UI design responsibilities in the job description.
Build a portfolio that justifies immigration cost
Sponsoring a visa costs employers thousands in legal and filing fees. Your portfolio needs to demonstrate measurable impact, not just visual polish. Include case studies with before-and-after metrics, usability testing results, or conversion improvements that make the business case for hiring you specifically.
Get Figma and design system experience on your resume
Employers sponsoring H-1B UI Designer roles expect proficiency in Figma, design systems, and component libraries as non-negotiable. These specifics help establish the specialty occupation argument by showing the role requires specialized skills beyond generalist design knowledge.
Consider O-1A if you have industry recognition
If you've won design awards, spoken at conferences, published work, or led high-profile product launches, the O-1A visa bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely. It requires demonstrating extraordinary ability, but for senior UI designers with verifiable recognition, it can be a more reliable path.
Ask about sponsorship timing before the final interview
H-1B cap-subject petitions are filed in April for October start dates. If you're interviewing in summer, confirm the employer will wait or can use a cap-exempt route. Misaligned timelines are one of the most common reasons sponsorship conversations break down at the offer stage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a UI Designer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, but it depends on how the job description is written. USCIS requires the role to normally require a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field, not just any degree. A UI Designer position tied to a degree in interaction design, HCI, or graphic design qualifies. Roles described as requiring only general design experience without a specific field are vulnerable to RFEs and denials.
What degree do I need to support an H-1B petition as a UI Designer?
A bachelor's degree in interaction design, human-computer interaction, graphic design, visual communication, or computer science is most defensible. Degrees in unrelated fields can still work if you pair them with relevant graduate coursework or if the job description maps closely to your area of study. USCIS evaluates the degree-to-role relationship, not just the credential itself.
How do I find UI Designer jobs that offer visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically for roles open to visa sponsorship, so you're not wading through postings that exclude international applicants. Sponsoring employers in UI design tend to be mid-to-large product companies or well-funded startups with established HR processes. Searching by company size and product focus helps narrow to employers who sponsor consistently.
Are UI Designer roles more likely to get H-1B RFEs than other design jobs?
UI Designer and UX Designer roles have historically attracted more USCIS scrutiny than narrower titles like UX Researcher or Product Designer with an engineering focus. The concern is whether the role truly requires a specific degree or just general creativity. Strong job descriptions that tie UI responsibilities to formal design principles and methodologies reduce RFE risk significantly.
Can a UI Designer get sponsored on an O-1 visa instead of H-1B?
Yes, and for senior designers it can be a stronger option. The O-1A requires evidence of extraordinary ability, awards, published work, high-profile project credits, speaking engagements, or significant salary relative to peers. It has no lottery and no annual cap. The bar is genuinely high, but established UI designers with recognizable work in their portfolio have cleared it successfully.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored UI 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.