Content Strategist, Product
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States ·
- Employment
- Full time
- Category
- Technical writing
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Salary
- USD 127,000 – 269,000 / year
Figma's Story Studio team is hiring a Content Strategist focused on Product to write articles, case studies, and interviews that tell authentic stories about product design and development. The role requires 5+ years of design/tech content experience and deep fluency in design tools, including Figma.
Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!
Figma is seeking a Content Strategist focused on Product to join our Story Studio team. In this role, you'll develop compelling narratives that showcase the craft, process, and impact of product design and development, helping us tell authentic stories that resonate with product builders. As someone who lives and breathes product design and development, you'll translate complex design concepts into accessible, engaging, multi-format content that inspires our audience and illuminates how products take shape.
This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.
What you'll do at Figma:
- Create compelling content that showcases product design and development processes, methodologies, and thinking
- Develop narratives around new product features that highlight the design decisions and user problems being solved
- Interview designers, researchers, and product managers to capture authentic perspectives and translate technical design concepts into engaging stories for various audience segments
- Contribute to thought leadership on design trends, tools, and methodologies by staying deeply connected to the product design community and culture
- Create case studies that highlight innovative design and product work and workflows
- Partner with product teams to document and share design processes
- Maintain an authentic design voice across our content platforms
- Collaborate with the broader marketing team to integrate stories into our content strategy
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
- 5+ years experience creating content with a focus on product design, product building, or technology
- Strong portfolio of design-focused writing (articles, case studies, interviews)
- A deep understanding of design processes, terminology, culture, and tools - including Figma
- Experience interviewing designers and technical stakeholders, and strong understanding of design tools and workflows
- Strong editorial judgment and distinctive writing voice, and active engagement with trends and conversations in the design community
While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:
- Background as a product designer, product manager, or in a design-adjacent role
- Understanding of front-end development concepts
- Experience creating multimedia design content (podcasts, videos)
- Proficiency with design tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite)
- Experience creating educational content about design
Pay Transparency Disclosure
Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location.
Figma offers equity to employees, as well as a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision coverage; retirement benefits with company contributions; parental leave and reproductive or family planning support; mental health and wellness benefits; and paid time off. Figma provides paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the requirements of the Washington Minimum Wage Act and related regulations. Exempt employees are eligible for employer‑provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave. PTO is subject to manager approval. Additional benefits may include company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, and a number of lifestyle spending accounts. Figma also offers sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. All compensation and benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and may be modified by Figma at any time, consistent with applicable law.
At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to [email protected]. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.
Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:
- Holding interviews in an accessible location
- Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
- Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
- Changing the mode or format of interviews
To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.
By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Figma's Candidate Privacy Notice.
Application limits: To help candidates focus on the opportunities most relevant to their skills and experience, Figma limits the number and frequency of applications. These limits apply to all roles:
- Candidates may submit up to 5 applications during any rolling 30-day period.
- Candidates may not reapply to the same role while an application is active or within 90 days of receiving a rejection.
Once the applicable days has passed, candidates are welcome to apply again.