Senior Product Designer, Ads

The role

You will lead end-to-end design for web and mobile across the Ads team and platforms. You will work on experiences for travelers, advertisers, and partner teams, including products like SEO, Affiliates, and B2B dashboards.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end design for web and mobile across the Ads team and platforms.
• Translate user needs and business goals into design decisions with Product Managers and Engineers.
• Communicate design rationale and success criteria to cross-functional partners.
• Plan and conduct qualitative user research.
• Use analytics and experiment results to iterate on product area.
• Raise the quality bar through high-quality design work and constructive feedback.

Required qualifications

• +4 Years of Experience designing digital products from early exploration through delivery and iteration.
• Portfolio that includes both consumer-facing and platform or admin product work.
• Strong UX and interaction design skills including typography, visual hierarchy, and interaction patterns.
• Proficiency with modern design, prototyping, and AI-assisted tools such as Figma.
• Familiarity with the full product development process.
• Comfort working with data including analytics, experiment results, and qualitative research.
• Clear communication skills.
• Ability to drive own work forward independently.
• Curiosity to learn and willingness to adapt.
• Working understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices.

Nice to have

• Experience designing advertising, partner-facing, platform, administrative, or B2B products.
• Experience contributing to or working with shared design systems.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted design or research tools.
• Education in Design, HCI, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
• Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
• Company-wide week off each year
• No-meeting Fridays
• Paid parental leave
• Generous paid vacation plus time off for your birthday
• Paid volunteer time
• Development Dollars
• Leadership development
• Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
• Travel discounts

About the company

KAYAK is a leading travel search engine and part of Booking Holdings. It operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined.