Principal Designer, TIDAL
Remote / New York, NY
Full Time
1 hour ago
Senior LevelDesignWorldwide
Over $120K

USD per year

Job Description

TIDAL was founded for artists by artists as the next innovative streaming platform to bring value back to the music industry. We empower artists with the products, resources, services, and content required to take control of their careers and connect more deeply with fans. Available in over 60+ countries, TIDAL continues to help artists break down economic barriers to continue creating what's next in culture. TIDAL is part of Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ), a global technology company with a focus on financial services.

The Role

TIDAL design is a small, nimble team building at the intersection of music, technology, and culture1 shipping across uploads, streaming, AI-powered creative tools, and financial services that connect artists directly with their audiences in 60+ countries. We're looking for a Principal Product Designer to set the vision and quality bar across TIDAL's product and brand ecosystem. You will be a foundational design voice on a small team where your work will have outsized impact1shaping not just pixels but the future of how artists build careers. You'll drive complex projects from concept to ship, influence strategy, and directly elevate the craft of everyone around you.

You Will

  • Define and drive long-term product vision and design strategy across TIDAL's key product areas
  • Lead the most complex, ambiguous design initiatives end-to-end1from early exploration through shipped experiences
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, and ML/AI leadership to shape roadmaps and influence business strategy
  • Set the bar for design excellence by defining systems, standards, and quality benchmarks at scale
  • Pioneer AI-driven design approaches that expand team capabilities and accelerate velocity
  • Mentor designers through feedback, critique, and knowledge sharing
  • Identify new opportunities for the business and act on them

You Have

  • 8+ years of Product Design experience with a portfolio demonstrating high craft and systems thinking
  • Graphic design skills, working with building and extending brand for 360 activations and social to have cohesion across brand and product
  • Experience developing long-term product vision that informs roadmaps across a brand or multiple products
  • Experience shipping impactful, strategic work autonomously1from multi-year visions to iterative releases
  • Expertise defining design systems and standards that promote cohesive experiences at scale
  • Influence and partnership skills as a trusted peer to leadership
  • Fluency with AI and new technologiespioneering new approaches and identifying where AI unlocks creative or business potential
  • A passion for music, artists, and the creative economy
  • Comfort operating on a small, fast-moving team where you wear many hats

Additional Information

We're working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances. We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience,...

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About Block

Block builds simple, powerful tools that make progress towards an economy that’s truly open to all. Each of their brands unlocks different aspects of the economy for more people, including Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto.

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