Principal Product Designer

The Principal Product Designer is primarily responsible for leading the design of mobile and web experiences across the YouVersion product ecosystem. This role creates and refines user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs for iOS, Android, and web platforms. The Principal Product Designer collaborates closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and other designers to define requirements, validate concepts, and deliver production-ready assets. This role provides design direction and feedback to ensure a consistent user experience across platforms, facilitates design reviews, and contributes to maintaining the organization’s design system. This role also translates complex ideas into clear, user-friendly solutions that meet audience needs and support timely, high-quality delivery to engineering teams. The Principal Product Designer will deliver design concepts and solutions that equip teams and ministries to further Life.Church’s mission and reach people for Christ.

YouVersion was created by the local church in 2007 and remains a ministry of Life.Church today. At Life.Church, our mission is to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. Our team is committed to reaching people worldwide through innovative technology. And YouVersion is one of the ways we get to do that. Life.Church is a multi-site Christian church meeting in the United States and globally at Life.Church Online.

We wholeheartedly believe a daily rhythm of seeking intimacy with God has the power to transform lives. That’s why YouVersion creates biblically-based experiences that encourage and challenge people to seek God. We hope everyone in our community is on an active journey to become who God made them to be, abiding in Him, and drawing closer every day.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with product leaders to create and apply cohesive design solutions to all YouVersion products.
• Proactively address roadblocks between Product Design, Product Management, and Engineering teams.
• Guide product designers to consistently implement the design system and brand expression.
• Partner with the Head of User Experience and other leaders to shape the direction of current and future products.
• Communicate design decisions, processes, and vision effectively through verbal, written, and visual storytelling.
• Contribute to organizational strategies, decisions, and processes.
• Provide leadership, feedback, mentoring, and training to Product Designers.
• Support hiring leaders in recruiting and selecting new team members.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders, and more.
• Design and prototype delightful, beautiful, and user-centered experiences.
• Conduct user testing, synthesize research findings, and apply insights to product decisions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define direction and align with goals.
• Monitor progress toward established objectives and adapt as needed.
• Brainstorm solutions with cross-functional teams that align with mission and goals.
• Rapidly generate wireframes, user flows, and prototypes that clearly communicate ideas.
• Create high-fidelity design comps, assets, and documentation aligned with the design system.
• Present design concepts to stakeholders, incorporate feedback, and refine solutions.
• Work with the UX Research team to test prototypes with people, analyze findings, and iterate on designs.
• Document and communicate all states, scenarios, and edge cases of a design.
• Partner with engineers to refine designs, answer implementation questions, test beta versions, and log bugs.

Skills Needed to Succeed

• Effective at multitasking and time management to meet strict deadlines while remaining flexible and open to change.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to foster relationships, partnerships, and collaboration.
• Effective at process and organizational management to coordinate, structure, and provide vision to projects.
• Exhibit strong leadership skills, guiding and mentoring others while fostering collaboration and trust.
• Effective at transforming a great vision into reality through strategic execution.
• Ability to lead teams using design thinking methodologies to deliver people-centered outcomes.
• Demonstrate expert-level knowledge of design principles, tools, and methodologies.
• Deep understanding of mobile platform conventions, iconography, typography, color theory, accessibility, visual hierarchy, brand integration, and UX principles.
• Bachelor’s degree or formal design education(Bootcamp, etc.) preferred.
• 10+ years of related experience.

Benefits We Offer

• Paid parental leave, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Generous employer-paid leave for the use of vacation, sick time, and other qualifying reasons.
• Innovative and comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance that provides team members with useful resources and savings to navigate their holistic health.
• Life insurance policy provided for all staff members at 2x annual salary at no cost. Additional life insurance coverage is available to purchase.
• Short-Term and Long-Term disability is covered at 100% for full-time qualified staff members.
• Comprehensive wellness and mental health benefits allow staff to proactively invest in their physical and emotional health.
• Generous 401(k) retirement plan allowing a team member to have up to 12.5% (including employee contribution, employer match, and employer discretionary contribution) contributed into their account in their first year. It doesn’t stop there—the more years on staff, the greater the investment!
• $160 annually in development dollars for team members to invest in their professional growth.
• Casual dress and work environment.
• And much more!

Our Beliefs, Culture, and Commitment to Diversity

At Life.Church, every staff member, and intern is a minister and is expected to engage in the church's ministry fully. We consider ministry readiness and an individual’s capacity to represent Life.Church’s beliefs as a minister during the selection process for all staff and intern positions. An essential function within every position held by a staff member or intern at Life.Church is to uphold and represent the beliefs of Life.Church. Learn more about what we believe at Life.Church.

While we unite around our mission, we know unity doesn’t mean uniformity. Our calling is too great, and our mission is too important not to be intentional about strengthening our team through diversity. We know that diverse perspectives in race, ethnicity, background, age, and gender are essential to reaching the world for Christ. To learn more about how we strengthen our team through diversity, visit our careers page.

All data collected in our application process, from resume collection to application questions, is used for recruitment purposes only.