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❤️ #12 - Jobs at Figma!
GM!
It’s Sid, with another selection of amazing design jobs for you! Today, I wrote a little piece on - Failure, and why I can’t stand that word!
💸 🎨 Design Your Future at Figma – Where Creativity Meets Collaboration!
Today’s post is all about Figma, where your design skills can truly come to life! From shaping intuitive tools to working alongside the brightest minds in design, Figma offers roles that’ll have you creating the future of digital design. Ready to jump into a canvas of endless possibilities? Let’s make design history together!
Director Product Design - Figma (click link for job posting)
Summary: The Director of Product Design leads and expands a high-performing team responsible for cross-product initiatives at Figma, shaping cohesive user experiences across multiple product lines. This role collaborates with product management, engineering, research, and marketing to define product and business strategies, advance design systems, and elevate design practices.
Salary Estimate: $250k - $338k USD
Location: San Francisco & New York City, USA (2 roles)
Product Designer, Developer Tools - Figma (click link for job posting)
Summary: The Product Designer, Developer Tools at Figma focuses on enhancing the developer experience within and beyond Figma, aiming to bridge the gap between design and production. This role involves contributing to product strategy, collaborating cross-functionally, and designing high-quality features.
Salary Estimate: £40k - £60k GBP
Location: London, UK
Product Designer, FigJam - Figma (click link for job posting)
Summary: The Product Designer for FigJam at Figma contributes to the overall product strategy, collaborates cross-functionally, and designs high-quality user experiences.
Salary Estimate: $149,000 - $308,000 USD
Location: New York City, USA
Researcher, Core Product - Figma (click for job posting)
Summary: As a Researcher at Figma, you will leverage a human-centered approach to identify key opportunities and influence the vision and strategy for core products like Editor, FigJam, and Figma Slides. You'll partner with product leads, conduct end-to-end research, and translate user insights into actionable product decisions that shape roadmaps,
Salary Estimate: $149,000 - $288,000 USD
Location: San Francisco & New York City, USA
“Failure is a gift…”
Failure is a gift. Seriously. Every time I failed, I got closer to winning.
If you never stumble, you’re probably not pushing yourself hard enough. Think of failure like the gym for your design skills—it’s uncomfortable, but it builds creatvive muscle. Every time you mess up, you learn, adapt, and refine. That’s how the best designers rise above the noise. So, when you hit a wall, don’t stop. Break through it, learn from it, and come back ready to crush the next challenge.
Every time you screw up, it’s like getting a little note from the universe saying, “Here’s how you can do better next time.” But instead of sulking about it, use that energy to bounce back harder. Think of failure as the secret sauce to your next success.
"Failure" is a word I can’t stand. It feels final, but that’s not what it is at all. It’s just one small step in the process—another part of the journey towards winning. Each stumble is a learning opportunity, not a dead end. So, forget about failure being permanent—it’s just a pit stop on the road to success.
Here’s how to flip it:
Fail forward: Don’t dwell, just adjust and keep moving. I know it’s easier said than done. The next point will help with this, cause it’s not about not caring and moving on, it’s about learning, so…
Analyze the mess: What went wrong? Did I not communicate it well? Did I actually not solve the problem? What was the feedback, like really try to read between the lines of what was said. Find the gaps and fix them.
Resilience wins: Keep coming back stronger every time! “
Setbacks aren’t the end. They’re the fuel for your next big win. Keep failing, keep growing and then, Stop “failing”
Daily Humour
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Love,
Sid.
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