Staff UX Designer

What you'll do

• Set the visual and interaction design bar for The Trade Desk platform across complex, data-dense workflows
• Translate ambiguous, technical, or data-heavy problems into clear, compelling product experiences
• Define standards for typography, layout, motion, and information hierarchy
• Build and evolve design patterns and systems for consistency and polish
• Partner with UX Leadership to align design quality standards with product and company strategy
• Lead hands-on, high-fidelity design for flagship product features from concept to launch
• Design dashboards, workflow tools, data visualization, and AI-assisted features
• Rapidly prototype concepts to test feasibility and gather feedback
• Drive user research and usability testing to validate design decisions
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering to ensure design vision and technical feasibility align
• Set craft standards for visual and interaction design across UX organization
• Champion design fundamentals applied to complex, data-dense interfaces
• Ensure experiences are accessible, inclusive, and usable
• Provide critique and design direction across design team
• Act as a strong design voice in product strategy conversations
• Identify opportunities to improve customer experience through design
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and serve as thought partner
• Represent customer experience perspective in cross-functional discussions
• Mentor designers on visual craft, interaction design, and design systems thinking
• Lead by example through visible, hands-on craft
• Contribute to shared vocabulary and patterns to raise design craft
• Represent The Trade Desk at industry events and design conferences
• Position The Trade Desk as a leader in customer-centered design
• Contribute to UX design community conversations, research, and thought leadership

Requirements

• Experienced designer with a track record of shaping visual and interaction design of complex, data-rich products
• Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 8+ years of experience in product design or UX design with emphasis on visual and interaction design craft
• Proven track record shaping high-fidelity design execution from concept through shipped product in complex enterprise or platform-based product
• Exceptional visual design skills including typography, layout, color, and information hierarchy
• Strong command of Figma and modern prototyping tools
• Deep interaction design expertise including dashboards, workflow tools, and data visualization
• Experience contributing to or evolving design systems
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity and alignment in complex, fast-moving environments
• Working familiarity with AI-powered product patterns (preferred)
• Experience in adtech, martech, or enterprise SaaS with complex, data-dense interfaces (preferred)
• Portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual craft, interaction design, and measurable impact

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