Staff Product Designer

Staff Product Designer Chicago Product - Design Full-time / Hybrid

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As a Staff Product Designer, your impact is measured not just by what you ship, but by the evolution of our entire design organization. You will be the visionary who sees across the whole product, identifying patterns no one else has named and creating the frameworks that make every other designers work sharper and more coherent.

We are at a category-defining moment, building the AI-native experience layer for a platform that is redefining how marketing gets done. You will define the interaction model for autonomous marketing-a discipline where agents act, humans direct, and the handoff between them feels effortless. This model doesnt exist yet; you will be the person who builds it here and sets the standard for the entire industry. You are not a recipient of a roadmap; you are a driver of product strategy, holding the full system in your head while making surgical decisions at the detail level.

On a typical day, you might:

• Define the next paradigm for Autonomous Agent experiences, developing a point of view on human-AI collaboration at scale and making it legible for every team building on the platform.
• Identify systemic problems before they become failures, operating above the sprint cycle to spot where patterns are diverging or user experience is degrading across team boundaries.
• Drive high-stakes, complex design initiatives that require a deep understanding of how individual details impact the total system architecture.
• Set the quality bar for the design organization, serving as the standard-bearer for craft and thinking that other designers orient around.
• Influence product strategy through design rigor, bringing strategic perspectives that change company priorities and roadmap directions.
• Build reusable frameworks and interaction models that become the shared language between Product, Engineering, and Design.
• Partner with design leadership on organizational direction, hiring standards, and evolving how the design function operates at ActiveCampaign.
• Act as a force multiplier, raising the standards of the team through high-level critique, mentorship, and leading by example in your daily practice.

The ideal candidate will bring:

• 8+ years of product design experience with a clear record of increasing organizational and product scope (beyond just seniority in title).
• A portfolio demonstrating cross-product, systems-level impact, showing where your design decisions caused an entire product to cohere rather than just optimizing a single flow.
• Deep expertise in AI-native interaction design, with a rigorous philosophy on the relationship between human intent and automated action.
• Mastery of AI tools as a core design medium; you use tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and Lovable as essential parts of how you think and prototype, not just as productivity aids.
• The ability to create clarity from chaos, taking highly ambiguous, under-defined problems and turning them into actionable design directions.
• Executive-level communication skills, with the ability to represent the design perspective in high-level rooms and build consensus across the company.
• Organizational influence without authority, moving teams and raising standards through the sheer quality of your thinking and design rigor.
• World-class visual design and "invisible" UX skills, combined with a high degree of ownership over product strategy.
• A proven track record of making other designers better, elevating the teams collective output through the example of your own practice and critique.

$150,400 - $206,800 a year

Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base rate only and do not include bonus, equity, sales incentives, or other role-specific compensation that the role may be eligible for. ActiveCampaign believes in and is committed to equitable compensation practices. The salary range provided above is a good-faith estimate of the pay range determined by the location associated with the job posting. The actual salary depends on a candidates skills, experience, and location of work.

About ActiveCampaign: ActiveCampaign is the autonomous marketing platform for people at the heart of the action. It empowers teams to automate their campaigns with AI agents that imagine, activate, and validate-freeing them from step-by-step workflows and unlocking limitless ways to orchestrate their marketing.

With AI, goal-based automation, and 1,000+ app integrations, agencies, marketers, and owners can build cross-channel campaigns in minutes-fine-tuned with billions of data points to drive real results for their unique business.

ActiveCampaign is the trusted choice to help businesses unlock a new world of boundless opportunities-where ideas become impact and potential turns into real results.

As a global multicultural company, we are proud of our inclusive culture which embraces diverse voices, backgrounds, and perspectives. We dont just celebrate our differences, we believe our diversity is what empowers our innovation and success. You can find out more about our DEI initiatives here.

Perks and benefits: At ActiveCampaign, we prioritize employees well-being and professional growth by cultivating a culture centered on collaboration and innovation. When you join our team, youll not only have the opportunity to make a significant impact, but also enjoy a range of benefits tailored to support your personal and career development.

Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• Comprehensive Health & Wellness: Top-tier benefits package that includes a fully-covered High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP), complimentary access to telehealth services, and a free subscription to Calm.
• Growth & Development: Access to LinkedIn Learning, professional development programs, and career growth opportunities in a fast-growing organization.
• Generous Paid Time Off: Recharge and take the time you need to maintain work-life balance with open PTO.
• Total Rewards: Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting, quarterly perks with commuter and lunch benefits for hub based employees or a stipend for remote workers, and a four-week paid sabbatical with bonus after five years.
• Collaborative Culture: Work alongside brilliant, passionate colleagues in an environment that values innovation, teamwork, and mutual support.

ActiveCampaign is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, pay, grow and promote no matter of gender, race, color, sexual orientation, religion, age, protected veteran status, physical and mental abilities, or any other identities protected by law. Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) strive to foster a diverse inclusive environment by supporting each other, building a strong sense of belonging, and creating opportunities for mentorship and professional growth for their members.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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