Product Designer / UI Designer

About This Role

This role involves designing elegant, workflow-driven experiences for consumer applications within the new Apple Creator Studio, a suite of powerful creative apps for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. The ideal candidate will work with cross-functional teams to craft innovative features through thoughtful interaction and nuanced visual design.

Responsibilities

• Quickly grasp and distill intricate design challenges into sophisticated and beautiful solutions
• Collaborate effectively with partners in design, engineering, marketing, and QA
• Produce comprehensive, precise deliverables under tight deadlines
• Balance input from cross-functional stakeholders
• Embody Apple’s high standards for design, usability, and quality

Requirements

• 4+ years of work experience with a focus on product design and UI across platforms like iOS, macOS, and web
• Experience in shipping digital products from start to finish, including documentation and development process
• Ability to clearly communicate concepts and designs through prototypes, sketches, high-fidelity comps, and presentations
• Highly skilled and fast in tools needed to visualize ideas and deliver work
• Enthusiasm and history working in an iterative design process, motivated by group critique
• Excellent written and verbal communication and ability to present work to large groups and executives
• Expertise in Sketch
• Knowledgeable in Adobe Creative Cloud
• Knowledgeable in the elements, principles, and history of graphic design

Nice to have:

• Knowledgeable with Apple productivity and creativity apps including Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Freeform, Pixelmator, Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Logic Pro
• Knowledgeable in the design and development of AI-powered products and experiences, including UI patterns, model training, and evaluation
• A talent and eye for visual detail in layout, typography, motion, and behavior
• Demonstrated creative and innovative problem solving and a willingness to take the lead when needed
• Empathy and advocacy for user experience with peer teams like engineering, marketing, and business
• Passion for Apple, its products, and its customers

Benefits

• Opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role
• Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs
• Discretionary restricted stock unit awards
• Option to purchase Apple stock at a discount through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits